China

BEIJING

Travel Advice

• Airport
  • China’s 72-hour Visa-Free Transit Rule: Flyer Beware
  • The Customs of the Chinese

Travel Guide

Trip Report

Arabs in Asia (January 2010)

• The Overview: Touring the Culinary Scene of Asia 

SHANGHAI

Travel Advice

• Airport
  • China’s 72-hour Visa-Free Transit Rule: Flyer Beware
  • The Customs of the Chinese
• Transport
  • “Taxi My Friend?” The Worst Places to Hail a Cab

Travel Guide

Xiao Long Bao: A Tutorial

Trip Report #1

MBA in Travel & Tourism Part II (August 2009-January 2010)

• The Overview: The Pointless Global MBA: Take 2

Trip Report #2

Arabs in Asia (January 2010)

• The Overview: Touring the Culinary Scene of Asia 

Trip Report #3

Broke Expat in Shanghai (May 2010-September 2010)

Trip Report #4

A Trip to the Far East in Style (June 2014)

• The Overview: I’ve Been Everywhere And It Sucks!
• Jet Set Go!
  • Emirates First Class Lounge JFK (New York): You Don’t Belong Here
  • Emirates Airlines JFK-DXB (New York-Dubai; First Class; Airbus A380): Sheikh Dubai’s Chariot: First Class on Emirates Airlines A380
  • Emirates Airlines DXB-PVG (Dubai-Shanghai; Business Class; Boeing 777): Emirates Has No Business Flying Without a Shower!
  • Park Hyatt Shanghai: Park Hyatt Shanghai: Too High in the Sky
  • Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund: It’s an Institution Sir

a-live

• June 20, 2014: Shanghai a-live
• June 21, 2014: The Sharks Are in the Water
• June 21, 2014: A View from the Top 

Trip Report #5

The Visa Run Keeps Running (October-November 2014)

• The Overview: All in business, all for $200 and 30,000 US Air Miles
• Jet Set Go!
  • ULN (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia): Business Class Lounge: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  • PEK (Beijing, China): Air China Business Lounge Beijing: Out of the Cold, Into the Smog
  • The Unexpected Detour to Hong Kong: China’s 72-hour Visa-Free Transit Rule: Flyer Beware
  • Hyatt on the Bund, Shanghai
  • Le Royal Méridien Shanghai