Travel Talk

It's 6:30 pm and day is gently sliding into night. A sea breeze wafts over the beach-side bar where my wife is sipping on a margarita and I am relishing my...
by Aimee Groom There's no denying it – winter in Shanghai is a chilly affair indeed and somewhere around now, as the deep, damp, cold starts to sink...
The Cotai Strip, home to resorts like The Galaxy, City of Dreams and the larger-than-life Venetian, is ever expanding, and given the spate of new buildings...
Text by Kyle Patrick Long, Photos by Kieran Fitzgerald There aren’t many things left in China that only a handful of tourists have done....
By Jamie Barys & Tom Mangione Just a three hour plane ride south of Shanghai’s poorly-insulated apartments and offices lies a tropical island that...
The pleasures of the French countryside are well-known throughout the world – medieval architecture, beautiful scenery and great food. But for many of...
In this month’s column, the Ctrip team takes you on a musical journey around China. From the minority twangs of Yunnan province to capital opera in...
It's difficult to think of a more romantic notion than a (belated) honeymoon spent on a beautiful and isolated Hawaiian island. Lana'i, Hawaii's...
There are many ways to see the Great Wall – you can brave the crowds at Badaling, hike the ruins at Simatai, or even scuba dive portions of the wall that...
By Kyle Patrick Long Photos by Benjamin Murray Is Beijing ready for it’s own international level design showcase? Event organizers, hoping to propel the...
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