It all started from xiamen, my new hometown (for 2 years now). taking the bus to shenzhen is, in 2011, the only option left since no train is making the connection between the two cities anymore. hopefully soon finished to be be built, the new bullet train line will make this trip more enjoyable. as for now, it’s a 7 to 9 hrs trip (7hrs on the ro

Voilà, faut que je partage mes infos, pour que certains d'entre vous soient pas dans le même galère que moi quand j'ai voulu faire faire mon visa z (travail), venant de chine. les infos des consulats, ambassades et agences de visa sont floues, à peine visibles, voire inexistantes (datées de 2008 parfois), comme si le dessein était de nous dé

Ce weekend, c’etait le festival de qing ming (清明, prononcez tching ming) en chine. traditionnellement, les chinois observent durant ce jour des rites de commémoration à l’égard des anciens disparus. c’est un peu notre toussaint. durant ce jour de recueillement, les familles vont visiter les tombes, honorer leur proches disparus, et net

À peine entrés, nous étions ébahis par les singes qui se baladaient sur les bords du sentier ! et moi, j’ai particulièrement beaucoup apprécié ce panneau ci-dessus: les hommes devraient coexister avec la nature. l’exploitation devrait être en phase avec la protection. voilà de la vraie sagesse comme on n’en voit peu dans les lieux to

Really not much to see in lanzhou but the city got its fame around china for its lanzhou noodles ( 兰州面 ), a moderately spicy noodle (delicious 拉面 ) soup with beef . we went to see the huang river ( 黄江 also called 母亲江 - mother river, because of the colour), and walked along its side. there are interesting, massive water mills ins

Hey everyone, here again, i will share useful trip informations about my 20 day-long summer trip in 2011, which covered 8000 kms, by train, bus and foot ! the idea behind this crazy intinary was to get my z visa in hong kong before starting the real funny trip gansu-xinjiang. through 20 days, my girlfriend and i went from the very south-east of chi

The city is a major tourist spot in china, due to its well preserved ancient buddhist caves on the old silk road. it is surrounded by desert dunes and desert plains and the arrival at the train station offers a gorgeous feeling of emptiness. the city is not big but gives a nice relaxed feeling, with one tourist night market, one food market and a n

Et après quelques coups de fils pour m’informer sur qui serait du voyage avec moi, me voici sur la route pour zhangjiajie (张家界), l’un des plus grands et respectés parc nationaux de chine, reconnu patrimoine naturel mondial par l’unesco. mon compagnon de route est she zhengdong, alias michel pour son prénom de classe. c’est en effet

An arabic flavor in china i naan bread ! traditional milk tea (salty, with butter/cheese in it!) despite all the warnings from our han friends and relatives, we chose to live in the uyghur area, south of urumqi. there is a huge difference between north and south in the city. people, clothes, culture, religion, food, housing, stores, language, every

And it's a big one. the biggest one landing on fujian since the beginning of the year 2010. in average, fujian faces 6 typhoons per year which mainly occur from july to september. since i'm always travelling in china during that time, i hadn't had the opportunity to experience one yet ! and this one, named fanapi, has a fierce character. xiamen for