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Travel Blogs from China
Nǐ hǎo China
This is a top pick! ... The train ticket is in the form of a plastic coin which is very advanced and eco-friendly compared to England. Apparently China has been trying hard recently to cut back on its carbon emissions. Today we braved dumplings for breakfast before heading ...
Guests of the Aini
This is a top pick! ... on sunscreen and insect repellent and chew on individually-wrapped snacks. Dan and I can no longer count ourselves the fastest hikers in China. That title must go to our Abu, the local guide we picked up in Menghun, a smaller market city in ...
Just a little one
This is a top pick! ... ... but the Indian food and cheap wine was worth it :) We also took a trip to the observation level in the bank of China building for some pretty nice views....and took the star ferry to hong Kong island to get to the peak tram.... the tram taking you ...
Buddha's & Beaches
This is a top pick! ... feet in the sun and everyone sits under trees as the temperature is unbearable. We did plan on staying all day but you just cannot last more than a few hours. Our train tickets have now been booked to mainland China and we are off to Macau ...
Back to Shanghai
This is a top pick! ... and went to customs and Hong Kong border control. After presenting our passports and departure cards, we then went through China mainland immigration and passport control. After these two security checks, we then took our bags and loaded on a ...
No permission
This is a top pick! I continued for the next day, only to after a midday stop in larger military town called Miling to discover the next piece of road was being rebuilt. It was so bad that I my rear tyre that was pumped up to maximum pressure and laiden with the ...
Macao
This is a top pick! ... blocked off for that, and we heard racing crews talking in the customs and immigration lines while leaving to go back to China proper. Macao is famous for its gambling as well, trying to style itself an Asian Las Vegas. We didn't go ...
The Rice Terraces
This is a top pick! ... journey on our own. Ping'an is a small remote village located in Longji, well known for the very distinct rice terraces in China. The village is located high up in these rice terraces and the journey involved taking a coach on a steep winding road up ...
West Lake
This is a top pick! We arrived in Hangzhou on time having spent the last 17 hours on a seat in a busy train carriage. We were disappointed to find the train seats practically vertical and not even slightly reclined, we knew we were in for a long night! When it came to ...
The Shark Lady travels on
This is a top pick! From Kala Pattar we returned to Lobouche, this time staying the night in the very lovely Sherpa lodge. The day stayed clear, and sunset was spectacular, with Lhotse glowing gold like molten metal. The weather held the next day, and I have to say I have ...
Beijing and the Wall
This is a top pick! The Wall was amazing. The section of the wall we visited was called Mutianyu. It was a worthwhile hike. Scenery was a bit muted by the smog that managed to make it all the way out (it was a 45-60min drive out of Beijing). We enjoyed Beijing very much. ...
Skinny little poos.
This is a top pick! Feeling a little uncharitable. This is Andrew. Don't blame this entry on Tina. If you find yourself somehow transported to Xi'an, here's a couple of tips: 1: You will get sick. Upon entry you will receive a complimentary upper respiratory tract ...
Fame and Fortune in Foshan
This is a top pick! Day One in Foshan, China "China is famous for - people," our director states with a giggle. Dan and I are goggle-eyed, staring out the side windows of the school van at our new home and trying to maintain a conversation with our new coworkers at ...
The Emperor's Summer Palace
This is a top pick! We woke up this morning and we decided that the breakfast just isn't that good over here at the Hilton and we miss the pool and the fine rooms of the Fairmont. I logged on to see if I could make a last minute reservation and it showed sold ...
Too small, too big, pricey high, pricey too low.
This is a top pick! ... ;s nephew ( a good friend of mine), small “Mormon” world. If you don’t know people you will often know people they know. I hope I haven't bored you. They were just moments that I wanted to share from the rest of our first week of China. ...
Sunday morning Shanghai
This is a top pick! My host and interpreter on this trip, Yang Kai, is a very thoughtful young man. He's done a lot to spruce up the Shanghai office to make it comfortable. He purchased a very nice duvet for me to sleep in, set the heater to 30 celcius, even bought a box of ...
The Himalayan M25
This is a top pick! We made the most of our early awakening at Tengboche and set off. Guess the direction? Yes, up! We were on the trail by 8- 9 being our usual- and soon worked out the big plus point of a slightly later start when we got caught in the Himalayan equivalent ...
Wild Elephants Couldn't Drag Us
This is a top pick! For once, I'm excited to be woken up. It's 2:30 in the morning and the quiet flashlight-wielding man outside our tree house has just made my heart beat fast: "Da xiang," he says. "Da xiang." Dan and I put on our shoes and coats and tiptoe ...
A week in Shigatse
This is a top pick! This was to prove an interesting week! Most traveller's spend the night in this town, which is the old capital of Tibet. Not a lot of people know that! There was actually a lot to see, and I was fortunate to have the companionship of Lopsang and ...
Hainan Five-O
This is a top pick! ... she played guitar. For ambiance, this was my favorite night. The third day we made it to Sanya, the southernmost city in China. The vegetation on the way down was decidedly jungly, and the scenery classically Asian. I about snapped my own neck trying ...
A Journey East--In Search of the Hakka
This is a top pick! ... country was a diversion of our original plan. We had planned to go to Yunnan province, the farthest southwest province of China. Our guide book paints beautiful imagery of wild elephants, steep mountains, and matriarchal societies. Dan and I had ...
Getting to know Hong Kong
This is a top pick! So we're in Hong Kong. A while ago when we were in England, I remember watching one of those travel documentaries about the world's most dangerous airports, and Hong Kong was featured. When you fly in here you see exactly why! We were hoping of nice ...
Back in "Shangas"
This is a top pick! Arrived in Shanghai on Wednesday on the fast train from Beijing. Only took 5 hours as opposed to the 13-15 hour trips to Xi'an and Beijing. We reached speeds of up to 311km. Yesterday the kids and I went to the Shanghai Zoo. Great to see the animals ...
The Train to Xi'An
This is a top pick! ... , there wasn’t any soap. There wasn’t any toilet paper. In one of the bathrooms there was poop on the floor!” In China, most of the toilets are the squat and hit the hole type, so I was expecting that to be the report. I have been ...
Touch down in China, now how to get to the hotel?
This is a top pick! ... ; I woke up around 3 hours before landing and just watched a movie and filled out the landing cards required for when you enter China. When we arrived at the airport I was impressed with how massive and new it was. We passed through passport control ...
Letters from Listeners
This is a top pick! "When you get food in China, do you always get Chinese food?" You get the Chinese interpretation of food. The other night I ordered a burger from room service. The first thing I saw when I took the lid off the plate was a fried egg. The cook had ...
Lanzhou
This is a top pick! ... was economically very poor, heavily industralised and one of the most polluted I'd experienced in all my years of travel in China. The rivers were black and disgusting, the sky filled with ' yellow sandstorms' common to this area! Counting down the ...
Happy Christmas, Mouse
This is a top pick! ... , the two-week period following the New Year according to the Chinese lunar calendar. Every Western holiday we've experienced in China has had such rich contradictions and melding. Last year I was surprised by the shop fronts we passed that put ...
The Shadow of Buddha, and, What my Students Want
This is a top pick! ... We took a ferry over from Central in Hong Kong harbor to Tung Chung, a village on Lantau (called a village, but, as everywhere in China, with a population exceeding most cities I've been to in the USA) and then a bus up to the giant Buddha. Like many ...