Xi’an Our arrival to Xi’an could not have been much more poorly coordinated. We made it from the bus station to the neighborhood where we were staying easily enough, but getting properly checked into our hostel was a doozy. First, the company maintains two hostels with nearly identical names on the same street, so we … More China: Xi’an and Beijing

Chengdu Somehow our expectations for Chengdu ended up being quite high, despite having heard somewhat neutral or even negative things about it. The one thing Chengdu definitely has going for it, however, is the food. It’s the capital of the Sichuan province, so it’s perhaps the best place in the world to find Sichuan food. The … More China: Chengdu and Langzhong