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Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By jsherdc | Views [2243] | 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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Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By carjam | Views [337]
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 >
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By d_o | Views [469] | 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 >
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By justin | Views [685]
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 >
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By carjam | Photo Gallery
The Great Wall of China
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Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By jsherdc | Views [888]
For my second day in Kunming, I went to visit the stone forest, a "forest" of karst hills located 30 miles from Kunming. No one from my hostel wanted to spend the $30 it takes to get there and enter the world heritage site, so I went alone.... Read more >
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shilin
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Tue, 21 Oct 2008 | By chelsea-go-round | Photo Gallery
National Holiday with the boys!
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Tue, 21 Oct 2008 | By chelsea-go-round | Views [300]
Well after three strong years of no problems, right when my three year warranty, service and support, my amanda, my self proclaimed reliable mac, died on me along with three years off precious memories. Surprisingly I am not too distraught. Maybe the ... Read more >
Tue, 21 Oct 2008 | By carjam | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 21 Oct 2008 | By carjam | Views [400] | Comments [1]
We're now in Beijing. The over night train was awful. The seats were uncomfortable and people were smoking in the carriage. It made an eleven hour trip feel much longer. The security guard on the train was quite animated and we thought he was funny.... Read more >
Tue, 21 Oct 2008 | By justin | Views [758]
Walked through the local villages and farmland to pick up the wall again. Once walking to the highest point for this section the view was amazing. The wall just went on for miles and miles, which obviously it does, that was the whole point, but to see ... Read more >
Tue, 21 Oct 2008 | By mazystar | Views [2523] | Comments [2]
On Saturday morning we dragged our selves out of bed at the ungodly hour of 6:30 in order to drive to Yong Ding and visit the beautiful Hakka Earthen buildings. First stop was the city of Longyan so we could pick up Jenny the owner of the Longyan ... Read more >
Mon, 20 Oct 2008 | By carjam | Views [396] | Comments [2]
We have been extremely impressed by this "Mega City". We visited Yuyuan Garden this morning. It was a private garden built in the middle of the 16th century. It was everything I thought a Chinese garden should be. Beautiful buildings, ... Read more >
Mon, 20 Oct 2008 | By justin | Views [545] | Comments [1]
Said goodbye to our hosts and headed up through the local farming terraces, and rocky hillsides to rejoin the wall, which was not restored and crumbling so we took the path adjacent to it. Great views from the ridge and the highest point. We dropped ... Read more >
Mon, 20 Oct 2008 | By d_o | Photo Gallery
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