When you visit Yanan it is all about staying in a cave hotel, so I was delighted to find one that looked great and was extremely good value. This was the imaginatively “does what it says in the tin” titled Old Yanan Cave Dwelling Hotel. And while it was a bit out in the boonies…
There’s a dichotomy to China where it wants to paint itself as living in the future (like Japan), so you now get robots doing shit and QR codes to pay for everything. Then you see a Chinese squat toilet and things are put into perspective. It is this that leads perfectly to the Craft Beer…
Beidahe (北戴河, Běidàihé) is a proper tacky Chinese past its prime seaside resort, but that is exactly what gives it its charm. Combine that with the fact that it is only 2 hours by train from Beijing and you have the ingredients of a place well worth a visit. Formerly and to a degree still…
If you know anything about visiting North Korea then you will have heard of Air Koryo. The state flag carrier they have become infamous for being the so called “one star airline” and for what it is like to eat on Air Koryo. This is primarily for the notorious Air Koryo Burger, or rather mystery…
There are few street foods that I balk at trying, but pag pag was definitely one of them. Basically it is leftover fast food, mostly chicken from KFC or Jollibee, that is taken from the trash, cleaned, boiled and then fried to make a cheap snack for the Manila slums. Salivating yet? Probably not, but…
I have just come back from attending the 24th Pyongyang Spring Trade Fair and not to put too fine a point on it, but it was epic. And were that not enough it also allowed me to visit Pyongyang for the first time in 6 whole years. Now before the haters start hating I will…
