Destination: China

Gallery: China

Sat, 6 Oct 2007 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Photo Gallery

In Lhasa and loving it!

Sat, 6 Oct 2007 | By rebmason80 | Views [683]

So i have actually done some exploring though at a snails pace...all to do with the altitude!-i wonder how long i can keep this excuse up for! We (Ant,Andrew and i ) went to Sera Monastry to go and see a monks debate, its supposed to be quite ... Read more >

Tags: people, tibet

Beijing #2

Sat, 6 Oct 2007 | By thesanders | Views [703]

Donkey says- Lonely Planet=Doesn’t Exist on this Planet             For the last few days Dog and I have been navigating our way through China’s capital city.   We have seen the historical sites in and around Beijing, negotiated and bargained ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

LOST due to Lonely Planet - By DOG

Sat, 6 Oct 2007 | By thesanders | Views [452] | Comments [1]

It’s about 10:25 pm and Donkey and I are about to go to bed.   This night concludes our travels and adventures in Beijing, China.   We have spent the last four days seeing as many sites as we can cram into a day and eating as many McDonald’s ice cream ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

ZhouZhuang

Sat, 6 Oct 2007 | By nomadnorrie | Views [6313]

I visited ZhouZhuang yesterday, it's a small town close to the Yangtze river about 80km from Shanghai. It's a pretty town with lots of canals and old buildings dating from the Ming dynasty. To get there I had to use a Shanghai tourist bus, the little ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: Xi'an

Fri, 5 Oct 2007 | By adde | Photo Gallery

Xi'an

Fri, 5 Oct 2007 | By adde | Views [908]

Efter att ha åkt tåg i 14 timmar var det dags att stiga av i Xi'an. Tåget höll samma standard som pendeltågen från tyska efterkrigstiden vilka tills nyligen trafikerade Stockholm då SL hade brist på vagnar. Jag hade köpt biljett för s.k. hard seat, ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: ZhouZhuang

Fri, 5 Oct 2007 | By nomadnorrie | Photo Gallery

Don't forget your hiking boots

Fri, 5 Oct 2007 | By emadilema | Views [1117]

After spending a fairly relaxing day at the temple of heaven yesterday, we got up this morning at 5.45 in order to head to the great wall of China. The sections we went to were Jimshanlyn and Simatai which were suppossed to be a mixture of restored ... Read more >

Tags: I should have known better!

Guilin y Janzhou. Gran contratiempo y quizas cambio de planes.

Thu, 4 Oct 2007 | By gabyber | Views [883] | Comments [4]

Restaban pocos para acabar nuestra aventura por la China y nos paso lo peor q nos podia pasar. Aun nos qedaban 8 horas en autobus para llegar a Guillin.Nos acercamos al tropico, el clima se ha hace aun mas humedo si cabe y el paisaje comienza a ofrecer ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Gallery: Yingxian & Datong, Shanxi Province

Thu, 4 Oct 2007 | By bundynbeaches | Photo Gallery

Cultural Day trip

Thu, 4 Oct 2007 | By bundynbeaches | Views [1139] | Comments [3]

Day off and time to organise a road trip. We had a quiet period over the National Holiday and decided to go for a look around a few of the well known sites to the north of Shuozhou back around Datong. We organised a car and driver and three of us Aussies ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Beijing del 2

Thu, 4 Oct 2007 | By adde | Views [1498]

2007.09.28 - 2007.10.04, del 2 Efter att ha spenderat några dagar i Beijing utan att ha gjort de stora sevärdheterna kände jag mig pressad att agera traditionell turist. Jag började med att besöka Temple of Heaven som var platsen dit kejsaren bl.... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

National Day Week Part I - Fellowship of the Flang

Thu, 4 Oct 2007 | By chinapies | Views [965]

Monday the first of October is National Day in China. Therefore, this place being the coolness that it is, they give you the week off. Now, why on Earth couldn't they think of something as cool as that in New Zealand/Australia/everywhere else? ... Read more >

Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health

Beijing

Thu, 4 Oct 2007 | By adde | Views [1081]

2007.09.28 - 2007.10.04, del 1 På tåget mellan Ulan Bator och Beijing var jag placerad i vagnen med Rosa Bussarna som tydligen inte alls åker buss. Kupén delade jag med söta skånskan Ninna, dalkarlen Jonas och smålänngen Stefan. Hela kännslan under ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing