So, just to give everyone a little preview of what to expect from this blog.  This will be a blog that suggests places to go for travelers and those planning their trips.  This blog will break down what sights and activities should be done in each place, how much time you can expect to spend doing said activities (more or less, may vary with different people), and useful tips that should be considered before traveling to these places to better enjoy the experience.  

This is not a blog that will go into an in depth encyclopedic description of each sight/city nor will I go into much detail about the history or background of the area.  If, you would like to know more about the area mentioned here google it or wikipedia it, you will find more than enough information on the internet about the history and background of these places.  

What I am seeking to provide are some of the information that can’t be so easily found on the internet.  Information that can only be obtained from either trial and error or local knowledge.  This blog is seeking to make traveling more enjoyable and less stressful.  Concepts such as time of year, seasons, food, traveling on a budget and amount of time expected to be spent in an area will be addressed in the hope of making the planning process for your travel plans easier.  

I am also hoping to make planning your trip easier.  I will break down how much time I think should be expected to be spent in each city and go into even further detail and include how much time should be expected to be spent in each sight.  I will use the metric of days and half days to determine how much time should be spent in each city.  The metric of full days, half days and a few hours for how much time should be expected to spent in each sight.  I do this with the hope that it will make planning the trip easier for anyone reading this blog.  Even if someone is traveling in China for an extended period of time (weeks or months) they could read this blog and have a reasonable idea of how much time should be spent in each city.  I will classify the sights that I recommend people go to if there is time, the sights that can be overlooked and the can’t miss sights.  

I will reveal one bias that I do have though about my opinions in this blog.  That is that I do not care for 90% (made up figure) of the museums that I go to.  Sorry about that, but I feel that museums for the most part are boring, there is never enough places to sit and after about an hour I feel as if I have been dragged on a school field trip and struggle to stay awake (even while standing).  In my own personal experience most museums have left me with back pains and the feeling that I have wasted most of my day indoors.  So, as far as recommendations go, sorry museum lovers they are not high on my list.  

I personally prefer more natural areas.  I personally feel like if a person gets on a plane for 10+ hours they should experiences things that they wouldn’t be able to experience anywhere else in the world and go to the places and sights unique to that area.  That being said I place those natural scenic areas higher up on my recommendation list.  The big city and metropolitan areas are also very nice but personally I’d rather spend my time hiking a mountain or floating down a river.  I have seen many metropolitan areas in the United States, which is why I prefer to see something a bit different when I travel.  

I also hope that I could save people a buck or two by introducing some of the more economic ways to travel around these areas. For some areas (such as Hong Kong) it is very difficult to travel economically. This blog will also cover what to expect while traveling to some of these places. For example, cultural norms, popular modes of transportation within the country and potential obstacles that one might encounter while traveling in these areas.

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