China is a challenging place to backpack solo, especially without a jot of Mandarin or a local connection. Owing to the pandemic and tense geopolitics, the Chinese tourist economy runs independently ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. So there I was, in Chengdu, deep in the west of communist China. The artist in front of me showed me a beautiful and massive ...

Editor's note: Susan Sims first told this story on stage at the Des Moines Storytellers Project's "Travel." The Des Moines Storytellers Project is a series of storytelling events in which community ...