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CAMBODIA - Angkor (Siem Reap) MYANMAR (BURMA) Even before I had undertaken my mid-year 3 week trip to Indonesia, I had already booked my end of year trip to this year's tourist hot spot - Myanmar or what was known and some like me still call it ...

... The soundtrack to this entry was by KISS of course! The album was 'Alive III' __________________________________________________________   Wutai Shan or Taihuai town:   The most holy land of Chinese Buddhism. Mt. Wutaishan lies in Wutai ...

... lights, hook turns and calling a beautiful girl beautiful in big cities are probably far more dangerous and fearful than climbing Hua Shan.    For those of you who are continuing to shake their heads after viewing the photos at the bottom of ...

... hidden beneath a soft blanket of mist but also for the past few days was any information on my chosen destination. Jigong Shan, a chosen destination simply because I liked the name of the mountain.  I had not a single piece of information on either ...

... was a huge statue carved out of a huge stone.  The statue was almost identical to the one I visited on Qing Yuan Shan (mountain) in Quanzhou.    It was a statue of the legendary Song Dynasty Taoism founder, Laozi.   Our next ...

... G'Day toya,   Well what can I say, this week end the Lonely Planet really came to life!   In the Wuyi Shan section it states: 'Unfortunately, it's a prime tourist spot and is home to glib-tongued hustlers and would-be guides pursuing tourists.' ...