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USA | Sun, 15 Nov 2009 | By msoleksy | Views [51] | Comments [2]
Hello from Dali China. Because it was cold and rainy in the eastern part of China's south, we took a 24 hour train ride towards the west to the himalayan foothill town of Dali. The train ride was a bit miserable with Chinese people hocking loogies everyewhere, ... Read more >
Tags: dali, china
USA | Sat, 24 Oct 2009 | By cross | Views [39] | Comments [2]
For grad school, I have to write a biographical sketch for each program for which I am applying. Give me a topic, and I can bang out a half decent draft in a day. Wait? What's that you say? I have to write about myself? I can't write about myself.... Read more >
Tags: china, grad school, bran
HONG KONG | Fri, 2 Oct 2009 | By poeanne | Views [90] | Comments [1]
Thursday October 1, 2009 We have one day in Hong Kong. It started with Anne teaching a class first thing this morning due to the 12 hour time difference. As soon as the class was over, we talked to the concierge at the hotel and got a Macau map and ... Read more >
Tags: hong kong, macau, taipa, china
CHINA | Tue, 15 Sep 2009 | By poeanne | Views [87] | Comments [3]
A few amusing stories from our day in Beijing. After telling the hotel representative all we wanted to see and do in Beijing, and after she relayed all this to our driver, everything changed when we left the hotel. We did get to the Great Wall as ... Read more >
Tags: beijing, china
CHINA | Mon, 14 Sep 2009 | By poeanne | Views [75] | Comments [1]
And they said it couldn't be done! They said The Great Wall took one day, and we said "NO". We have only one day and must see this and this and this. They said "NO". Guess who won??? We were up and running very early. We were ... Read more >
Tags: beijing, china
CHINA | Mon, 14 Sep 2009 | By poeanne | Views [70] | Comments [2]
But never mind what time it is, what day is it anyway???? Forgot to mention that in our brief layover in Tokyo, we had to fire up the laptop at the airport and read all about the exciting SC game. Go Dawgs from somewhere on the other side of the world.... Read more >
Tags: beijing, china
USA | Fri, 11 Sep 2009 | By poeanne | Views [84] | Comments [3]
In 15 hours from now, with just a carry-on bag, my mom, sister, and I will set out on a 21 hour flight for "an adventure of a lifetime". As we travel through 7 countries over the next three weeks, we will be updating our blog regularly.... Read more >
Tags: bhutan, tibet, nepal, china, india, thailand, hong kong, maccau, atlanta georgia
AUSTRALIA | Sun, 6 Sep 2009 | By crazy_n_nazy | Views [34]
This time, touch wood, no last minute pneumonia will get in the way of our trip to Shanghai and Beijing. Everything's booked. Lists have been made. Counting down to takeoff...
Tags: china, beijing, shanghai, getting ready
CHINA | Sun, 16 Aug 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [208] | Video
Location: China Dates: Fifteenth day of the eight lunar month Level of Participation: 2 – gaze at the woman in the moon Description: Also called the Moon Cake Festival, China’s harvest festival ... Read more >
Tags: china, mid-aurumn festival, world festivals
CHINA | Sun, 9 Aug 2009 | By shanghai | Views [39]
Hello, this is my first story. I promise I will write more on my journey in China. Stay tuned!
Tags: china
CHINA | Tue, 4 Aug 2009 | By yram777 | Views [67]
Disney World has got nothing on Beijings Silk Market. This place has everything from shoes , and scarveswallets to ,watches, electronics, toys,and jewelery. The Vendors here are quite enthusiastic. When traditional advertisment doesnt work these sales ... Read more >
Tags: china, silk market, bartering, beijing
CHINA | Tue, 4 Aug 2009 | By yram777 | Views [51]
Beijings Forbidden City is quite literally the easiest place to get lost on the planet. To cover this legendary palace an effective plan was needed. The first smart move was to set out early. By noon the Imperial palance feels less like touring an ancient ... Read more >
Tags: beijing, china, forbidden city
CHINA | Thu, 16 Jul 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [219] | Video
Location: China Dates: Fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month Level of Participation: 4 – sit next to a ghost at dinner Description: For the Chinese, this is ‘Ghost Month’, a time when they ... Read more >
Tags: china, world festivals, hungry ghost festival
CHINA | Fri, 3 Jul 2009 | By ccwrichard | Views [40]
1. Laos – China’s border, immigration
at Chinese side was unbelievable. First time ever an officer gone thru again
and again my passport. She wasn’t satisfied the first officer who took my
passport for inspection.... Read more >
Tags: china, tibet, everest, qihai, great wall
USA | Fri, 29 May 2009 | By kimberlyanne | Views [84]
So I realize there are a lot of things I want to say about china and my experience there that I’m not for fear of offending someone… but what good does it do to hold my tongue? It doesn’t benefit myself. It doesn’t benefit others who are thinking of traveling ... Read more >
Tags: china, hangzhou, prejudice, travel
CHINA | Wed, 27 May 2009 | By jamie_mcdonald_photo | Views [95]
The same widget that cruelly counted down so slowly to my departure date is still ticking over on the mac and it now tells me that I’ve been on the road for ten days and fourteen hours. Why is it that time away goes so quickly compared to time at home? ... Read more >
Tags: china, travelling, pictures, photos, yangshuo, guangzho
USA | Tue, 26 May 2009 | By kimberlyanne | Views [141] | Video
OK so the secret to haggling is – you can’t want it. If you don’t want it, you hold all the cards. The best deals I got were when I didn’t give a flying F if they sold it to me or not. Here are some examples: I walked into a scroll shop on HaFeng ... Read more >
Tags: china, haggling, eating for cheap, food, friends, travel, yangshuo, hangzhou, hafeng, scorpion eating
USA | Mon, 25 May 2009 | By kimberlyanne | Views [86]
Written 5/8/09
It’s been 3 weeks today since I returned from China and already so much has changed. My entire consciousness shifted during the 5 weeks I was there and I realize now that I’ve returned a different person. My initial reactions ... Read more >
Tags: china, travel, home, retrospective, friends, taxis, comfort level, perspective
CHINA | Sat, 23 May 2009 | By jjassen | Views [84]
In Beijing, saw the great wall, was amazing. Mostly because it was NOT in a touristy area but a cool out of the way place. Went to the Forbidden City and was not really amazed. In Xi'an, saw the terracotta warriers, this army of ceramic men an emperor ... Read more >
Tags: china, sichuan, pandas
USA | Sat, 23 May 2009 | By kimberlyanne | Views [153] | Comments [1]
Shanghai - Written 4/5/09 There were a few things that summed up China for me today… I was riding on the underground subway and I was the only non-Chinese person on the subway. Most of the time I’ve been here I have traveled w/other white peeps or ... Read more >
Tags: shanghai, china, food, friends
CHINA | Mon, 18 May 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [251]
Location: Húnán province, China Dates: Fifth day of the fifth lunar month Level of Participation: 1 – watch the dragons race Description: During the Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on 8 June ... Read more >
Tags: china, world festivals, duanwu jie, dragon boat festival
CHINA | Sat, 16 May 2009 | By jjassen | Views [101]
Update - After algarve, spent windiest few days in Tarifa, Spain off the strait of Gibraltar, (windsurfing capital of the world) waiting for a day when the winds died down enough for the ferry to run, 35 minutes to Morocco, Africa! Got our passports ... Read more >
Tags: china, morocco, london, uk
USA | Fri, 8 May 2009 | By kimberlyanne | Views [138]
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 Tons o' Pics HERE!!!! The weather has been fantastic!! It’s been around 60 degrees both day and night!!! The
other day, Monday I think it was, our fellow students arrived. There
are about 18 of us I think. They are ... Read more >
Tags: hangzhou, china, food, recovery, traveling, west lake, student, study, acupuncture
CHINA | Mon, 16 Mar 2009 | By kimberlyanne | Views [117]
Saturday March 14th, 2009 – China Of course it’s a given that when you go to another country everything is totally and completely different. So it’s no surprise here that this is also so. I might have my own room at the local youth hostel in the best ... Read more >
Tags: china, food, west lake, hangzhou
CHINA | Mon, 2 Mar 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [230] | Video
Location: Shīdòng, China Dates: Begins on the 15th day of the third lunar month (usually mid- to late April) Level of Participation: 1 – watch love weave its spell Description: Love is in the air in this courtship ritual in eastern Guìzhōu, ... Read more >
Tags: sisters meal festival, china, world festivals
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