Editor’s note: like Sam, I tried to squeeze as much of Beijing as possible into just a couple days for the sake of the visa-free entry (which requires you to spend the whole time in a single city). You can read about my two days here. While I wouldn’t go to China now, part of…
Culture is different when you go somewhere new in the world. Some people shake hands, some bow, some wave. In Singapore, littering and spitting are punishable by jail time. In Israel, shaking a thumb grasped to all four fingers means "hold on a moment." In France, you may be greeted by a complete stranger with…
Sometimes there just isn't enough time to spend in each destination. If you are like me, you want to see as many places as possible, even at the expense of being able to completely immerse in a new locale. So if you only have two days to see Beijing, a city with a ton of…
Last year, one of my best friends went through a pretty rough divorce. To give him something to look forward to, I offered to take him anywhere in the world he wanted to go. "Japan," he said, "but I want to see the Great Wall first." So here we go! Below is our general itinerary,…