Destination: China

Gallery: Birds Nest

Thu, 2 Oct 2008 | By abelaine | Photo Gallery

China

Wed, 1 Oct 2008 | By ross_vic | Views [310]

We're so far behind writing this journal that we're just going to summarise what we've done. We were blown away with China. It was so clean. Such a change from Delhi. Arrived in China on 1st October National Holiday. The place was heaving for about ... Read more >

Gallery: Beijing-People

Wed, 1 Oct 2008 | By jsherdc | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Great Wall China

Wed, 1 Oct 2008 | By abelaine | Photo Gallery

The Great Wall of China

Wed, 1 Oct 2008 | By abelaine | Views [3521]

The Great Wall of China is the only human made construction that can be seen from space.  It is hundreds of KMs long and was built to keep out the Mongol invasions. There is a Mongol joke that it doesn't matter how big a wall you build, it matters who ... Read more >

Tags: great wall.

More Beijing

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 | By jsherdc | Views [532]

The last 2 days were more mellow. Yesterday I went to the Lama temple which was quite interesting. Visitors lit incense outside each temple in honor of the budda, and then went inside and preyed. There was one rather large budda. The interesting thing ... Read more >

Tags: cupping beijing rosh hashanah

Gallery: Forbidden City

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 | By abelaine | Photo Gallery

Forbidden City

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 | By abelaine | Views [1608] | Comments [1]

After taking a long nap we headed to the busy busy Tianmen sq as the Forbidden City (Palace) is nearby.  There is ALOT more people in the city at the moment, it seemed the whole country travelled to Beijing to celebrate Independence Day.  We could barely ... Read more >

Tags: forbidden city

Hard Seats in China

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 | By abelaine | Views [1733]

I wish I had a picture of this scene.  Technically speaking the hard=seat is not a bad seat and is quiet comfortable as a train seat really - IF you were travelling up to 5-6 hours no problem at all.  The seats are pretty new, soft enough, clean and ... Read more >

Gallery: Xi'an

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 | By abelaine | Photo Gallery

Xi'an city

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 | By abelaine | Views [3483]

Xi'an city was the alternative city considered for modern China's capital.  This is because of it's long history as a captial on the Northern provinces and also because of the wonderful preservation of ancient mixed with the modern city. Xi'an also ... Read more >

Tags: china, xian

Random Thoughts

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 | By jsherdc | Views [730]

Today is laundry day. After two long days, I plan to have a mellow day today. My main goal is to find a foot massage place, to help me recover from yesterdays hike. (I feel asleep at 8PM last night after "hiking the great wall".) Anyway, just ... Read more >

The great wall is very big

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 | By jsherdc | Views [653]

I met my boss (ok ex-boss) Wei for a late dinner last night and we wondered around this upscale neighborhood near a lake near my hostel. We eventually settled on a restaurant outside the region and had a feast. Thanks Wei! Today I went to the Great ... Read more >

Tags: great wall

Terracotta Soldiers!

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 | By abelaine | Views [3321]

The Terracotta Soldiers are the most famous and significant find of this century.  There are over 6000 soldiers found. Consisting of infantry, carioteers, archers (both standing and kneeling), horses, chariots, weapons, with different figures depending ... Read more >

Tags: china, terracotta soldiers, xian

Gallery: Terracotta Soldiers

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 | By abelaine | Photo Gallery