4 August 2021 I read a book today that reignited a fire within me. It was a book of stories of strong women, all with a connection to...

It’s been a hot minute since I last wrote a post for this blog, although I’m not sure anyone will be surprised that it has been. At the...

This post was originally written by me for the Chongqing Expat Guide: http://www.chongqing-guide.com/articles/2020-How-to-Decorate-Your-...

Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, southwest China, lies about 300km - or a mere 90 minute high-speed train ride - from Chongqing,...

Ladies and gents this is the moment you’ve waited for… The Great Wall of China has always seemed so far away to me. It was never on my...

Week two, city four, and I was back on the east coast of China. Roughly halfway between Beijing to the north and Shanghai to the south, I...

It was only the day before I was heading to the airport to fly to Nantong that I learned it’s not south of Chongqing. With ‘nan’ meaning...

A mere 12 hours after returning back to Chongqing from Ningbo, I was back on my way to the airport to travel to Zhuzhou, a one hour drive...

With my (Em's) new job with the British Embassy taking me to all of China’s far-flung destinations, follow my city-hopper specials for...

It’s our first day back in Chongqing after a six-day trip to Hong Kong and before I get into the usuals of how great Hong Kong was and...

Today, along with some other members of the International Women’s Group committee, I took my first local day trip and went to visit...

Six weeks after arriving in Chongqing, we’ve just got back from our first Asian exploration - four days in sunny Singapore. So now we are...

Back in the UK, to me, hotpot was a beef stew with vegetables and dumplings served in autumn, and it means different things to different...

It’s been one of the most exciting and challenging months of our lives. Relocating, a new language, new friends, a new rhythm, a new...

Chongqing (ˈtʃɔŋˈtʃɪŋ, chong-ching, 重庆): largest municipality in southwest China; home to more than 30 million people (so perhaps not...