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Wassik weeeeeeer!

A travel blog entry by lotuschina

... te halen bij het winkeltje en weer terug. En vanaf donderdag kon ik in de avond wat vast voedsel binnen krijgen en heel belangrijk: binnenhouden. Ik ben wel 6 kilo kwijt geraakt, maar ja, dat is ook niet meer dan logisch denk ik. Mijn borstkas voelt gekneusd aan, want naast overgeven en een verkoudheid heb ik ook nog extra last van mijn astma. Dus kuchen etc. heeft ervoor gezorgd dat alles een beetje beurs is. Overigens ben ik gisteren wel voor het eerst weer de hort ...

Wall to Wall

A travel blog entry by ozandbackagain

... time for The Wall adventure, as we discovered we now had an extra day here, as Polly was unable to book us train tickets for our intended departure day. This meant, we would wait until the third day, to see the wall, so that emily (who was having a tatoo on her back) may be able to accompany us, and with the possibility of the stranded two in KMD also catching us up in time. This also meant it gave us another day to find a good deal!

That evening, there was a ...

Beijing - Three Masters of Ancient Arts

A travel blog entry by smithandfriends

... to be heavy regardless of the time of day) to visit Min Zi. We visit her large spacious all white studio tucked away off a quiet tree lined boulevard in the Ring 5 section of Beijing, not far from the 30 acre campus of Huizhong's new RiRi Xin School.

Clay urns and bowls hang from ceiling beams and more pieces are displayed on large book shelves running along the walls. The middle of the room is dominated by a large work table with ...

The Great Wall

A travel blog entry by jadeandrew

... we will get. We got onto the small path and realised that a small dog was following us. Our first fork in the road caused us to stop and think... up or down? The dog went to head down but we thought... The wall is up so lets go up. Errrr... wrong. The dog was back and took the lead once again. The path started to get a little questionable and hard to navigate through so when we got to another fork and the dog started down one path we went the other... ...

Vicky-T gets her hair cut...

A travel blog entry by itschinatime

... Chinese) instead of characters (what she can read), good idea self. After some challenging conversation, we settle with a narrow understanding of what is to happen, we laugh (the way all of my conversations in Chinese end) and she leads me to a washing chair.
Do you know how wonderful it is to have someone wash your hair? I just want all of my days to be spent paying people to pour hot water over my head, while my scalp is being messaged and my nostrils filled with flowers and ...