When China gets cheaper, the itinerary is often getting better, not worse. A station hall that had been a wall of backpacks can suddenly show floor tiles again once the holiday rush passes. A hotel desk that was moving passports by the stack now has time to answer a question. That is the window this...Read More
It is just past eleven at night at London Heathrow when a couple rolls their cases up to the Air China desk. On paper their China tour has not started — the brochure says Day 1 is tomorrow afternoon in Beijing. Their bodies disagree: Day 1 began the moment they handed over their boarding passes,...Read More
