Philippines-based tour operator, A3 Tours & Travel, recently posted the following story on their Facebook page from a passenger on a Hong Kong flight. The tl;dr of it is that you should not naively believe your carry-on luggage is safe in the overhead bins -- the contents might not just have shifted during flight, they might have been lifted.
As many of us routinely fly, and specifically fly the flights li…
The results of China Daily's 2011 Amazing China voting have been released, and the top 10 "most attractive cities for foreigners" have been announced.
The cities that made the top 10 list are: Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Suzhou, Chongqing, Xiamen and Hangzhou.
No real shockers here, though I am a bit surprised that Wuhan won out over some of the others on the list. According to C…
You have to have a set of stones to don a wingsuit and jump off a mountain in China. Fortunately for all our entertainment pleasure, these guys have just such a set:
The jump was filmed at Tianmen Shan in Hunan. And if you're insane curious about BASE jumping, check out the book by the folks behind the jump.…
The best thing about learning the language of a country you are living in is full immersion learning. Everyone is a potential teacher, and everything around you is your learning materials.
I really learned this lesson during a recent trip to Beijing. It was a weekend, and all the hostels were sold out so we were stuck staying at a low-end business hotel. You know, a sketchy place with smoke scented rugs; scuffed,…
Some Gems:
"Chinese people need to learn brains."
"It's 2011. Chairman Mao is dead."
And the kicker:
"See, I'm Canadian, I don't have to shut up. Chinese people have to shut up. Canada people [sic] don't have to shut up."
Couldn't be prouder to be a Canadian [shakes head]. Granted, I've no idea what happened before the video started capturing the argument, but JTFC that b'ys gone off, eh!?
I feel for …
There's an undeniable disconnect between being a foreigner in China and being a Chinese in China. Yeah, I know, thank you Captain Obvious. As self-evident as that statement is, it's sometimes easy to neglect the truth in it and ignore the consequences of what it is to be Chinese in China.
Maybe this is only true for me, but when I first arrived in China I was fascinated with everything. I sucked it all in like a s…
In October of 2010, I was invited to take a welcome break from my life on the hamster wheel that is Shanghai, and visit Jinhua's famous Taoist temple and caves. I was very excited by this invitation, partly because of my interest in Taoism and its place in Chinese culture, and partly because I had been invited by my new friend Kathy; a US-educated professor of Biochemistry, Taoist, and my guide to the considerabl…
Welcome back one and all to the July edition of Fact or Fiction. Those of you who read any or all of the last seven will know, every edition I will have a guest and we will discuss a few of the big issues in China of the day. Every answer will have a “Fact” or a “Fiction” and some justification to go along with it.
My guest today is Katherine, better known around here as Baoru. You can read her work on CNReviews …
I came to China on August 26, 2008. Before then, I took an inventory of what I'd packed.
Clothes: 7 pairs of jeans, 14 pairs of socks, 2 pairs of shoes, 9 pairs of underwear, 11 shirts total, and 1 pair of glasses, no spare, no contacts.
Toiletries: comb, brush, toothbrush, toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, body wash, and shampoo/conditioner.
Movies: Aliens, Dumb & Dumber, Pulp Fiction, The Simpsons Season 5…
The Lost Laowai flickr pool is full of talented photographers, but I continuely return to the photography of "Zhao Hua Xi Shi" for our featured photos. It's cliche to say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but I can't think of a better way to describe this image, or indeed most of the images in this photostream.
Submit Your Photos
Every week(ish) we'll feature an interesting, funny, beautiful or othe…
Return to Top ▲
Ryan
Lost Laowai
Becky
Jalal
Glen
Travis