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Mon, 29 Sep 2008 | By jsherdc | Views [690]
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 >
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 | By jsherdc | Views [604]
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
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 | By abelaine | Views [3160]
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
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 | By abelaine | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 28 Sep 2008 | By chelsea-go-round | Views [331]
An action packed Saturday night, unlike the typical Aussie life of being a Trashbag every weekend, I hung out at a travel agent to 9.30pm... Arrived back to School before the 10pm curfew, chatted on the net with Elvis till 11pm, then went to bed before ... Read more >
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 | By abelaine | Views [1408]
The Terracotta Soldiers are 30kms outside of the city of Xi'an (or also sometimes written Xian). The many hotels and hostels will offer a half day tour to the place from 160-250 RMB depending on how nice your hotel/hostel is... Other options to get ... Read more >
Tags: china, terracotta soldiers, xian
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 | By chelsea-go-round | Views [338]
"I like basketball, I like computer games, I like eating, I like sleeping, I like my mother, I like my father, And my name is Chen wen zhou xi ling" "Nice to meet you" "Nice to meet you too" "My name is Xing ... Read more >
Sat, 27 Sep 2008 | By jsherdc | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 27 Sep 2008 | By jsherdc | Views [527] | Comments [1]
I arrived in Beijing last night. My hostal (Downtown Backpackers) arranged for me to be picked up at the airport so I was whisked into Beijing. The hostal itself is quite nice. Its located in a cute hutong (back alley street) about 2 miles north of the ... Read more >
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 | By victoria_handley | Views [738]
Jinghong is 70klm from Burma’s boarder and about 200klm from Laos. It’s streets are lined with palm trees. Its footpaths are paved in colourful tiles and people can cross the road at a comfortable pace. I spoke to one “European”, who happened to be ... Read more >
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 | By abelaine | Views [810]
We caught a train from Cheng Du to Xi'an. Took about 16 hours and cost for hard sleeper was 200RMB but can differ depending if you get top-mid-bottom bunk. Plus there is a surcharge if you buy from a location OTHER than the train station. For the ... Read more >
Tags: china, trains
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 | By abelaine | Views [1144]
Leaving Jiu Zhai Gou we had a 6.20am bus ride back to Cheng Du (the only bus of the day)... All went to plan as we woke up early and took a 6RMB taxi ride to the bus station... As we arrived 'just on time' we breatbed a sigh of relief as we saw the ... Read more >
Tags: china
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 | By chelsea-go-round | Views [319]
Yes, can i help you with the question? No, I have so many question for you... Ok First (putting his hand out for keeping tally) How old are you? Ahhh, 24. OK, Next, Are you married? No. Hmmm, Ok, do you have boyfriend? No. Ok, ahhh, Do you ... Read more >
Tue, 23 Sep 2008 | By abelaine | Views [962]
This mountain area is just stunning! This is a small town area with a National Park which has kilometer after kilometer of crystal clear blue lakes and waterfalls. The colours were breathtaking and special as we trekked thru the national park (much ... Read more >
Tags: china, jiu zhai gou
Tue, 23 Sep 2008 | By victoria_handley | Views [503]
In China they say: The sun gives light and the cloud it’s shadow. These few words seem to sum up the experiences and feelings I have as I continue my travels through this vast continent of Asia. As China experiences it’s worst snow ... Read more >
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