Destination: China

A night at Chengchilou Hakka home

Sat, 30 May 2009 | By becci_hodge | Views [597]

Along some dark, difficult roads in a stuffy sleeper coach, my colleague "Joules" and I travelled out of Guangdong Province and into Fujian Province.  The temperature was chilly when we arrived in XiaYang, but then it gave us an excuse to talk ... Read more >

Tags: hakka home

wachten op Enno...

Sat, 30 May 2009 | By esther_in_china | Views [656] | Comments [2]

Even een berichtje terwijl ik op Hong Kong airport wacht tot Enno geland is onder het genot van een Chai tea en sandwich! klein beetje brak omdat ik gister net iets teveel dure Hong Kong biertjes hebben gedronken met wat mensen uit het hostel ;) Nog ... Read more >

Hangzhou

Sat, 30 May 2009 | By marikajanwillem | Views [793] | Comments [1]

hoje visitamos um museu sobre medicina chinesa, principalmente ervas, raizes,etc. depois fomos um passeio de barco sobre um grande lago no mei da cidade, ainda vistamos um templo budista com muitos budas esculpidos em rocha e um enorme buda dentro do ... Read more >

Hongcun en Xidi

Fri, 29 May 2009 | By marikajanwillem | Views [725]

Vandaag 28 mei waren we in twee kleine chinese dorpjes die nog heel oorspronkelijk zijn en beiden vallen onder een world heritage bescherming. Vele chinese historische films zijn hier opgenomen. Mensen wonen gewoon nog in de huizen en in het dorp loopt ... Read more >

Still in China...

Fri, 29 May 2009 | By jjassen | Views [621] | Comments [1]

Just finished a 3 day cruise with Chinese tourists (and one other "westerner," a Norwegian fellow) down the Yangzi river (also called the Chiantjiang, or Long River) to see the 3 gorges and also finishing at the huge 3 Gorges Dam. Currently ... Read more >

Tags: hubei, wuhan, yangzi

Jigga What?

Fri, 29 May 2009 | By chloemawer | Views [1232] | Comments [1]

Hello I dont have too much to report. And I feel like my previous post/posts were a bit too long/boring!  But I do have some observations, that I find quite interesting. 1) We flew on China Airways or some similar line today. And half way through, ... Read more >

Gallery: More China

Fri, 29 May 2009 | By chloemawer | Photo Gallery

Gallery: More Hong Kong and China

Fri, 29 May 2009 | By chloemawer | Photo Gallery

Gallery: China

Thu, 28 May 2009 | By ivanci | Photo Gallery

Huangshan

Wed, 27 May 2009 | By marikajanwillem | Views [1686] | Comments [2]

ontem fomos ao monte Huangsha, ou monte amarelo, subimos priemiro um tanto de teleferico e depois uma caminhada sobre escadas na montanha de um meia hora ate o hotel, onde rapidamente almocamos e fomos caminhar, o tempo estava nebuloso, o que tirou a ... Read more >

Let Me See Your Hips Swingggg

Wed, 27 May 2009 | By chloemawer | Views [699]

Helllllo from Shenzhen! I just looked at the preview for this. Apologies, but the enter button apparently does not work in China! Thank you everyone for your e-mails and comments. They are much appreciated!! After my last post, we headed straight ... Read more >

Yangshuo, China

Wed, 27 May 2009 | By jamie_mcdonald_photo | Views [790]

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, guangzho, photos, pictures, travelling, yangshuo

shanghai

Tue, 26 May 2009 | By marikajanwillem | Views [723]

Zondagavond waren we in Shanghai. Na ingecheckt te hebben in het hotel zijn we op avontuur gegaan. De metro was vlakbij en gelukkig kon je de outes ook in het engels bekijken en vonden we al snel hoe in de binnenstad te komen. We kwamen uit in de modernste ... Read more >

Gallery: Guilin

Tue, 26 May 2009 | By kimberlyanne | Photo Gallery

suzhou, tongli

Sun, 24 May 2009 | By marikajanwillem | Views [751] | Comments [2]

Hallo, we gaan verder op de nomadsblog want die van google wordt geblokkeerd in china. Eergisteravond zijn we in Macau de grens overgelopen naar Zuzhou om vanuit daar naar Shanghai te vliegen. Hier werden we opgewacht door onze gids en begon het echte ... Read more >