Travel in Tibet has been on our bucket list for decades. Our travel experience in Tibet has been everything we had hoped for...huge mountains, spectacular scenery, deep valleys and exceptionally high mountain passes, ancient history and rural people not yet overrun by development.
The road we set off on from Chengdu, located roughly in central China, is the renowned S318,...
China Part 2 - Kunming - Tiger Leaping Gorge - Chengdu
Yippee. We race to Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, to collect Ursula, our lovely daughter, from the airport. She will spend three weeks travelling with us. We miss our children terribly, and this is the only downside of our current lifestyle.
Dali, located some four hundred kilometres from Kunming,...
China
Independent overland self drive travel in China is only possible with special permits, as well as having a government approved guide with you 24/7. This is very costly and a huge limitation on free spirited travel. There are however benefits in terms of communications and dealing with the ridiculous level of bureaucracy.
It was with a level of excitement, and...
Moving people, goods, products, animals and anything else is a key activity around the world, however it takes on a whole new meaning in Asia as a result of the limited financial resources and basic view of health and safety. Modes of transport range from hand drawn carts and bicycles, buzbikes, mechanical donkeys to top end SUV’s, the latter...
Border Entry
Passport control: No visas required for NZ and German passport holders. Passports are stamped as you enter. Arrival card needs to be completed and has a tear-off Departure Card that needs to be well looked after as you need to present it when you depart from Thailand. We said we would like to spend three weeks in Thailand...
