Just got back from an awesome couple of days in Vietnam. We were in Ho Chi Minh City for a little bit, but spent most of our time in the Mekong Delta.
I recently spent the some time in Hong Kong over New Year’s. I took the overnight train from Shanghai, which is something I had wanted to do for a while. While down there, I also managed to see a bit of Guangdong, the highlight being seeing some Diaolou houses in Kaiping. It was great to get a second chance to explore Hong Kong and check out bits I hadn’t caught the first time.
After hearing that you can bring your bike on the trains here if they’re under a certain size, I impulsively bought a folding bike and a train ticket. Biking in Shanghai is (besides the drivers) always a great experience but sometimes you need to get out of the city. I took a train to Huangshan in Anhui Province and biked to Wuyuan in Jiangxi Province. The lack of cars and the (relative) fresh air were a welcome break. I took the train back home from Jingdezhen, which is the center of Chinese pottery making.