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Fri, 23 Dec 2005 | By kezza | Views [836] | Comments [3]
Here are a few details about transport, departure times and costs from the trip from Korla to Beijing - I found that much of the info in the guidebooks was out of date. The prices are for the low season, and are in RMB, and the times are correct as ... Read more >
Tags: Budgets & money
Tue, 20 Dec 2005 | By kezza | Views [775]
I have just arrived in Beijing and will go to see the Forbidden City in a moment, but before I do ... Spent yesterday in Xi'an on the 'Eastern day trip' to see the Terracotta Army. It was amazing, so big, and so ancient. The site is enormous, with ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sun, 18 Dec 2005 | By kezza | Views [773] | Comments [1]
Well, I survived the train - managed to upgrade to a hard sleeper in Lanzhou, 12 hours into the journey after crouching on my backpack in the aisle being stared at, tripped over and peed on (almost) by an infant (and its mother was encouraging it to ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Fri, 16 Dec 2005 | By kezza | Views [864] | Comments [1]
I posted an article yesterday about Jiayuguan which seems to have disappeared ... perhaps it's just this computer, in which case my apologies for repeating myself. Jiayuguan is fairly industrial and your typical Chinese town - white tiled buildings ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Tue, 13 Dec 2005 | By kezza | Views [642] | Comments [5]
"The man who travels alone can start today, but he who travels with another must wait until the other is ready." - Henry David Thoreau ... Fortunately for Thoreau, he never had to deal with the Chinese Police Security Bureau ... I am still ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
Mon, 12 Dec 2005 | By kezza | Views [637]
Well, I am still here in Korla, still anxiously awaiting the return of my passport with 15 day visa to enable me to get outta here. The official reason is that there is some new and special kind of paper on which all visas must now be printed, and ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
Thu, 8 Dec 2005 | By kezza | Views [794]
This little fishy is about to do everything backwards - a journey to the east from the farflung province of Xinjiang to the metropolis of Beijing and then back to the western world! The aim - to get to Beijing in time to fly home for Christmas. The ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
Tue, 8 Nov 2005 | By krapfest | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 7 Nov 2005 | By homeless_harry | Photo Gallery
The first step
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Mon, 7 Nov 2005 | By krapfest | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 2 Oct 2005 | By matt_bianco | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 2 Oct 2005 | By matt_bianco | Views [696]
Well..unbelievably its very near time to head back to Sunny Leeds and face the computer on a daily basis once more. The last week has been far the quietest and also the most bizarre. After leaving the serenity of Lijiang, I got a flight to Shanghai ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
Sat, 1 Oct 2005 | By mark | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 25 Sep 2005 | By matt_bianco | Views [849]
Well it just continues to be a mad dash around China. After leaving the email the other day, i went to the 'opera' in Chengdu. It turned out that it was less of a traditional opera and more of a Chinese variety performance, with lots of spinning of ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
Tue, 20 Sep 2005 | By matt_bianco | Views [626]
Well - its been a long time, but i'm finally getting back in touch with the many people i've met along the years and have kept far too infrequent contact with.....that obviously means that i'm up to something less mundane than sitting behind a desk and ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
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