Taishan, Guangdong, China

... once I work out how to change it, it will say "yes". You see, today I climbed TaiShan, the most culturally significant mountain China. A reasonable straightforward climb for a mountain it must be said. Unfortunately, the horrendous wind and rain made ...

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So glad I've got a room today. A couple of days of not having a place to call my own, shower or bed to sleep in for more than 5 hours at a time starts to get you down. The town it self is lovely. It's a UNESCO world heritage site so has avoided ...

We visited Taishan, off any tourist map, to try to find the village of Bo's ancestors.  The village used to exist somewhere in the area now occupied by this medium-sized Chinese city.  Yen Shen Shui, an employee at our empty hotel, was kind ...

Set off to one of China's sacred Budhist mountain ranges, the highest peak being 3058m to a village in the valley. A 5 hour minibus ride through some lovely scenery. The two English chaps and a Dutch couple were heading there also. Arrived around 13:00 to ...