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The Third Installment

Wed, 9 May 2007 | By katiedoestheworld | Views [733]

Dear Readers... The last chapter brought us to the conclusion of our stay in the captivating Changsha...I will try this time, "try" being the operative word, to keep this account of the past weeks somewhat short (er), so let's give'er ... Read more >

Kaifeng, Henan

Tue, 8 May 2007 | By kirank | Views [1013]

Here I made the mistake of being the last person to disembark from my train carriage. As I came to the exit I saw a huge group of 20+ people waiting to get on. When I was on the last step of the train, a woman tried to wrestle my suitcase off me, I ... Read more >

Tags: People

The Kashgar experience..

Tue, 8 May 2007 | By katie_rose | Views [5052] | Comments [7]

Hello everyone. Thankyou for all the comforting words and all the news from home. I am missing everyone, but I'm also having the best time, with some amazing experiences. Wow, so its been a while since I last updated, sorry.. A lot has happened in ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Luoyang, Henan

Mon, 7 May 2007 | By kirank | Views [912]

I stayed in the only hostel in Luoyang near the train station. Unfortunately it was slap bang in the middle of the red light district, it took me two days to work this out mind, so I figured if I'd lived with it for that long I can handle it for a couple ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Mountains and Monastries

Mon, 7 May 2007 | By moore_on_tour | Views [684]

I was trying not to get too excited about coming to Tibet as I didn't want to get disappointed. Lhasa it's self is a capital city like any Chinese city, there are still some Tibeten areas but these are very touristy. But once you get out of Lhasa ... Read more >

Tags: lhasa, snow, tibet

Why Rabbits Were Kept Out Of China

Sat, 5 May 2007 | By largeone | Views [1395] | Comments [3]

It is rumoured that during the Goreng Dynasty, Emporor Nazi Goreng witnessed a rabbit with fiery red eyes whilst on an expedition to the "Com Lou" village. Historians have since discovered the rabbit simply suffered from mixamatosis, which ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: Adventures so far

Sat, 5 May 2007 | By quinas | Photo Gallery

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the great wall of china

Fri, 4 May 2007 | By hannah-may | Views [540]

"it really is a great wall" - richard nixon

Tags: Adventures

beijing

Thu, 3 May 2007 | By hannah-may | Views [465]

beijing, you blow my mind. where are all these people going? what do they do? why do you have such an inefficient public transport system? is everyone out to scam me?

Tags: Scams & Robberies

Xi'an, Shaanxi

Thu, 3 May 2007 | By kirank | Views [876] | Comments [4]

I arrived in Xi'an at 7 am after a very long train journey from Yichang, we're talking 16 hours. It's been a while since I've travelled this kind of distance. Xi'an was nice, again it was baking hot, I think now we're in May this is going to become ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

Panda's, pagoda's and Pizza

Wed, 2 May 2007 | By moore_on_tour | Views [549]

I arrived in Chengdu after an 18 hr train journey in hard sleeper, which actually wasn't too bad. My first trip in Chengdu was to the Panda research centre, which was just great. We got there at feeding time which is the only time of day that they ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

China and Champion Guides

Tue, 1 May 2007 | By largeone | Views [878] | Comments [1]

China boasts some of the best tour guides in the world. Ping Mao who leads groups into Tiger Leaping Gorge with his trusted mule "Pancho" has for instance won the top international award for herding 4 years running by rounding 493 wild boars, ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

tianjin

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 | By hannah-may | Views [544]

not exactly the sleepy port town i was expecting. coming from little old nz, i have no words to describe the scale here in china. it is probably a good thing that i can't see very far into the distance due to the smog, because i could get a little ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road