A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. – Lao Tzu
It is surely a challenge describing in few words a country like China, more like a continent actually, with so many different landscapes, wonders, artistic heritage sites and a dominating millennial culture within the diversities of its regional identities.
A unique mix of wildly differing dialects, climatic and topographical extremes, it’s like several different countries rolled into one. Take your pick from the ethnic mix of the southwest, the yak-butter-illuminated temple halls, a journey along the dusty Silk Road, or getting into your glad rags for a night on the Shanghai modern scene.
China’s landscapes span the most vast range: from the sublime sapphire lakes of Tibet or the impassive deserts of Inner Mongolia, island-hop in Hong Kong or walk between fairy-tale pinnacles around Yangshuo, Guilin. Get enchanted before the rice terraces of the south, or hike some hidden spot of the Great Wall as it meanders across mountain peaks, visit temple-topped mountains, villages that time forgot, languorous water towns, sublime Buddhist grottoes and ancient desert forts.
The Chinese cuisine reflects the vast geographic and cultural variations in a huge land, therefore expect your taste buds to be tested and treated with some of the most delicious dishes you have ever had in your life.