Destination: China

Gallery: China

Tue, 4 Nov 2008 | By manu-sean | Photo Gallery

Cooking in wet Yangshuo

Mon, 3 Nov 2008 | By justin | Views [687]

I was up until the early hours watching the Brazilian Grand Prix, and it was great to see Lewis Hamiton win the championship. Got picked up from the hostel by the chef and taken to the local market, where we met some other wannabe chefs.  The market ... Read more >

Gallery: Lon Wen Ta Gardens, Zhangzhou

Sun, 2 Nov 2008 | By mazystar | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Ruizhu Buddhist Temple, Zhangzhou

Sun, 2 Nov 2008 | By mazystar | Photo Gallery

Soaked in Yangshuo

Sun, 2 Nov 2008 | By justin | Views [552]

It's been pissing down with rain all day.  Unfortunately most of the things to do involve being outside.  I've booked a Chinese cookery lesson for tomorrow morning as rain is forecast all week. This will involve getting the products from the local market ... Read more >

1. Nobember - Luoyang - Shaolin Kloster

Sat, 1 Nov 2008 | By d_o | Views [888] | Comments [10]

hi! heute waren wir beim shaolin kloster. da gabs wieder ne menge zu sehen. zum einen wiedermal nen tempel. yeah ;-) war ganz ok, dafür dass es der tausendste tempel war. danach haben wir uns den "pagoden-platz" angeschaut. da stehen zig ... Read more >

Gallery: 1. November - Luoyang - Shaolin

Sat, 1 Nov 2008 | By d_o | Photo Gallery

Yangshuo

Sat, 1 Nov 2008 | By justin | Views [619]

Felt pretty crap most of the morning since of the night before's antics.  Finally felt human again about midday and hired a bike for the afternoon to explore the neigbouring countryside.  It started to rain pretty much as soon as I set off.  Despite ... Read more >

Gallery: 31. oktober / louyang

Sat, 1 Nov 2008 | By d_o | Photo Gallery

31. oktober - luoyang

Sat, 1 Nov 2008 | By d_o | Views [458] | Comments [4]

Ni hao kameraden! Heute sind wir in Luoyang angekommen, mittags ungefaehr. Vielleicht wars aber auch schon eins oder zwei. Die stadt selbst hat nicht wirklich viel zu bieten. Sie war zwar 13 dynastien lang die hauptstadt von china, heute allerdings ... Read more >

Yangshuo - Balloon Ride

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 | By justin | Views [558]

Up at 5:30 am to take balloon ride over the valley and river. Fantastic!!!!! Not a clear day but spectacular all the same.  It was amazing to see the area from the sky.  The Health Safety briefing was to say the least, brief.....No smmoking and bend ... Read more >

Shanghai 2

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 | By jsherdc | Views [960] | Comments [1]

I didn't get to see too much of Shanghai. The weather really did not cooperate. My first full day was grey. I went looking for the old french concession in the morning. Arived at an HSBC building nearbye, and then was pointed in exactly the wrong direction, ... Read more >

Tags: food

Gallery: 20. Tag Zhengzhou

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 | By d_o | Photo Gallery

20. Tag Zhengzhou

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 | By d_o | Views [466] | Comments [2]

Hi Gestern machten wir uns so gegen 8:30pm auf den weg zur West Train Station in Beijing. Unsere Zug ging um 9:50pm. Unmengen von chinesen. naja egal im abteil angekommen stellten wir fest das diemal unser hardsleeper nicht ganz das war was wir nach ... Read more >

Gallery: Yangshuo

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 | By justin | Photo Gallery