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Huacheng Hotel Chengde

A1 Cuiqiao Road, Shuangqiao District Chengde, Hebei, 067000, China

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"Temple'ing" the Wai Ba Miao

A travel blog entry by czechone

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... when you arrive in a city like this where there's nothing for hours other than small villages and farms/countryside and/or mountains, then suddenly a city appears out of "nowhere". Which is very different to somewhere like Sydney where you are initially greeted by kilometres and kilometres of suburbia, gradually becoming more dense until you finally reach the city ie. places like Chengde definitely have more impact on arrival ...
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Bishushanzhuang - Emperor's playground

A travel blog entry by czechone

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Today was spent in Chengde's Qing dynasty Mountain Resort : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chengde_Mo untain_Resort

Chengde was one of the more anticipated destinations for my journey so I was hoping it would live up to my hopes - and thankfully it didn't fall short.

Admittedly it wasn't the absolute picture perfect time of year to visit the gardens of the mountain resort (it either needs the green of ...

Travel day, onto Chengde I go ...

A travel blog entry by czechone

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Today was a bit of a nothing day as it was basically a 4-5 hour bus journey from Qinhuangdao to my next destination, Chengde.

I did however take a few photos from the bus along the way as the mountainous countryside was of much appeal to me, probably the ...

UNESCO World Heritage in Chengde

A travel blog entry by trivia

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... with gold and the emperor worshipped in the Golden Pavilion. In the temple itself was a bronze-gilt statue of Tsongkhapa, the Reformer of the Gelugpa sect.

Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. There are total 8 outlying temples, the ones we visited are Puning Temple, Puyou Temple, Putuo Zongcheng Temple (also known as the Little Potala), Xumi Fushou ...

One Billion Star Hotel

A travel blog entry by robmichelle

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... bread with sweet cheese
-"family dish" squid, prawns, capsicum, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, pigeon eggs, and jelly fish

Judy well over ordered. Way too much food!!!

We had a very long nap in the car and when we woke we were still in Beijing. We woke just in time fore a glimps at the wall!! And before we knew it we were at the Jinshaling section of the wall and handing over our passports to check in for our accommodation for the night. Unfortunately we ...

This hotel was formerly known as: Jintai Hotel