Sìchuān Tips & articles

Tips & articles

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   Burn, baby, burn: the world’s fieriest foods

   23 November 2010

   Foods hot enough to repel elephants and make chefs wear gas masks? That’s right. If you think you’ve got the...

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   China’s top 10 Sichuan teahouses

   20 August 2010

   Nobody does tea better than the Chinese. And nowhere is China’s tea culture better represented than in Sichuan province. But...

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   The inside info on China’s ancient watchtowers

   19 August 2010

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   Which way to the guesthouse? A lost author's tale.

   22 June 2010

   In all my weeks of travelling around the Tibetan areas of western Sichuan, the incredibly basic but oh-so-charming Dala Gong...

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   Bunk with the monks in Tibetan Sichuan

   18 June 2010

   Monks debatin...

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   How to eat like a local in Tibetan China

   11 June 2010

   Visiting Tibetan China without sampling tsampa is a bit like going to Beijing and skipping the roast duck. Made from...

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