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By Andy Smart on November 19, 2016 • ( 31 Comments )

5 Reasons Why Travelling is Guaranteed to Make You Lose Weight by the Kilo

While I’m playing catch up with the YouTube channel I thought I’d take a quick diversion from the Cross China Road Trip. After a week or so on the road […]

By Andy Smart on October 23, 2016 • ( 29 Comments )

Cross China Road Trip 06: Gansu Province, Lanzhou. Driving Stress Maximum

An amazing giant silver butterfly! That’s the toll gate between Ningxia and Gansu. A huge wave of achievement and excitement rolls through me as I pass. The outskirts of the […]

By Andy Smart on September 26, 2016 • ( 18 Comments )

Cross China Road Trip 05: Ningxia Autonomous Region, Shapotou: Camping on a Basketball Court

Really great being out of the big city. From the madness of Gao Miao Si and its dungeon from Hell, a few hours down the road is the presently empty […]

By Andy Smart on September 21, 2016 • ( 19 Comments )

Cross China Road Trip 04: Ningxia Autonomous Region, Zhongwei. Stunning Gao Miao Si Temple

A couple of hours south of Yinchuan is the city of Zhongwei and its amazing Buddhist temple Gao Miao Si. Entering the courtyard any stresses you may have will immediately […]

By Andy Smart on September 18, 2016 • ( 10 Comments )

Cross China Road Trip 03: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan. Stress, Stress & the GPS

Yinchuan: A city of two million, it has a distinctly laid back feeling to with wide open boulevards. It is also home to the Hui Muslims after the region separated […]

By Andy Smart on September 16, 2016 • ( 46 Comments )

Cross China Road Trip 02: Beijing > Hebei > Inner Mongolia: Maximum Freedom & Genghis Khan

So after nine and a half hours I make it to my first target Ulansu Lake in Inner Mongolia with just enough time to find somewhere to park up before […]

By Andy Smart on September 14, 2016 • ( 8 Comments )

Cross China Road Trip 01: Beijing > Hebei > Inner Mongolia: Maximum Freedom & Genghis Khan

All the years of dreaming, slow build-up and preparation and it’s finally happening. Just incredible to be able to look back and reflect on that part of the journey now; […]

By Andy Smart on September 4, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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By Andy Smart on September 3, 2016 • ( 43 Comments )

Cross China Road Trip: 10,000 Miles Ahead & One Tent Peg

Well it’s taken long enough but at long last all that needs to be done is move the massive amount of gear from the apartment down into the back of […]

By Andy Smart on August 26, 2016 • ( 12 Comments )

Kai Che Driving Phrasebook: China (Free Download)

Dear amazing followers. As most of you know, touch wood I’ll be heading the road for an optimistic 10,000 miles across China to Xinjiang and then the rest. Being my […]

By Andy Smart on August 20, 2016 • ( 54 Comments )

10 Reasons Why Travelling is a Terrible Idea: Tormented by the Negative Voices from My Subconscious

Before we go on an adventure we all have our demons. So with the countdown clock ticking to D-Day one would naturally expect a certain level of excitement to be […]

By Andy Smart on July 29, 2016 • ( 20 Comments )

Dinner at Your Own Risk: Chengdu, Sichuan Province, SW China

So Rui shows up with her sister Xiao Xiao and after introductions they take me out to a local restaurant to sample the legendary Chengdu hot pot or ‘Huo Guo’.  […]

By Andy Smart on July 22, 2016 • ( 28 Comments )

WeChat Has Taken Over China: Please Stop Looking at Your Phone While I’m Talking to You

The mindlessness of mobile phone overuse is a well-worn topic these days. It is however, something that has in recent years, accelerated in China to the point of being a […]

By Andy Smart on June 17, 2016 • ( 34 Comments )

Dear Amazing Followers: Surrounded by Piles of Notes & Living the Dream

It’s been a month since I last posted anything but hey, I still have exactly the same number of followers as back then. Absolutely no one has unfollowed me. Fantastic! […]

By Andy Smart on May 21, 2016 • ( 34 Comments )

Ten Seconds of Mayhem: Wudaokou Railway Crossing, Beijing China

The distinct shrill of the warning siren from the railway crossing resonates throughout the area so dropping a couple of gears I stand on the pedals and cycle as fast […]

By Andy Smart on May 13, 2016 • ( 5 Comments )

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Andy Smart quit the UK ten years ago and now lives in Beijing. So far he has visited half of China’s provinces recording each journey in his own unique streetwise style. He has also been a teacher since 1991 developing his own successful TEFL package for spoken English in the PRC.

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