Vacations Blog
An Honest Take on Great Vacations
Posts by: Min Guo
“Made-in-China”–disappointed Chinese
Sep 26, 2008; 1 CommentIt is sad that one of the biggest news in post Beijing Olympic time is the milk contamination which results in the recalls of thousands of tons of formula milk powder and a long list of dairy products. I remembered the day when our national TV broadcast... Read more »
2008 Chinese New Year – Year of Rat is coming
Feb 04, 2008; 1 CommentIf you visit San Francisco Chinatown these days, you will find that the 2008 Chinese New Year animal is the Rat, as in the rat in Ratatouille, The Green Mile or Mousehunt (1997). There will be rats (live or not) in the homes of more than 1.3 billion people... Read more »
A Fairyland You Won’t Want to Miss – Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan, China
Jan 30, 2008; 2 CommentsA friend of mine from Chicago viewed my photos of a recent trip online and asked me two questions: Did you take all those photos? Is this place in China? My answers to both questions are “YES”. And not only you, but also Google has “told”... Read more »
Backpackers’ Paradise: Yangshuo, China
Nov 30, 2007; 8 CommentsAs I am a Shanghai-based Kango, my fellow Kangos asked me to suggest places to visit in China for our readers who plan to travel to China for the Beijing Olympics Games in 2008. I am sharing my trip to Yangshuo, a city in Guangxi province (in red circle... Read more »
“Travel” in Chinese Blogsphere: Chinese Blogger Conference 2007
Nov 06, 2007; 1 CommentIt was my second time to join the bloggers at the Chinese Blogger Conference 2007 in Beijing on Nov. 3 and 4. Last year, I went to Hangzhou and met a lot of great bloggers, including one of the conference founder/organizers, Issac Mao, who has... Read more »
Best Bets: 5 Reasons that Kids Love to Travel with Parents
Oct 24, 2007; 5 CommentsWhile parents are busy discussing and stressing over how to best vacation with their toddlers and young children on travel forums, kids have it easy. They simply go along for the ride… Here is another edition of ‘Min’s top 5′,... Read more »
My Salute to You Who Care about Disability, and Travel
Sep 18, 2007; 9 CommentsRecently on my flight back to Shanghai from the Kango headquarters in Palo Alto, California, I began chatting with a nice lady sitting next to me. She soon warmed up to me and informed me she was the mother of two sons, a college accounting student and... Read more »
7 Tips to Entertain Your Kids on a Long Flight
Sep 13, 2007; 10 CommentsDo you stress when faced with a long flight ahead with your kids? You might recall hearing about the mother and toddler who got kicked off a plane back in early July. This became a national story and a hot topic at preschool PTA meetings around the... Read more »
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