Destination: China

One thing

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [812]

Alright.  One thing I sort of hate is when people I don't know or just met say, "You should see/do/eat/read/think that.  You'd like it." It bothers me.  Mostly because these people rarely know me well enough to judge whether or not I'd like ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Tips

Tiger Leaping Gorge

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 | By richie | Views [856] | Comments [1]

We wandered the border town for the whole day, and eventually got on a night bus, our first for China. ergh. Three rows of beds, all full, and it seems that half of China is nocturnal, so when half are all tuckered out from shouting and smoking and spitting, ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Border Crossing

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 | By richie | Views [1941] | Comments [1]

At the border crossing Veitnam to China, we realise it was going to be different from here on. Tone passes throught the security check - no worries, but the young army guy checking passports wants a closer look at mine. He got magnifying glasses, used ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Tips

BR v. BJ

Sun, 9 Mar 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [727] | Comments [1]

I moved to Baton Rouge, La. to attend college when I was 18 years old.  I knew people who were attending this university as well, but I opted out of old friendships and forged new ones.  I sort of kept in touch with people I had known, but in general, ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

Yangshuo

Sun, 9 Mar 2008 | By nomadnorrie | Views [1514] | Comments [2]

Yangshuo I spent a couple of days in Guilin when I arrived but as soon as I got to Yangshuo I realised it was time wasted. Yangshuo has some of the loveliest scenery I have come across in China. Avoiding the excessively priced boat from Guilin ... Read more >

Kunming and Chengdu

Sat, 8 Mar 2008 | By sarahandphil | Views [4346] | Comments [6]

Hi everyone, Well we've arrived in China safe and sound. But not before we collected some more ‘travel experiences’ to tell you about… After our 7 hour wait at the border on Tuesday, we finally boarded the 6pm sleeper bus to Kunming and ... Read more >

Tags: on the road

Gallery: Chengdu

Sat, 8 Mar 2008 | By sarahandphil | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Kunming

Sat, 8 Mar 2008 | By sarahandphil | Photo Gallery

A comparison

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [641]

Here we go.  The official, written comparison of Chinese people versus American people.   Chinese people are infuriatingly simple.  The most maddening example of their lack of complexity is riding public transportation.  Any visitor to China is amazed ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Yangshou (Real China)

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 | By cjmurdoch | Views [680] | Comments [2]

Well, we made it.  24 hours straight on a train in a totally horizontal position.  Thanks to a book i was quite into i never even noticed the hours ticking by, and Jo seems to have the curious ability to be able to sleep for unnaturally long periods of ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Shangers

Tue, 4 Mar 2008 | By cjmurdoch | Views [718]

So weve been in Shanghai for a good few days now and its easily the kind of place i could see myself coming back to - wether to visit or to stay.  Tomorrow we board the train in the early am to a little place called Guilin, where we'll stay for about ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Tips

Welcome to the neighborhood

Tue, 4 Mar 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [672]

Ilan has officially moved in in Beijing.  And he lives closer to me than any of my other friends.  I feel it safe to say that I have a neighbor.  He's only an hour away.  That's right.  An hour.  He lives on my side of town (the Chaoyang District).  ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

Planning

Mon, 3 Mar 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [733]

I've been accused of being an over-planner.  I kept a planner from high school throughout university.  I wrote EVERYTHING in it.  It was almost like a journal.  I kept all of my planners and am able to look by and see exactly when I went somewhere or ... Read more >

Tags: Work

Gallery: China

Mon, 3 Mar 2008 | By cjmurdoch | Photo Gallery

Shanghai

Sun, 2 Mar 2008 | By cjmurdoch | Views [775] | Comments [1]

I love it here in Shanghai.  After 12 hours on a sleeper train we were here and the sun was shining. We took the subway to a hostel we found a flyer for and its a palace.  Easily a 3 star hotel, maybe a four. Our room is huge and has a shower and free ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing