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Category Archives: Practicalities

The Little Yak 2015 Calendar

November 3, 2014by Joanna James 2 Comments

What? It’s only November and my 2015 calendars are almost ready??! Yes, gentle reader, in a rare instance of advance planning, I have managed to pick out twelve of my […]

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Practicalities

Five things I’ve learned about travel photography

January 14, 2014by Joanna James 2 Comments

My camera and I travelled almost 30,000 kilometres (or 18,750 miles, but that doesn’t sound nearly as impressive) across China last year. We returned with over 10,000 photographs documenting all […]

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Practicalities

How to Order Chinese Food like a Pro

October 23, 2013by Joanna James Leave a comment

Ordering Chinese food can be a nerve-wracking experience, particularly if you don’t speak or read Chinese. Get it wrong, and your fears of being served platefuls of unmentionable animal parts […]

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Food, Practicalities

Travel with care.

September 26, 2013by Joanna James 5 Comments

Why do we travel? I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently. Perhaps – as the writer Bruce Chatwin believed – we’re all nomads at heart. Perhaps we secretly yearn […]

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Philosophy, Practicalities
Luggage

Travelling Light Redux

September 11, 2013by Joanna James 9 Comments

Earlier this summer I attempted to travel light on a six-week trip to Northwest China. On the day I left Hong Kong, my backpack weighed 9kg (20lb), and my camera […]

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Practicalities

Good Good Study, Day Day Up!

May 5, 2013by Joanna James 3 Comments

Studying Chinese requires that you make a few decisions upfront. Do you learn Mandarin or another dialect? Learn the characters or stick with pinyin? Traditional or simplified characters? Go to […]

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Practicalities

The Science of Travelling Light

April 28, 2013by Joanna James Leave a comment

Eurgh – packing lists. I generally shun them as indicative of control-freakery, but given that my own packing is reduced to putting everything in a big pile, adding some things […]

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Practicalities

The Art of Travelling Light

April 25, 2013by Joanna James 2 Comments

Luggage is a fact of life. Whether you’re going to a friend’s house for the weekend or on a six-month long expedition across the steppes of Central Asia, you’ll need […]

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Practicalities

Tibet Travel Permits – An Introduction

April 17, 2013by Joanna James Leave a comment

Travelling to Tibet is a dream for many people. The legend of a high-up, far-away and closed-off kingdom ruled by monks that developed in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries […]

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Practicalities

Tibetan Travel Update – Good News!

March 31, 2013by Joanna James 1 Comment

Those of you who follow the Byzantine rules and regulations that govern travel inside the Tibetan Autonomous Region will know that since May last year it has been more difficult […]

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China, Practicalities

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