Destination: China

Gallery: Lijiang

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 | By an_oliver | Photo Gallery

Birthday in Lijiang

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 | By an_oliver | Views [568] | Comments [4]

13 th November 2007 ： - Ok we both had a pretty rubbish night’s sleep, just due to the noise of the carriage & restricted space due to our bags being crammed onto the bed.   Anyhow we hot into Panzihua train station @ 7.00 we then caught ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

Warriors & Pandas

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 | By an_oliver | Views [497]

7 th November 2007: - We arrived @ 8.25 exactly into a smoggy Xian.   Members of Bell Tower Youth Hostel were there to pick us up from the station, for free.   10 mins in the minibus & we reach the Hostel, this is more of a Hostel then the Jade ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: Dali

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 | By roaming_reas | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Chinese Train Views

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 | By roaming_reas | Photo Gallery

Guilin, Yangshuo and Guangzhou

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 | By george | Views [15728] | Comments [7]

This rabbit above had escaped from a cage outside the restaurant next door, causing much fuss in the mini supermarket! Guilin After arriving and dropping my stuff at the hostel, I went back to the train station to arrange onward tickets, ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

32 and 40

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [596] | Comments [1]

I was completely intimited by shopping in China.  Surrounded by the Asian shape that allows for squat toilets to be comfortable, I was convinced that there was no way under any circumstances that I would ever find any pants or shirts or shoes or anything ... Read more >

Tags: Shopping

Gallery: Chengdu

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 | By an_oliver | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Xi'an

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 | By an_oliver | Photo Gallery

Seasonal depression

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [611]

One of the first people I met in Beijing was Johanna. She is a diplomat from Belgium, but she works at the Luxembourg embassy. The tales of her border crossings with a Luxembourg passport claiming her nationality is Belgian, comparing life stories, ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: Beijing

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 | By an_oliver | Photo Gallery

The Gateway to Hell

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 | By thestunnings | Views [3499]

While we were in the process of chartering a mini-van to take us from Lhasa to the border, the woman that we were dealing with kept warning us that the driver would not be able to take us all the way to the Nepali border town of Zhangmu, but only ... Read more >

Tags: adrenaline, tibet

FeRn ANd SHa

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 | By pixiefish | Views [375]

  A little collection of photographs and storys from our travels, hope you enjoy.xx

Tags: On the Road

Seven Days in Tibet

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 | By thestunnings | Views [3018]

Along with a huge laundry list of other transgressions to the Tibetan people, the Chinese government has made travel within the Tibet "Autonomous" Region incredibly difficult. In the same vein as the permits that are supposedly required to ... Read more >

Tags: on the road, tibet

Gallery: Yangshuo

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 | By roaming_reas | Photo Gallery