Destination: China

Beijing Sightseeing

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 | By justin | Views [606]

Clare had to go home today. I joined her and the rest of the group on the coach to airport in the early hours. I think we both knew it would be difficult saying goodbye given all the things we have experienced in the last few days, and knowing that we ... Read more >

In die Berge zum Lake Karakul

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 | By lukas_patricia | Views [468]

Unser Bus holt uns um 9 Uhr ab und wir fahren von Kashgar nach Westen, der pakistanischen Grenze zu, wo wir noch mehreren malerischen Stops in 3600m Höhe am Lake Karakul ankommen. Der Gebiet ist umrahmt von 7500m hohen Gipfeln und zählt zu den Ausläufern ... Read more >

Train to Ulaan Baator

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 | By carjam | Views [437]

We got up @ 5:30am this morning and grabbed the metro to the train station. We got there about 7am and after the quick security check we walked straight onto the train. We had a 1st class cabin equipped with bunk beds, a small table, lounge chair and ... Read more >

Beijing Sightseeing

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 | By justin | Views [367]

The rest of the group had arranged various things but Clare and I had decided to do our own thing. We headed off for the Olympic Stadium. Obviously still a very popular tourist attraction since it was swarming. Went into the stadium, which was amazing, ... Read more >

Beijing Day 4

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 | By carjam | Views [345]

We took our time getting going this morning.  I organized and packed up my bag, while Meredith wrote in our daily journal.  After getting cleaned up we headed to the only working Tibetan Buddhist temple in Beijing.   The Yonghe Temple was founded ... Read more >

The Great Wall - Mutianyu to Juyongguan

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 | By justin | Views [638]

A short bus transfer took us to Juyongguan which is very commercialized and touristy part of wall. The acscent was extremely steep with hundreds of steps and hundreds of Chinese clambering up and the wall. Many of the Chinese took great delight in having ... Read more >

Gallery: Yangshuo

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By jsherdc | Photo Gallery

Beijing Day 3

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By carjam | Views [534]

We had a great night sleep last night! This morning we headed to the Forbidden City.  All of the streets leading to Tianamen Square were closed off by the police this morning.  There must have been something happening at the People's Hall.  Maybe Bush ... Read more >

Gallery: Li River Cruise

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By jsherdc | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Kunming

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By jsherdc | Photo Gallery

The Great Wall - Simatei to Mutianyu

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By justin | Views [650]

There was a huge down pour in the evening which had cleared the haze which we have had until today. Now clear blue skies and sunshine. Hoorah!!! The coach took us to Mutianyu to start today’s walk about a three hour drive from the previous location.... Read more >

Karst II

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By jsherdc | Views [2580] | Comments [2]

I woke up early to take the boat from Guilin to Yangshuo. First I needed to find chinese directions to my Hotel. I failed at that, so when I was picked up by a bus at 7:30, I still did not know anything other than the english name of my Hotel, its ... Read more >

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Great Wall

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By carjam | Views [390]

Our hostel takes tours to a couple of different parts of the Great Wall, and so we booked one to a fairly touristy area. It took 2 hours to get there, in a rickety old van with a crazy driver. From the car park, it took about 30 mins to walk to the ... Read more >

10. / 11. / 12. Tag - Shanghai to Hongkong

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By d_o | Views [517] | Comments [9]

ní háo zusammen! wir sind am 21. wohlauf in hongkong angekommen, und haben mehr oder weniger easy zu michael (unserem host von Couchsurfing in hongkong) gefunden. michael hat uns dann bei der u-bahn station abgeholt, er wohnt gleich daneben, ... Read more >

The Great Wall - Jinshanlin to Simatei

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By justin | Views [753]

A great and long day's trekking. Very challenging, particularly on the unrestored sections of the wall with the loose bricks and uneven ground underfoot. At the end of the walk the quickest way down was via a zip slide over the valley and river below.... Read more >