Xijiang, China Travel Blogs

Sun and Rain along the Xi River

A travel blog entry by bethverde

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... the largest village of the Miao racial minority in China. The Miao are known as Hmong among themselves and outside of China. XiJiang occupies the western shoulders and basin of a long river valley. The eastern part of the valley is terraced with ...

Captain Planet vs Iloinensancai

A travel blog entry by iloinensancai

... ottamaan taksin Kailista Xijiangiin. Tosin taksin hinta oli erittain edullinen julkisenliikenteen hintoihin verrattuna, n 13e. Xijiang tervehti retkuettamme valkkyvin neonvaloin ja lipunmyyjaporukalla, joka koostui yli kymmenesta hengesta. ...

Where very little changed in a millennium.

A travel blog entry by andremaheux

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... national holiday in China for that is the day Mao Zedong proclaimed the creation of the People's Republic of China. I happened to be in Xijiang the day before and the celebrations were already going strong. The local Miao tribe treated us with quite ...

Miao!

A travel blog entry by jiabaili

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... Motor abkratze. Hupend kurvten wir durch die sch�ne Reisterassenlandschaft, vorbei and kleineren Miaosiedlungen. Dann die Entt�uschung: Xijiang ist auf und dran, zum Disneyland gemacht zu werden. In der Gegend werden �berall Willkommenstore ...

Chinese tourism village

A travel blog entry by gingerjazz

We were sick of paying the damn entrance fees, but after turning away from so many villages and altering our itineary so much already, we decided just to pay it. Thankfully my expired student card was accepted and that knocked the price down quite a ...

Another Beautiful Day Xijiang Village

A travel blog entry by eddakath

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... the mountain and Bamboo is found in and around the village with maple trees covering the mountain tops. Xijiang Miao people have a long history which dates back to the Chiyou Tribe and it is said that Chiyou's third son's ...

It's harvesting time

A travel blog entry by rofo

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... *Xiding had kids throw plastic bags that have been tied up. I felt so sorry for them I had to give them some real balloons. *Xijiang had kids making mud blocks from a puddle off the side of the dusty road *Xijiang also had a kid pull a piece of metal ...

The Beautiful Miao Village of Xijiang

A travel blog entry by eddakath

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... as a long term backpacker this doesn’t come for free nor can it be supplied by a rice farmer’s meager wage. Xijiang Village now has so much accommodation that it could never be filled. Small hotels cost 120 Yuan, no matter how much I ...

Xijiang

A travel blog entry by yftahp

Nice minority village with allot of ...

Xijiang

A travel blog entry by danandmichelle

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... 11.45 when we were giving up hope and had no choice but to go. After a tube, a fast ferry, border crossing back into China and a flight, we arrived in Kaili for our overnight stay. The next morning we left Kaili for a trek through Xijang, ...

First Miao Village

A travel blog entry by jathomaz

Oh yes, happy Thanksgiving! Whenever that is. The bus stopped at the city gate, and I had to pay to get a ticket. But, after I watched all the "free" Miao dances, I figured it was worth it. I lit at the first guesthouse that I ran ...

Our first authentic village experience

A travel blog entry by rivkapi

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19/8 - Xijiang Xijiang (pronounced Shijiang) is a picturistic village near Kaili, populated by the "Miao" people. In fact, we understood that most of the region is populated by Miao. We arrived at Xijian at the afternoon, and went about to see the town. ...

Miao village

A travel blog entry by kirtley

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The largest Miao village. Unfortunately I got very drunk on rice ...

Among the Miaou

A travel blog entry by raymondc

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... train, too big a risk when we have to be back in Hong Kong by Sunday at the latest. We have just bought our tickets for Xijiang, by direct bus. It leaves at 10:30 a.m. We plan to stay the night and come back to the Xinlong Hotel tomorrow for a bit of ...

Oct 02, 2010

A travel blog entry by luciagreco

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Traipsed Xijiang with Cecelia

A travel blog entry by jathomaz

Xijiang is one of the largest Viao villages in the area with about 4000 inhabitants. And I had been here previously alone, but it was on Cecelia's trek, so I was here again. But, with a local, there are always things to see that I had missed ...

Xijiang

A travel blog entry by conorsheedy

... is tiny and really quiet, and surprisingly since it is listed in the guide books it has very few tourists. Xijiang is the largest village of the Miao minority. China has 55 peoples or races, 92% of the population is han chinese which means that all of ...

Groupement de villages de campagne

A travel blog entry by zoko

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Oct 04, 2010

A travel blog entry by luciagreco

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Sun and Rain along the Xi River

Captain Planet vs Iloinensancai

Where very little changed in a millennium.

Miao!

Chinese tourism village

Another Beautiful Day Xijiang Village

It's harvesting time

The Beautiful Miao Village of Xijiang

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Xijiang

First Miao Village

Our first authentic village experience

Miao village

Among the Miaou

Oct 02, 2010

Traipsed Xijiang with Cecelia

Xijiang

Groupement de villages de campagne

Oct 04, 2010