Chunquan Hotel Xichang
Chang'an West Road, Xichang County Xichang, Sichuan, China
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'Not so' Soft Sleeper from Yichang to Lizhou
14th November - 1.00pm to 4.00am the following day
The third overnight train proved to be an experience not to be repeated in a rush.
Although everyone has a pre-booked ticket with allocated beds and cabin, the general form is for the Chinese to push as hard as possible towards the barrier until the gates are open, then they fight to get to the train as fast as possible. We then follow in a leisurely ...
Oh yah bushcamps!!
... honestly, anyway we paid in the end and went on our way!! It was about this time that everyone was losing patience it was the 5th day on the road and we just wanted to get to our hotel that night. One of the older members of the group had a guide book out and after asking twice where we were pointed out that in the guide book it says it is an 8 hour drive to the city from there on a good day, this of course was ...
Finally some heat!
... dressed up like movie stars...others in blackened rags...basically extremes to the max! There is a large amount Yi people, an ethnic minority, who still dress in there traditional clothes here...really amazing colours with beautiful embroidery...even the clothes they wear just to work in the fields look amazing to me. We ambled down the market yesterday and got a lot of stares....I mean a serious amount! Some people here have never seen a ...
Posh & Coldbecks
... handsome man.................so if things dont work out with Jens .......then i may have to rellocate here! Having said that .....Jen is getting "You are so Beautifull" about 15-20 times a day ..............! Speaking of beautifull people - check out Jens Travelblog by searching for JENDRIX on the homepage of this website and DEFO check out the Pics (not so many this time) on my facebook NICK (and Jen) xx So amazing..............! im loving china and the ...
Spring Festival Travels Day 2
... the mob. It was ridiculous how many people were there or trying to get there. To me it was just another temple, but to Caitlin it was her first one. I just chilled on a bench while she looked around. One thing I've noticed is that a lot of the temples look the same, so I took that well needed break. I ended up talking to a women who wanted her daughter to be our american pen-pals. We walked down the mountain (oh yeah, the temple was on a mountain) stopping at ...


