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China is building a more positive tourism image globally, with more foreign visitors sharing their good travel experiences online and not unfairly stereotyping the country.中国正在全球范围内建立更加积极的旅游形象，越来越多的外国游客在网上分享他们美好的旅行经历，而非不公正的刻板印象。Two Mad Explorers from Ireland, a video blog channel on YouTube with more than 160,000 subscribers, has recorded the experiences of two travelers from the European country who started their trip to China two weeks ago from Chengdu, the capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province. They describe Chengdu as "clean, beautiful, very modern and an affordable place to visit".来自爱尔兰的两位疯狂探险者是油管上一个拥有超过16万订阅者的视频博客频道，他们记录了两位来自欧洲国家的旅行者在中国之行的经历。这两位旅行者于两周前从中国西南部四川省的首府成都开始他们的旅程。他们描述成都为“干净、美丽、非常现代化，而且是一个价格实惠的地方”。Two visitors from Italy, Sydia and Mica, told Douyin blogger Broke Laowai, who has over 600 followers, that they have traveled to Beijing, Pingyao in Shanxi province and Xi'an in Shaanxi province.来自意大利的西迪亚和米卡在抖音上拥有600多粉丝的博主“破产老外”的直播中表示，他们已经前往北京、山西平遥和陕西西安等地旅游。Sydia said she found the people in China to be very kind and thoughtful. They try to help foreigners even if the latter don't speak Chinese and they themselves don't speak fluent English, she said.西迪亚表示，她发现中国人非常善良体贴。即使外国人不会说中文，中国人也会尽力帮助他们，即使他们自己的英语说得并不流利。The two visitors from Italy also praised mobile phone applications such as Alipay and WeChat, calling these "very cool" apps for ordering coffee, hailing rides and making payments.来自意大利的两位游客还称赞了支付宝和微信等移动应用，称这些应用是“非常酷”的应用，可以用来点咖啡、叫车和付款。China's inbound tourism recorded a good performance after the nation announced its visa-waiver policies for residents of some European and Asian countries and regions in late 2023.2023年底，中国宣布对部分欧洲和亚洲国家和地区的居民实行免签政策后，中国入境旅游表现良好。Starting in December, China offered visa-free entry to ordinary passport holders of six countries — France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia — allowing them to stay on the Chinese mainland for up to 15 days for tourism, business and family visit purposes, and also allowing them to transit without a visa.从12月开始，中国向法国、德国、意大利、荷兰、西班牙和马来西亚等六个国家的普通护照持有者提供免签入境，允许他们在中国大陆停留最多15天，用于旅游、商务和探亲，也可以无需签证过境。The policy was extended to another six countries, including Switzerland and Ireland, in March, with its expiration date extended to Dec 31. 该政策在3月份又扩展至包括瑞士和爱尔兰在内的六个国家，有效期延长至12月31日。The National Immigration Administration issued 466,000 visas to international travelers in the first quarter of 2024, up nearly 120 percent year-on-year, data from the administration showed. Nearly 2 million visits were made to the mainland by visa-exempt foreign nationals in the first quarter, up 266 percent year-on-year.国家移民管理局数据显示，2024年第一季度共向国际旅客发放了46.6万份签证，同比增长近120%。第一季度免签外国国民来大陆的次数接近200万次，同比增长266%。The boom in inbound tourism continued during the May Day holiday. Around 1.76 million inbound trips were made to the mainland over the five-day break, which started on May 1, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said.文化和旅游部表示，五一假期期间，入境旅游继续保持繁荣态势。从5月1日开始的五天假期内，约有176万外国游客来大陆旅游。Travel portal Trip.com Group said that inbound travel bookings grew 130 percent year-on-year on the platform, while airport pickup services surged 342 percent year-on-year during the holiday.在线旅游平台同程旅行集团表示，该平台上的入境旅游预订量同比增长130%。同时，五一假期期间机场接送服务同比增长342%。Zhang Jinshan, a researcher on tourism planning and development at Beijing Union University, said that China's visa "openness and accessibility" was key to its inbound tourism growth. 北京联合大学旅游规划与发展研究所研究员张金珊表示，中国签证的“开放性和便利性”是入境旅游增长的关键。"China has made efforts to optimize its visa issuing procedures and made some groundbreaking changes in its visa policies starting in 2023. The inbound tourism market has embraced rapid recovery since earlier this year, with the growth of international travelers from some countries exceeding our expectations," he said.“中国一直在努力优化签证发放程序，从2023年开始在签证政策方面做出了一些突破性的改变。自今年年初以来，入境旅游市场已经实现了快速复苏，一些国家的国际游客数量增长速度超出了我们的预期。”Zhao Jing, director of customized tours at travel portal Tuniu, said that international travelers like planning their trips in advance, and China's optimized entry policies will give them more time to prepare for their trips as well as boost their confidence in getting to know the country better.途牛定制游总监赵京表示，国际游客通常喜欢提前规划行程，中国优化的入境政策将给他们更多时间准备行程，并增强他们更好地了解中国的信心。The relaxed entry policies have also cheered up domestic tourism companies, prompting them to channel more resources into launching new products and improving services, Zhao said.赵京表示，宽松的入境政策也提振了国内旅游企业，促使他们将更多资源投入到推出新产品和提升服务中。"The inbound tourism (market) has great potential yet to be tapped. I think the optimized policies will also attract more people to work in the sector," she added.“入境旅游市场还有巨大的潜力有待挖掘。我认为优化的政策也将吸引更多人投身这一行业。”Zhang, the tourism researcher, suggested that China expand its visa-free policy to some neighboring countries, and also to countries and regions involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, in order to gain a larger share in inbound tourism.旅游研究员张先生建议，中国可以扩大免签政策，向一些邻国以及“一带一路”参与国家和地区开放，以在入境旅游市场中占据更大的份额。In addition to improving payment, network and accommodations services for international travelers, China can channel more resources to deepen reform, enhance openness and improve the nation's image to secure the stable and sustainable development of inbound tourism, he added.他补充说，除了改善国际游客的支付、网络和住宿服务外，中国还可以将更多资源用于深化改革、扩大开放和提升国家形象，以确保入境旅游的稳定和可持续发展。inbound tourism入境旅游sustainable development可持续发展

​Serbian national Faris Rebronja is an international trader of everyday items and is currently based in the County of Pingyao, Shanxi Province in north China. Having lived in China for five years, the young businessman has gained experience not only in the business world but more importantly has formed his own understanding of the Asian nation. In this episode of Makin' It in China, Rebronja says he is optimistic about China's future development and wants to grasp more opportunities the world's second-largest economy will continue to offer him.

« Je ne veux pas montrer mais donner l'envie de voir ». On pourrait ajouter à cette citation de notre cinéaste du jour qu'elle aura même, avec son œuvre, donner envie de vivre. Ne pas seulement montrer, mais donner envie de voir, c'est vraiment ce qui a motivé la photographe, scénariste, réalisatrice, productrice, artiste visuelle Agnès Varda. (Rediffusion) Une grande exposition Viva Varda vient d'ouvrir ses portes à la Cinémathèque française à Paris et nous recevons sa commissaire Florence Tissot.Ainsi que le documentariste Pierre-Henri Gibert dont le portrait libre « Viva Varda » sera diffusé sur Arte, le 6 novembre 2023 (et disponible sur la plateforme arte.tv).En 70 ans de carrière, Agnès Varda aura signé une quarantaine de films, courts et longs métrages, fictions et documentaires, œuvres d'art contemporain, hybridant les formes, échappant aux cases pour bâtir une œuvre polymorphe.⇒ La bande annonce. À l'affiche de notre cinéma également ce samedi :- un reportage de notre envoyé spécial permanent en Chine Stéphane Lagarde sur le festival de Pingyao, et le journal du cinéma. Pauses musicales : Sans toi, la chanson du film Cleo de 5 à 7, et Angry, un titre du nouvel album des Rolling Stones.

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« Je ne veux pas montrer mais donner l'envie de voir ». On pourrait ajouter à cette citation de notre cinéaste du jour qu'elle aura même, avec son œuvre, donner envie de vivre. Ne pas seulement montrer, mais donner envie de voir, c'est vraiment ce qui a motivé la photographe, scénariste, réalisatrice, productrice, artiste visuelle Agnès Varda. Une grande exposition Viva Varda vient d'ouvrir ses portes à la Cinémathèque française à Paris et nous recevons sa commissaire Florence Tissot.Ainsi que le documentariste Pierre-Henri Gibert dont le portrait libre « Viva Varda » sera diffusé sur Arte, le 6 novembre 2023 (et disponible sur la plateforme arte.tv).En 70 ans de carrière, Agnès Varda aura signé une quarantaine de films, courts et longs métrages, fictions et documentaires, œuvres d'art contemporain, hybridant les formes, échappant aux cases pour bâtir une œuvre polymorphe.⇒ La bande annonce. À l'affiche de notre cinéma également ce samedi :- un reportage de notre envoyé spécial permanent en Chine Stéphane Lagarde sur le festival de Pingyao, et le journal du cinéma. Pauses musicales : Sans toi, la chanson du film Cleo de 5 à 7, et Angry, un titre du nouvel album des Rolling Stones.

Chine : le taux préférentiel de prêt reste inchangé;Plus de 2.800 entreprises participent au Salon international de l'industrie de Chine à Shanghai;La Chine annonce la reprise complète du trafic international de navires de croisière;Mise en place des décorations florales à Beijing à l'approche de la fête nationale;Les forêts anciennes de théiers à Pu'er en Chine classées au patrimoine mondial;Retour d'un navire-hôpital chinois après une mission humanitaire;Le festival de photographie d'une ancienne ville chinoise (Pingyao) attire 13.961 œuvres ;Ouverture du 1er Forum culturel international du Panda d'or à Chengdu

In the Qing dynasty, camels were one of the main means of transport. People would travel for days to cross deserts, wilderness and plains to reach the city of Pingyao, where they would trade their wares to increase their wealth. So an agency of bankers was established to help grow the economy and slowly build up a financial network. Soon, wealth began to accumulate in the city of Pingyao: First Banks of China by Wu Shuang from Jing Studio. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/01/21/pingyao-first-banks-of-china-saturday-review/ Useful Links Pingyao: First Banks of China: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jingstudio/pingyao-first-chinese-banks/description Rulebook: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/211862/pre-kickstarter-english-rules Jing Studio: https://www.facebook.com/jingstudio/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/303263/pingyao-first-chinese-banks Brass: Birmingham review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/03/brass-birmingham-saturday-review/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) The following music was used for this media project: Music: Wanderer by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4772-wanderer License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tabletopgamesblog/message

Shanxi (山西) province is a mountainous plateau region located in northern China. It is know for its yummy noodles and the ancient city of Pingyao (平遥), which has become a world heritage site. But don't be afraid to get dirty! Shanxi is the leading coal producer in China and is also frequented by yearly sand storms. In this lesson, we get a sneak peek of what Shanxi has to offer. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/2036

For 10 years in a row since he became general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee in 2012, Xi Jinping has made it a tradition to visit people at the grassroots level nationwide, especially disadvantaged groups, ahead of Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival.With the most important Chinese festival starting on Tuesday, Xi, who is also China's president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, started his annual festive tour to meet the people on Wednesday. This time, he chose North China's Shanxi province as his destination.The inspection tour, which concluded on Thursday, took him to visit villagers, workers engaged in cultural relics protection and energy supply, and officials working at the grassroots level in southern and central parts of the province.On Wednesday afternoon, Xi went to two villages, where he visited villagers' homes and inspected post-disaster reconstruction in areas affected by last year's floods, as well as local work in restoring farming, ensuring the public's access to heating in winter, consolidating and expanding anti-poverty achievements, and advancing rural vitalization.▲ President Xi Jinping, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, talks on Wednesday with villagers in Huozhou, Shanxi province, during his inspection of the province ahead of Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Tuesday. Xie Huanchi/XinhuaIn Fengnanyuan, a village in the city of Huozhou, which was hit hard by severe flooding last year, Xi told the villagers he came to see how much the disaster had affected their lives, and he was gratified that the villagers have weathered the storm and made achievements in the reconstruction of their homes through local governments' help and their own efforts. He wished them a happy Spring Festival.Speaking to residents of Duancun village of Fenxi county, who came to welcome him, Xi said that in governing the country, the CPC has no other option but to do something good for the people, wholeheartedly serve the people, and make every effort to ensure the people can pursue a happy life.▲ Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a villager's home in Fengnanyuan Village, Shizhuang Township of Huozhou City, north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 26, 2022. Xi on Wednesday began his visit to Shanxi Province ahead of the Spring Festival, or the Chinese New Year. Xinhua/Li XuerenAs the new journey has begun toward the second centenary goal of comprehensively building China into a modern socialist country, Xi said agricultural and rural areas' modernization should not be left behind. Farmers' lives will be better and better, he added.Putting people first has been at the center of Xi's governance philosophy. Every time he has conducted inspection tours nationwide in recent years, he has chatted with locals to learn details about their lives, including their incomes, housing situation, healthcare, children's education and old-age services, and has seen how the Party's and government's policies have been carried out to benefit the people.In his New Year address to ring in 2022, Xi said, "The concerns of the people are what I always care about, and the aspirations of the people are what I always strive for."Our country, big as it is, also has its list of priorities. The myriad of things we attend to all boil down to matters concerning every household. ... Every time I visit people in their homes, I would ask if they have any more difficulties, and I would remember everything my folks have to share with me."Cai Wenming, 62, a farmer from Duancun village, was excited to see Xi, the country's top leader, visiting his home on Wednesday afternoon. "General Secretary Xi was very affectionate. He asked me in great detail about how we had prepared the food and other goods for Spring Festival. He asked me how much income I can earn from raising sheep," Cai said.Cai said that although the general secretary is busy taking care of 1.4 billion people in the country, he nonetheless spends time visiting a mountainous village to see in person what local farmers' lives are like, and whether the villagers who were lifted out of poverty one year ago live a better life now. Cai added that he was very thankful for Xi.Li Jiali, the village's Party secretary, said Xi's visit inspired her a lot. "As a grassroots-level official, I will be more down-to-earth to work for my villagers, always putting the people's interests in my heart," she said.In addition to people's lives, Xi also paid much attention to the province's high-quality development.During his visit on Thursday to Pingyao county, which is famed for its importance in Chinese economic history and for its well-preserved urban planning and architecture in Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911), Xi emphasized the importance of preserving cultural relics and upholding cultural confidence.Inspecting a coal-fired power plant in the city of Jinzhong, Xi underlined the need to promote low-carbon development of the coal sector while ensuring the energy supply to contribute to the country's carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals.He also urged Shanxi to fully follow the decisions and policies made by the CPC Central Committee, comprehensively and faithfully implement the new development philosophy and make coordinated efforts in COVID-19 pandemic response and socioeconomic development.记者：曹德胜

Carlo Hintermann è regista, produttore, musicista e scrittore. Dopo aver studiato percussioni classiche, filosofia e storia del cinema in Italia si trasferisce negli Stati Uniti dove studia regia cinematografica.Qui realizza una serie di cortometraggi e lavora come regista e coordinatore di seconda unità. Inizia la sua carriera di documentarista realizzando insieme a Luciano Barcaroli, Gerardo Panichi e Daniele Villa il film "Rosy-fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick" (Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Venezia, 2002). Segue "Chatzer: Inside Jewish Venice" (Torino Film Festival, 2004) e "The Dark Side of the Sun" (Festa del Cinema di Roma, Extra – Menzione speciale premio Enel Cuore, 2011). Dirige anche il corto di animazione "H2O" (Annecy Animated Film Festival, 2007).Produce e dirige l'unità italiana del film di Terrence Malick "The Tree of Life" (Palma d'oro al Festival di Cannes, 2011) rafforzando ulteriormente la sua collaborazione con Malick. Nel 2013, dirige lo spot per la Giornata Mondiale Delle Malattie in collaborazione con Annie Lennox e gli Eurythmics. Successivamente dirige anche lo spot per la campagna del 2015.Il suo film "The Book of Vision", per cui Terrence Malick è produttore esecutivo, apre La Settimana della Critica all'interno della Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Venezia 2020. Il film viene selezionato in molti altri festival tra cui Sitges, Pingyao, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma – Montreal, e Warsaw Film Festival dove è il film d'apertura.Come produttore insieme al suo socio Gerardo Panichi ha co-prodotto numerosi film, documentari e cortometraggi tra cui "Ana Arabia, Tsili e Rabin: The Last Day di Amos Gitai" (Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Venezia, 2013, 2014, 2015), "Monte" di Amir Naderi (Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Venezia – Premio Glory to the Filmmaker, 2016), "Dal Ritorno" di Giovanni Cioni, "Rhinoceros" di Kevin Jerome Everson.Hintermann è anche un musicista, compositore e scrittore di cinema. Con Luciano Barcaroli e Daniele Villa ha scritto diversi volumi: "Addio terraferma: Ioseliani secondo Ioseliani" (Ubulibri, 1999); "Una storia vera – The Straight Story" (Ubulibri, 2000); "Il cinema nero di Takeshi Kitano: Sonatine – Hana-Bi – Brother" (Ubulibri, 2001); Scorsese secondo Scorsese" (Ubulibri,2003) e "Terrence Malick: Rehearsing the Unexpected" (Faber & Faber, 2015).

“Hexie Hao”photographies de Jean-Luc FeixaFanzine en autoéditionhttps://www.jeanlucfeixa.com/hexiehaoExtrait du communiqué de presseLittéralement harmonie, Hexie Hao est le récit imagé d'un voyage en terre chinoise traversée au rythme fou des trains éponymes. Par la fenêtre, rêvassant pendant des heures, j'ai vu défiler les kilomètres de campagne, mouchetée par des milliers de bloc habités.Abandonnant ma monture d'acier au rythme des arrêts, j'ai arpenté de long en large les coulisses de ce grand spectacle, me perdant dans la fureur et les contrastes extrêmes des mégalopoles chinoises, et m'enivrant de la beauté brute des paysages.De Pékin à Shanghai, en passant par Pingyao et les rizières en terrasse de Longji, les sels d'argent conserveront à jamais les beaux instants de ce voyage initiatique.[…]Jean-Luc FeixaFanzine en édition limitée à 50 exemplaires, signés et numérotés. Imprimé sur papier noir, 14,8 x 21 cm, 25 images, 56 pages, en français, design Mathieu Van Assche. Pour plus d'informations jlfeixa@gmail.com Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

David Charles Collins (b. 1988, Perth, Australia) is an artist examining perceptions of identity and masculinity through the mediums of photography, performance and video. Based in Sydney since 2016, David graduated with an MFA from Sydney College of the Arts in 2017 under the supervision of Australian contemporary artist Julie Rrap.David’s work has been displayed in several exhibitions including solo shows at Perth Centre for Photography and STILLS Gallery as well as group exhibitions such as Pingyao photography festival in China. Most recently his work has been included in BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! a project by The Little Black Gallery, curated by co-founder Ghislain Pascal, to promote queer and gay photography.Publications which have reviewed David's work include: Australian Art Collector Magazine, Art Guide Australia, Scoop magazine and The Age. His work is held in collections including the Art Gallery Of Western Australia and the University of Western Australia’s Lawrence Wilson Gallery.Interview with David Charles Collins recorded by Michael Dooney on 12. May 2020 between Berlin & Sydney with Squadcast. Photo by Adrian Pinto.NOTESFull Episode Transcript (online soon)David Charles Collins official homepageVideo Art by David Charles CollinsBoys! Boys! Boys!Home PageInstagramLittle Black Gallery, LondonGhislain PascalFotografiska New York----more----DAVID CHARLES COLLINSHomepageBookshopInstagramVideo ArtBOYS BOYS BOYS!Home PageInstagramLittle Black Gallery, LondonGhislain PascalSEBASTIAN DE LA LUZ (audio engineering)SoundcloudMICHAEL DOONEYHome PageInstagramFacebookTwitterYouTubeJARVIS DOONEY GALLERYHome PageInstagramFacebookTwitter

In this episode, we feature TMI Fine Arts Instructor Hannah Cooper McCauley, who joined the TMI community 2016 and brings her talents of narrative photography to our school. Her own photography has been exhibited in group and solo shows at various venues internationally, including the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Vermont Center for Photography, Photo Beijing 2014, the 2014 Pingyao, China International Photography Festival, and has been published in Photo District News as well as Aint-Bad Magazine. She earned her Bachelors of Fine Arts degree at Jacksonville State University and her Masters of Fine Arts degree from Louisiana Tech University. Hannah shares her diagnosis of a degenerative eye condition called Optic Nerve Head Drusen and how it has influenced and shaped much of her art. We also talk about her teaching philosophy, some of her students' favorite projects, and why analog photography continues to be important for students even as technology evolves. Learn more about Hannah and view her art: http://www.hannahcoopermccauley.com/    View Hannah's chapel talk at TMI, "An Artist's Story" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3vpWq_wOcw 

Hoy vamos a visitar Pingayao, una ciudad ciudad de las dinastias ming y qing fundada en el siglo XIV y que fue un lugar muy importante para la economía de China. Aquí en Pingyao se abrio el primer banco chino y en esta ciudad se llego a almacenar más del 50% de las reservas de plata de todo el imperio. En nuestra visita nosotros vamos a ver los antiguos bancos y casas de la moneda. Vamos a dar una vuelta por su muralla de 6 km de larga y 12 metros de alta, vamos a ver sus torretas y luego vamos a alquilar una bicicleta para ir a visitar los templos de zhenguo y shuanglin, situados fuera de los muros de la ciudad antigua de Pingyao. Además de ese recorrido virtual por Pingyao y al rededores también vamos a dar una vuelta por un curioso y exótico mercado callejeros de ranas, serpientes, tortugas… vivas por supuesto. Os voy a explicar cómo es la organización normal de un mercado de este tipo, y también hablaremos sobre qué tipo de animales te puedes encontrar en ellos. ¿Qué te parece el recorrido de hoy? Curioso ¿verdad? Espero que te guste. http://asiaeasyviajes.com/pingyao/ http://asiaeasyviajes.com/foto-reportaje-pingyao/ http://asiaeasyviajes.com/mercados-de-tortugas-serpientes-ranas-peces-y-perros-vivos/

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Once upon a time, a wise old Jedi claimed that “fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate leads to suffering.” He stopped after suffering, though, so we have to wonder: what does suffering lead to? Is there a chance that suffering can lead to new possibilities? From suffering, there are opportunities for growth, for change, and for evolution. Suffering can be the catalyst for so many qualities necessary in a travel, and, sometimes, all that you need to do to obtain those qualities is to “rough it” when traveling. Tom Butler makes his triumphant return to discuss the benefits of “roughing it,” as well as his time in China. Tom returns to Hayden to talk about his life since he last visited in season three, as well as how he has begun to settle down with his family, which includes his three-year-old daughter and will soon include another child, coming this summer. He talks about how the logistics of traveling have had to shift since he has started adding children to his family, since the travel bug has not been dissuaded regardless of how many kids he has. Tom also discusses how to manage your budget and finances when you travel. The highlight of Tom’s episode is in his story, based in China and given the alluring title of: “On the Right Track.” He talks about his journey with his family from Shiyan to Beijing, how they decided to stop over in Pingyao, but also decided to take the most overpacked train directly following Chinese New Year. What followed was a lesson in not overbooking trains, and in trusting those around you when something goes wrong. Tom also discusses with Hayden cultural divides, differences from location to location, and how even the slightest deviation from your usual routine can count as a travel experience. They also continue their thread of how “toughing it” can make an experience that much more powerful and interesting to go through and learn from, as well as how to follow your own flexibility when scheduling and spending on a trip. When it comes right down to it, though, you will never know if you don’t give it a shot; “do or do not - there is no try.” 0:57 - In the last episode of season four, Hayden re-introduces Tom Butler, one of our most popular guests from season three. Tom has been around the world with his wife and is starting to settle down with a family, with his second child on the way this summer, but the travel bug has never left him. 8:05 - Hayden and Tom discuss the price spectrum of traveling and how to manage your budget and your finances when you travel. Tom mentions how your own comfort and experiences can play into your financial decisions, as well as how flexible you can be in your scheduling and your spending. 15:27 - Hayden shares a... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/backpackdigital/message