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For Better or Worse: How China Has Changed the Way I Interact With the World

Posted February 10, 2017 by Cara Crawford

Even after 2 years China still amazes and surprises me on a weekly basis. Some days I can’t believe how fast our time in China has gone by, and others it feels like an eternity and I wonder when the insanity will stop, but one thing’s for sure China has had a profound impact on my li...

Zhangjiajie Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Plan Your Trip

Posted February 06, 2017 by Cara Crawford

Zhangjiajie is an amazing place full of breathtaking scenery, with everything from naturally sculpted mountains to man-made bridges. For outdoors lovers like ourselves, Zhangjiajie is a must see when it comes to the natural wonders of China. The inspiration for the Hallelujah Mountains in the m...

Walking on Air at the Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge

Posted February 03, 2017 by Cara Crawford

The Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge, which opened in August of 2016, officially takes the title of longest and highest glass bridge in the world. It spans the width of the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon running 430 meters long and dangling 300 meters in the air above the river gorge. The bridge,...

Wulingyuan Scenic Area: Hiking China’s Avatar Mountains

Posted January 27, 2017 by Cara Crawford

Wulingyuan Scenic Area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site approximately 40km from Zhangjiajie City. Home to the famous finger mountains that inspired the scenery in the movie Avatar, the scenic area spans an impressive 264 square kilometers containing more than 3000 rock pillars, two natural bridges...

Hiking Tianmen Mountain: A Gateway to Heaven

Posted January 19, 2017 by Cara Crawford

A 1500 meter tall mountain overlooking Zhangjiajie City, Tianmen Mountain is best known for its 3 famous landmarks: Tianmen Cave, an oblong shaped hole creating a natural bridge that connects two different mountain peaks, 99 Bends Road that winds up the mountain to Tianmen Cave, and its cableway,...

Zhangjiajie Photo Tour: Hiking the Avatar Mountains of Wulingyuan Scenic Area

Posted January 17, 2017 by Cara Crawford

Thousands of steps and four burning calves were well worth it to soak in the mystical land of Zhangjiajie. Known colloquially as the Avatar Mountains, the finger-like pillars of Zhangjiajie are a landform seen nowhere else in the world. Unique to this area of China, the over 3000 sandstone pill...

The Best Places to See Pandas in China

Posted December 11, 2016 by Cara Crawford

Pandas are synonymous with China. It’s one of the few facts everyone knows about this crazy country: it has pandas! The panda is exotic, been featured in many an animated movie, the symbol of the World Wildlife Fund and it’s completely unique to China. This is the one place in t...

Shangri-La, China: More Than Just a Name?

Posted October 26, 2016 by Cara Crawford

The name Shangri-La has become ubiquitous with paradise. It calls to mind visions of picturesque landscapes untouched by human hands, a last vestige of truly pristine nature, where people live in harmony with the world around them. It’s a place cloaked in mystery, part fantasy, part reality, wher...

Lijiang to Chengdu on a Tandem Bicycle Part 1: Riding to Shangri-La

Posted October 18, 2016 by Cara Crawford

The view out the window was an expanse of white one second and full of towering mountains the next as the plane descended out of the low hanging clouds and landed on the runway, sandwiched between two mountains. We arrived in Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China, the start of our two week long bike ...

8 Reasons Why China Should Be Your Next Travel Destination

Posted September 24, 2016 by Cara Crawford

Nothing is more off-the-beaten path than China, and by off the beaten path I mean basically another planet. The scenery, people, and culture is nothing short of out of this world. While Southeast Asia has blossomed in popularity, China remains off the radar, making it an awesome place for some tr...

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China

For Better or Worse: How China Has Changed the Way I Interact With the World

Zhangjiajie Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Plan Your Trip

Walking on Air at the Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge

Wulingyuan Scenic Area: Hiking China’s Avatar Mountains

Hiking Tianmen Mountain: A Gateway to Heaven

Zhangjiajie Photo Tour: Hiking the Avatar Mountains of Wulingyuan Scenic Area

The Best Places to See Pandas in China

Shangri-La, China: More Than Just a Name?

Lijiang to Chengdu on a Tandem Bicycle Part 1: Riding to Shangri-La

8 Reasons Why China Should Be Your Next Travel Destination

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