Two years after having written this and a minute after re reading that post, I realize that today is Sunday, that I am again looking for a new job and that I feel the same way I felt when I wrote that first note. I feel the same, I’m in the same place feeling the same […]
Two years later, my week still starts on Sunday
The quest for Suoshai 梭筛
We were the laughing stock of all our Chinese friends for wanting to visit a place like Anshun at this time of year. But we have decided to stop paying for tourist sights and try to find some peace in the real China. On a random Chinese website I’d found a few things to do […]
Change of plans
One of the perks of being a backpacker is that our trips are budgeted. Money does not fall from the sky and there is no way that working a year in China gives us enough to do this trip without limits. So we are used to budgeting, which means we are also used […]
Chongqing 重庆 and Wulong 武隆
Writing travel guides is not an easy task. I can write it for myself because I know what I want and what I am looking for, but I don’t know what you are trying achieve with your travel. As I mentionned in previous posts, travelling is a personnal experience nearly imposible to compare to another’s. […]
My week starts on Sunday
Sundays are special days. I wouldn’t say depressing or boring, just special. In this path I chose to follow, Sundays are the only day when I can sit and think about my week. What I did good or wrong, what I didn’t do, what I need to do. A lot of questions arise: Am I […]
Canada for $30 a day
Travelling in North America is rather expensive compared to other parts of the world. When you’re backpacking, it gets worse. You have to budget your travel and your expenses, otherwise your trip doesn’t last a month. It can be tirering to think about the money all the time, especially when you want to have fun […]
Why are you avoiding Ottawa?
It strikes me how many foreigners don’t know that Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It also strikes me how many visitors don’t bother going there because Toronto seems to be much more fun. Hence my question : Why are tourists avoiding Ottawa? Avoiding might not be the right term, but some people simply don’t […]