Destination: China

Kangding

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 | By tarub | Views [526]

The Sichuan mountains to the north and west of Chengdu rise above 5000 m with deep valleys and rapid rivers. For me this was an opportunity to visit Tibet without actually crossing the official border. Tibetans live here by herding yaks, sheep and ... Read more >

Mount Emei

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 | By tarub | Views [602]

Dotted with monasteries and temples. (I would say a tourist trap. Then again the monasteries were peaceful and beautiful. but.. I will tell you about Mt Emei over a bottle of beer...

Giant Buddha in Leshan

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 | By tarub | Views [453]

Carved into a cliff, overlooking the Dadu River. The Buddha is 71 m tall, 1200 years old and qualifying to be the largest buddha in the world.

Gallery: China - Beijing

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 | By glimmerwing | Photo Gallery

Gallery: kangding

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 | By tarub | Photo Gallery

Gallery: people

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 | By tarub | Photo Gallery

Gallery: mt emei

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 | By tarub | Photo Gallery

pandas

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 | By tarub | Views [511] | Comments [1]

See the photos. They are so cuddly, so cute, so friendly and sooo playfull.. (it took me 2 hours to upload these 5 photos... I've had one heck of a day...)

Gallery: giant buddha

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 | By tarub | Photo Gallery

Gallery: pandas

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 | By tarub | Photo Gallery

Gallery: train ride

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 | By tarub | Photo Gallery

Chengdu

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 | By tarub | Views [981] | Comments [1]

Arrived。 Finally。 i was late arriving so I could only get a room, sharing it with 3 other people, all very nice. I had a beatiful hot shower. You can't imagine how wonderful a shower feels after a long 32 hour trainride. just heaven. I met a nice Danish ... Read more >

train ride

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 | By tarub | Views [478]

It took 32 hours! Frigging 32 hours! It is soooo long. I woke up this morning thinking 'an other 10 hours....' but it actually went fast. I couldn't stop staring out from the window. I listened to Finnish pop and China passed by eyes. I wish I could ... Read more >

train friendship

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 | By tarub | Views [318] | Comments [1]

One of the fellow passangers showed clear interest towards my trip and we tried to communicate using a few english words, lonely planet, translator and sign language. I found out that he was 32 year old opera singer from beijing opera. The moment he started ... Read more >

prices

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 | By tarub | Views [332]

first night accomodation 7 euros, 45 min taxi ride 3 euros, breakfast 1.5 euros, bottled water 30 cents, train ticket Beijing-Chengdu 46 euros.