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Sun, 28 Sep 2014 | By paulinemendes | Views [844]
It was an adventure getting there, negotiating the buses and being left on the side of the road, over 6 km from our destination as the rickshaw driver decided he could not make it uphill. Luckily a monk driving past in a minibus pulled up and saved us ... Read more >
Sat, 27 Sep 2014 | By paulinemendes | Views [753]
A taxi trip, followed by a bus trip got us to this iconic venue about 2 hours from Kunming. We congratulated ourselves on getting there and back given the language barrier. Lots of gesturing and using your fingers for numbers seems to work.
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Sat, 27 Sep 2014 | By paulinemendes | Views [785]
An easy flight from Melbourne to smoggy Guangzhou...a two hour layover , then onto Kunming. China Air was great, good value, healthy Asian food and beautiful hostesses ofcourse. Order is everywhere with glossy airports at Kunming too modern and gleaming.... Read more >
Wed, 24 Sep 2014 | By krodin | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 23 Sep 2014 | By adaptive | Views [516] | Comments [2]
So I went for a walk the day before yesterday evening to look for some cheap food because the hostel makes expensive Western food and that isn't what I'm about. Well I ended up walking around some street stalls and boutiques that all sell jade, amber, ... Read more >
Tags: huashan
Tue, 23 Sep 2014 | By adaptive | Views [663] | Comments [2]
If I don't come out of China with lung cancer it might be a miracle. I cannot express how much Chinese people smoke.... Everywhere. And no one cares about no smoking signs, those are just stickers. I don't think Canada was ever this bad.
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Tags: chicken hearts, smoke, xian
Mon, 22 Sep 2014 | By indecisivedumplings | Photo Gallery
Hutongs, The Forbidden City, Beihai Park, Mutianyu Great Wall, Summer Palace, 798 Art District, Tian'anmen Square, Wangfujing Street
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Sun, 21 Sep 2014 | By adaptive | Views [556] | Comments [1]
Update, I'm actually going to Xi'An next and I still need a ticket.
So going to the tiger park was depressing, as I half expected but hoped it wouldn't be. They have over 300 tigers plus other big cats that don't belong in China. I'm ... Read more >
Tags: tigers
Sun, 21 Sep 2014 | By adaptive | Views [694] | Comments [2]
I had lots of photos of me taken on the train last night. Everyone seemed to ignore me until a little bit into the ride I said "hello and where are you going?"
That opened up everyone's curiosity because I could speak a little mandarin, luckily a ... Read more >
Tags: hostel, photos, tea
Fri, 19 Sep 2014 | By adaptive | Views [644] | Comments [3]
After this long ass train ride where nothing was comfortable and I couldn't sleep enough I made it to Shenyang in the sunrise. It was beautiful but I needed to find a place to stay. Couch surfing wasn't an option here and the hostel ... Read more >
Tags: cheap food, fat feet.
Thu, 18 Sep 2014 | By adaptive | Views [772] | Comments [1]
I woke up at the apartment and packed my things. I got my tickets for the train to Shenyang where I think I will have to look for a hostel or hotel. It is a 12 hour train ride starting at 5:30pm. Unfortunately I was too late to buy sleeper cabin tickets ... Read more >
Tags: shopping, train
Wed, 17 Sep 2014 | By adaptive | Views [630]
Last night myself, another couch surfer from France, and my host went out for dinner. We had Hot Pot; where the table has a gas stove in the center and you order broth that will be placed over the burners to boil. Then you order your food that will be ... Read more >
Tags: hot pot, sleep
Wed, 17 Sep 2014 | By kennyhusters | Views [365] | Video | Scholarship Entry
Towards the end of last year I remember hearing two words that have stuck with me and have been my mantra ever since: Be better. These two words have pushed me to great lengths and I can truly say that this year I have worked the hardest, experienced ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico
Tue, 16 Sep 2014 | By adaptive | Views [537]
So today I woke up slowly because the bed was comfortable. I don't think I'm an efficient traveler because if I woke up early I could probably see more than what I saw today.
Anyways, after my shower I heard fireworks go off around 9:00am. You ... Read more >
Tags: imperial mountain resort., never alone
Mon, 15 Sep 2014 | By adaptive | Views [571] | Comments [1]
I went out to look for a payphone to call my host and tell her I was in the city. It was more difficult than I thought to ask the train station guards.
I walked up to three of them and tried my best to ask for a public phone, they thought I wanted ... Read more >
Tags: mcflurry, payphone
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