Posts by 基本上无害
Antarctica in 10 Questions: The Ultimate Guide to Choosing Your Ship and Route
This 10-question guide aims to be as fair and objective as possible (after all, it’s not sponsored), and I hope it helps you plan your Antarctica trip better....
Because the Mountain Is There
Our story goes back 56 years, to California. On a hot summer day in 1968, 25-year-old Doug Tompkins dropped by to see his surfing and climbing partner, 30-year-old Yvon Chouinard....
On a Daily 10,000 RMB Antarctica Cruise, What Did We Do Every Day?
I took my first-ever trip to Antarctica on Polar Latitude’s Seaventure, a standard Antarctic Peninsula itinerary: 2 days crossing the Drake Passage + 4 days on the Antarctic Penins...
Finally Made It to Machu Picchu—and It Cost Less Than Expected
Machu Picchu Another term from my middle-school geography textbook, finally unlocked. In the faint light of dawn, looking out over the full panorama of Machu Picchu—the "Lost City...
From Cusco to Machu Picchu
Body At six in the morning, the old city of Cusco was still fast asleep in the gray haze of dawn. I hopped onto a minibus by Plaza San Francisco, squeezed among equally bleary-eyed...
Back to the Golden City: A Solo Hike Near Cusco
Hiking Near Cusco I had one extra day in Cusco and wanted to do a hike nearby. But as I learned more about Peru, my original plans were gradually ruled out: Rainbow Mountain felt t...
Horse Racing in Zhaosu
Horse Racing in Zhaosu A small frontier town in China’s far northwest: Zhaosu. Those few words alone — a small frontier town in the far northwest — are enough to stir the imaginati...
I Returned From Antarctica
No trip I’ve ever taken has made me want to set out again so wholeheartedly the very moment it ended quite like this one....
A Dream Day Trip in London
I’d dreamed too many dreams about London. The summer after fourth grade, I lay on a bamboo mat on the balcony and finished a set of books borrowed from a neighbor’s child. From the...
Shunde’s Florence and the Medici
My connection with Shunde began with the documentary The Taste of Canton. Later, work took me back there several times. Looking back, it was that art museum—not all the local food—...
One Day in Tianjin | A Secret Guide to Tianjin’s Best Eats
Our group member Li Ge, a true Tianjin local and devoted food lover, has been recommending his favorite Tianjin dishes to us in the chat day after day. We finally couldn’t resist t...