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Mon, 11 Aug 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [1158]
LAST NIGHT’S THUNDER STORM RINSED SOME OF THE DIRT from the air and we could actually see blue sky this morning. Our itinerary called for a visit to the “hutong districts,” the original residential areas of Beijing. While ... Read more >
Sat, 9 Aug 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [1094]
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA, LIKE THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZA, is a national icon that ranks high on many a bucket list. As well it should be. And your first glimpse of the Wall is breath-taking, living up to every expectation. But after exploring ... Read more >
Fri, 8 Aug 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [922]
WE ARRIVED IN BEIJING 36 HOURS AFTER LEAVING Dublin, a day and a half of delayed flights, airplane food and wondering if we would ever again see our luggage. When the flight to Abu Dhabi was late and we missed the Beijing connection they rerouted ... Read more >
Thu, 7 Aug 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 5 Aug 2014 | By vagabondstoo | Views [1364]
WE'RE OFF TO CHINA IN THE MORNING, Dublin to Beijing via Abu Dhabi - three weeks with a personal guide. We have heard of many government restrictions on the Chinese Internet where Facebook, Twitter and the like are prohibited, and we don't know ... Read more >
Fri, 25 Jul 2014 | By korric | Views [1254] | Comments [5]
When I first arrived at the temple, I was feeling like I lacked direction. For eight months, I had studied Mantis kung fu at Kunyu Shan. When Qu Sifu left, I went over to Xu Shifu, where I was introduced to some Shaolin basics. After I learned these ... Read more >
Tags: china, martial arts
Sat, 12 Jul 2014 | By kek_crazy92 | Views [519]
Bags weighed down with endless snacks and fried dumplings wrapped in napkins from yesterday's favourite restaurant, we set off for the Great Wall of China. 2 subways, a local bus and a riot filled line at the bus station left is sweaty and annoyed. But ... Read more >
Mon, 7 Jul 2014 | By chang_in_china | Views [1661] | Comments [1]
The World Cup has caused a sort of marketing and media frenzy in Shanghai... its inescapable, brightly coloured frenzy is overwhelming yet typical of Chinese capitalism.
A few things I've noticed: The World Cup has completely permeated Chinese ... Read more >
Tags: advertising, fifa, freeenzy, shanghai, world cup
Sat, 5 Jul 2014 | By chang_in_china | Views [519]
The giant TV screen couldn't have chosen a better time to start lagging crackling and blacking out than at the ripe time of midnight (at kickoff!). And in the classic Chinese chaotic mannerisms, the audience started shouting out "fix the screen!" "play ... Read more >
Tags: bbq, excess, superior vena cava, world cup
Thu, 3 Jul 2014 | By chang_in_china | Views [538]
WORLD CUP PARTY!!! My aunt shouted at me in Shanghai, brandishing out 2 festively bright green and yellow tickets. I wasn't sure what a sports 'party' in Shanghai entailed yet, but I was always keen for a night out, so I excitedly agreed to hop along ... Read more >
Tags: bbq, excess, fifa, football, garden party, theres going to be a bbq
Thu, 26 Jun 2014 | By chang_in_china | Views [502]
I've used bing.com more times in the past 6 days than I have in the entire 18 years of my life. Maybe chuck in the combined 100+- years of my parents too. This is how unprepared I was for the 'Great Firewall of China'. (It might also be a wake-up call ... Read more >
Sat, 21 Jun 2014 | By chang_in_china | Views [549]
I feel Kanye West would definitely appreciate this place- people at the airport in leather pants (a lot of them, too!), the otp extravagance of the neighbours...
Shanghai airport seems to operate on a basis of over-trustworthiness as I strolled under ... Read more >
Tags: airport, heat, pie, weather
Mon, 16 Jun 2014 | By korric | Views [1034] | Comments [1]
I've now been in Henan for three weeks. It's very touristy here at the temple, and normally one must pay a fee to enter the temple area, but we are given student cards which allow us free ingress, and we were shown a side entrance to the temple itself ... Read more >
Tags: china, martial arts
Fri, 13 Jun 2014 | By gg | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 6 Jun 2014 | By goingsolo | Views [577]
Shanghai was bustling and busy but had a beautifully frenetic vibe about it - the city was alive with people. A lot of people. The expat culture was also youthful and vibrant. I could tell this was a place of abundant opportunity - people came ... Read more >
Tags: alcohol, architecture, big city, expats, restaurants, shanghai
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