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Travel Blogs from China
Great Wall and Gardens
This is a top pick! We have now actually moved on from Beijing and looking back on our entry a few days ago when I think we were a little hesitant on first impressions - I can say that we were sad to leave such a wonderful city. Hazy, warm slightly murky in places but it ...
The HK hustle
This is a top pick! ... to escape the labyrinth. A wander around via Statue park and the 43rd floor of the Bank of China helped us find our bearings (with a quick stop in the surprisingly interesting Museum of Tea Ware), followed by the HSBC building ...
Food in China
This is a top pick! The food in China has been surprisingly good, indeed it has been quite a highlight. It is easy to get a local type of flat bread for breakfast & other than that there has been a healthily high vegetable & tofu content in the food. The Chinese are highly ...
Heaven Pool
This is a top pick! This 5 day trip provided me with some idyllic R&R. Up to now China had not offered restful travelling. It was see a place, take a long bus ride or three, see another place, move on. And there were some long, long bus rides. I spent much of my time ...
Shhh it's a Secret Great Wall
This is a top pick! ... of the wall, scattered bricks beneath our feet. It was amazing to realise that we were actually walking on the Great Wall of China. The only other people we could see were in our hiking party. At the next watch tower we could see the section we'd just ...
Tourism development in other places in China
This is a top pick! ... attractions of ethnic minorities get dissolved. Nationwide plan to boost tourism in less developed areas By Wang Lan (China Daily) The central government said Wednesday it is considering a series of fiscal measures to promote tourism, ...
Fire in the Gorge
This is a top pick! In spring, the forets and meadows of the Salween River Gorge become infused with a myriad of fragrances. Each flower has its unique blend of perfume. Together, they create an olfactory melange to awaken the senses. As we hiked, flowers were not ...
The Deluge
This is a top pick! "Hi, I'm Matt Damon, and I just went to Africa." Descending into the Yu-Chu Valley, John and I joked about Matt Damon, who recently went to Africa to help a non-profit for one day. "Who cares if Matt Damon went there for one day, I want to ...
Marching to the Mekong
This is a top pick! Today was very difficult, although Tsering insisted it was a seven hour journey. Yeah, right! It would be almost a twelve hour hike with few breaks, not even reaching our destination. We would climb a 15,200 foot pass and descend back to the ...
Do-ke La: Entering the T.A.R.
This is a top pick! ... permit anyway. For me, the risks were worth it. I could be fined. I could be sent back. I could be asked to leave China. In the worst case scenario, I could be tortured in a Chinese prison. Accepting these risks, I climbed over Do-ke La and ...
Tibet Transects: The Salween River Gorge
This is a top pick! ... Mekong--it forms a tightly-knit gorge system called the Three Parallel Rivers, one of the largest protected natural areas in China and a World Heritage Site. The Salween is one of the last remaining large free-flowing rivers in South Asia, beginning ...
The Winding Roads of Kham
This is a top pick! ... as a symbol of good luck; at least I saw a banner with the symbol of a football the word "Germany #1" above it.). Will China be a future contender? Hours later, the bus left Wamda for Pomda in the evening light. The road was paved and followed the ...
Francisco de Stepho
This is a top pick! ... for the day. We all had to introduce ourselves on the bus and say where we were from and what we were doing in China. She gave us a rundown on the site and amongst other things told us that the Emperor was buried about 1 1/2 kms from the ...
Pandas, Parks and Tea
This is a top pick! ... which was awesome. The pandas were within just a couple of metres of where the public could go. Sichuan is *the* part of China where Pandas live. I have also been enjoying the simple things in Chengdu, sitting in a park and drinking great green tea. ...
Millennium Park
This is a top pick! ... with weird plaster-casted elephants, camels and horses. It's the type of place I hate in the United States. In China though, my standards are much more relaxed. That's mainly because I have no idea what's going on most of the time ...
Hanoi & Hong Kong - Day 121
This is a top pick! Didn't really do anything constructive today in Hanoi except to prepare myself for my return to Europe after 4 months away. I'm flying to Zurich tomorrow to stay with a friend in the centre of the city for just over a week. Thought it would be nice to ...
The Friendship Highway, Day 2
This is a top pick! · Shingtse, Tibet, China · GMT + 8hrs · Altitude: 12,845ft (3,892 metres) Lhasa to Kathmandu. Day 2 · Day 2 hours driving: 1 · Day 2 Altitude drop: 165ft (50m) · Day 2 Highlights: Views from Gyantse fort, doing nothing in Shingtse & a ...
Deqing
This is a top pick! ... a cat, and tried free shots of another type. It burned the mouth more than slivovice and made our stomachs churn. That is old China. We saw more of old China the next day as well. Our first stop after breakfast was a Confucian temple. I ...
I wear my sunglasses at night
This is a top pick! I'm officially in Chinese culture now. Or at least I'm in somebody's scrapbook. Erin and I were walking towards the basketball courts on campus to play with some of her students when we noticed a man filming a woman on the ...
Up.... and up.... and up....
This is a top pick! Our first day of walking was a relatively easy induction. One of the limiting factors when trekking in the Himalyas is the altitude. We had to be careful how much height we gained each day, or risk altitude sickness. Oli and I both had a relatively ...
The lighter side of the Games
This is a top pick! ... been erected at the end of the course for competitors to celebrate/commiserate after they alight their boat. How much is China's first gold medal worth? According to one recent report, weightlifter Chen Xiexia, who won China's first gold medal in ...
Choo Choo
This is a top pick! ... back, I then proceeded to sleep for a few hours (rested my eyes) while Kate mastered the arts of washing machines in China. A nice evening followed with a walk through the pedestrian Hefang Street which is a lot like a market and a big tourist hotspot. ...
Skyscrapers and smog
This is a top pick! ... to the nearby island of Lamma to see its more laid back lifestyle and beautiful beaches (albeit next to a big modern power station!). After collecting Mandy's passport from the Chinese embassy we fly to Beijing today (Wed) to start our trip into ...
That is one Serious Slope
This is a top pick! With our Xmas presents needing some attention we listened to music and got the laptop up and running. With some time to spare we caught the MRT across to Central and took a taxi up to the top of Victoria Peak. Luckily we got there just in time to see ...
How to do poverty aid - Italian-style
This is a top pick! Italian aid and poverty project booklet launched to show how they did it ...
Is China over its victim mentality?
This is a top pick! ... Olympics has been universally proclaimed as a success. As such, the Olympics 2008 was not only a "coming out" party of China, but, more significantly, a reassurance to the Chinese people of their nation's prominent place in the world. Indeed, the ...
So Long Hong Kong
This is a top pick! ... Steves video of Sophie’s birth (not graphic I hasten to add) and went to bed as we were finally about to leave 'China’ after 5 weeks. AAAARGH, would we get used to having to SHARE a bathroom ever again? Again a big thanks to Steve and ...
China - land of a billion tourists.
This is a top pick! ... from the humidity of the cities, and the drizzly rain made for nice and cool walks up and down the hillsides. China! C... We could almost smell the border on our way to Sapa. We later found out - after completing the confusing formalities ...
US man missing kayaking on Yangtze
This is a top pick! A longtime University of Washington math professor is missing after he took a kayaking trip on a rugged river in China.A renowned math expert, Paul Tseng had been invited to speak at a conference in Yunnan province, but decided to take a kayak trip first. ...
Yangshuo
This is a top pick! ... predominant feature. They rise up all around the small town and in the surrounding farmland of rice paddies and vegetable patches. It's the China of picture books - lush green as far as the eye can see, dotted with rustic mud huts, farmers in wide brimmed ...