This is the second in an ongoing series of Holiday Fu interviews with tour operators, bloggers who live in interesting destinations and people who are passionate about a place and its cultural or natural attractions.

This time we’ve interviewed Josh Summers an expat in Xinjiang, who is also the founder/owner of the FarWestChina blog.

First off what is FarWestChina.com?

FarWestChina.com is my attempt to open up the door to Xinjiang, my little part of the world that that just happens to be a very unknown and widely misrepresented area in China.

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GoKunming contributor Guo Duomi recently took his bicycle to the high roads of northwestern Yunnan (China) shadowing part of the ancient tea horse route from Deqin to Lijiang. Here he shares with us details of his journey through the foothills of the Himalayas.

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Here is a destination you won’t find in Lonely Planet. The tiny village (we’re talking 20 to 30 families) of Liaoniuwan sits atop a loess plateau in the Yellow River Valley of Shanxi province. With a view of both the Yellow River and the Great Wall, this is some of the best scenery in China. Here, you’ll can actually stay in a cave-home built into the rocky terrain overlooking a gorge.

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