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Last Stop in China
Here is Karin from Beijing: our third and last stop in China. We had hoped to arrive in blue sky Beijing after misty Chengdu and Xian, but those days are over in Beijing. Although it was around 40 degrees in Beijing this summer, it feels like a good Dutch autumn now. Oh how we missed that.. Beijing is another very modern Chinese city and not much …
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Met alle Chinezen, maar...
... zittende Boeddha van 20 meter hoog, geflankeerd door gevaarlijk bewapende wachters. Ongelofelijk hoe die in weer en wind gedurende meer dan duizend jaar hun gelaatsuitdrukking nog hebben behouden.
Van de Shaolin tempel heeft vooral Maarten genoten. Daar lopen dus echt overal monikken rond die kung-fu aan het beoefenen zijn. Het lijkt meer op een jaren ’80 vechtfilm dan een tempel. Grappig is dat de tempel is opgericht door een klein, bebaard, kaal mannetje ...
Welcome To Beijing
... on this venture.
A day was spent at the famed Forbidden City which is a huge complex of 980 historic buildings where the imperial dynasties ruled over China and outsiders could not enter. It was interesting to learn that these Dynasties were not of the dominate Han Chinese origin that now rules and were in fact what is today the ethnic minorities of China. The scale and architecture was very impressive but it was incredibly busy and dusty. We were a ...
Ni Hao China!
... took my mind off it and since then I've been absolutely fine. I still miss my friends and family though.
On the 13th we began our "training" which turned out to be basically us being kicked into a classroom with about twenty five 16 year olds and being told to teach. Luckily, Dan and I are paired together which a class which takes some of the pressure off. The funny thing is, despite the kids being 16 and highly ...
Great Wall, Crumbling Wall
... myself walking up some steep rocky bits or along the edge of a crumbling wall. Along the way passed 6 watch tower in various states of repair and didnt go any further since the wall started to head back downhill and I didnt want to have to do the extra up hill on my way back to the bus.
Besides, the view from the top of the hill was going to be the best I was going to get of the wall and mountains in this area. Its just ...



