Dec 6, 2020 | Travel Writing
Here in China, we’re enjoying a staycation boom. By Mark Andrews The Sunday Times. 06/12/2020 With external travel off the cards for the Chinese and Covid all but vanquished, domestic tourism is thriving. Mark Andrews reports from a bustling Shanghai I’m sipping...
Apr 17, 2020 | Travel Writing
How to open a hostel or guesthouse in China By Mark Andrews British Guild of Travel Writers. 17/04/2020 Pancakes and retrievers will set you on the right course, says Mark Andrews Step 1: This is by far the most important step and cannot be skipped. I recommend you...
Mar 24, 2020 | Travel Writing
Here in Shanghai, there’s finally light at the end of the tunnel. By Mark Andrews Telegraph. 24/03/2020 A Shanghai resident explains what he learnt during his city’s two-month lockdown It was mid-January in Shanghai’s vibrant, glittering Yu Gardens area. Photographers...
Feb 13, 2020 | Travel Writing
The 17 Best Day Trips From Shanghai. By Mark Andrews Culture Trip. 13/02/2020. Note this was a rewrite and addition to an existing article by someone else. Shanghai: a crossroads of east and west, the intersection of old and new China. It’s a destination exciting...
Jan 16, 2020 | Food Writing, Travel Writing
Is that Thai food, or Lao? By Mark Andrews South China Morning Post. 16/01/2020 Think Laotian food all tastes the same as its Thai neighbours? These 5 distinctive dishes will make you think again Northeastern Thai-style (Isaan) food is actually derived from Lao...
Nov 1, 2019 | Travel Writing
Five-star Wonder. By Mark Andrews Blue Wings – Finnair. November 2019 A look at Shanghai’s below ground level hotel built into the side of an old quarry. NOWHERE is the old expression “location, location,” more apt than with one of Shanghai’s newest hotels. The...
