Wandering Secrets

Moving to China? Keep it simple! Four pair of trousers, three pair of shoes, as many tops as you can and…

Are there any countries you said you would never visit? Did you want to go somewhere but got scared off by something or someone? Is it dangerous to travel? Is it safe to travel? What are the dangers? Are holidays safer than a backpack adventure…   Close your eyes and imagine China. Remember everything you’ve […]

What follows is one of the best, if not the best, story that happened to me in China. I had to have a calligraphy made for our friends visiting us in China. At this time we were in Xi’an, so I escaped for a couple of hours under false pretences and went to the artist quarter. […]

Those who have kept in touch with me know that teaching in China wasn’t always easy. But towards the end of my contract, having gotten used to… well, everything,  I looked at my job with what was missing at first: positivity. And teaching in China became all of the sudden the most positive experience I […]

Howdy my friends! Today I welcome you into my ridiculous habit of backpacker: sleeping. Before I started travelling I would struggle to fall asleep. Anxiety, nightmares or simply insomnia, I’ve spent years sleeping 5 hours a night, waking up tired and feeling worse than the day before. BUT Ever since we’ve left France, since we’ve […]

So you are thinking about moving to China. Your hopes are up, your luggage is almost ready and you know how to say hello in Chinese. Good. Now, what you need to know before getting on the plane, these things I wish someone had told me before setting foot in China.   1. Assuming you’re […]

Lately we have found ourselves missing the feeling of having a home. We quit our jobs and left our apartment almost two years ago to backpack several countries and work in China. As some of you may know, life in China wasn’t easy ( that’s the least we can say) but in the end I […]

In our desperate attempt to find a decent beach other than Hainan at this time of year, we decided to head to Qinzhou, near Beihai. We could see some beaches on Google map but as usual they were untraceable in real life. Asking some people around, we came out with this name : Saniang bay. […]