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Sat, 8 Sep 2012 | By piglet | Views [12398]
This is a speciality noodle in the town of Zhangye (张掖）- translated as "kneaded fish noodles" (搓鱼面）because the noodle is kneaded by hand to be shaped like little fish. They are deliciously light and slightly al dente, served dry but eaten ... Read more >
Sat, 8 Sep 2012 | By piglet | Views [6874]
Set out to visit the second set of historical buddhist caves and carvings on 6 September - the Binglisi Grottoes (炳灵寺石窟）. (First was the Maiji Mountain grottes). Turns out to be a really long and dull car ride from Lanzhou to a dam along the Yellow ... Read more >
Thu, 6 Sep 2012 | By piglet | Views [3138]
Have finally crossed the border into Gansu province today. On the road towards 兰州(Lanzhou), the capital of Gansu, I stopped at Maiji Mountain 麦积山 where there is a very interesting set of grottoes with buddhist cave paintings and mountain sculptures.... Read more >
Thu, 6 Sep 2012 | By piglet | Views [2426]
It turns out that I was still sleeping in Shaanxi last night in the one-horse town of 宝鸡 (Baoji) which is on the border between Shaanxi and Gansu. As you will see from the photos, I stayed at the very international "Vancouver International Hotel".... Read more >
Mon, 3 Sep 2012 | By piglet | Views [3652] | Comments [2]
That's the moral for the day after visiting first the Han Emperor's tomb and now Qinshi Emperor's tomb (or rather the location where thousands of replica people and animals have been bured to keep the emperor company). Impressive no doubt, ... Read more >
Mon, 3 Sep 2012 | By piglet | Views [800] | Comments [1]
Arrived at Xian on a sunny and dry afternoon. Absolutely wonderful weather - I can tell as I have volume in my hair, which isn't sticking to my head limply as it normally does in Hong Kong... Left the Xian airport and went straight to ... Read more >
Wed, 29 Aug 2012 | By mmanddb | Views [553] | Comments [1]
My phone was a worthy investment to bring along, even if it wasn’t working. The dictionary app I downloaded has become very useful in communicating. So through using that and a lot of gestures (that you hope are not offending anyone) we can communicate ... Read more >
Tue, 28 Aug 2012 | By mmanddb | Views [807] | Comments [1]
Yesterday was a long day!!!! Full of more and more waiting, almost as tiring as the flight, uhg. We had to go get our residency permits, and with the thirty of us it took a while. A lot of people did not have their medical forms filled out correctly ... Read more >
Mon, 27 Aug 2012 | By mmanddb | Photo Gallery
Photo's of our adventures in Wuhan
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Sun, 26 Aug 2012 | By mmanddb | Views [857] | Comments [3]
It is our first day off and there is sooo much to do! We went to this enormous mall which makes cross iron mills look very tiny, for some groceries and shopping. Then we went and got massages from this hotel near by, which were awesome and only cost ... Read more >
Sat, 25 Aug 2012 | By mmanddb | Views [743] | Comments [3]
It is 5:30 am in the morning August 25th here and both of us are up eating rice and eggs for breaky, so the jet lag is not bad at all. The last few days have been fairly hectic, but we have been having a great time and had great people to ... Read more >
Fri, 24 Aug 2012 | By lost_in_the_middle_of_nowhere | Views [362]
Shanghai vino después de Melbourne y de Salamanca. Shanghai es una ciudad a la que siempre vuelvo. Son estancias más cortas o más largas, pero vuelvo. Vuelvo porque son mis orígenes y, con una vida nómada en la que emigro cada año a un lugar distinto, ... Read more >
Wed, 22 Aug 2012 | By cici | Views [3824] | Comments [1]
*Every single bad experience has either happened to me or a close friend. Not a single one is made up. How
many people can you think of who traveled to "find themselves?" There
is this expectation that when you travel you feel ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking, bad experience, china, india, lhasa, on the road, the philippines, tibetan, trekking
Mon, 13 Aug 2012 | By hanadignan | Views [828]
I arrived back in Dali, and bartered for a
cheap taxi to the old town, Dali gu cheng. Booked in to a new hostel, very cozy
and calm, with very friendly staff, which is great! I shared a two-bed dorm
with a Swiss fellow, who almost caught me undressed ... Read more >
Wed, 8 Aug 2012 | By hanadignan | Views [643]
I can understand why people love the
Tibetan culture, people are friendly and smiling, the food is amazing, the
countryside is beautiful, and their clothes are hilarious! Final day in
Shangri-La was spent on my assignment, but in the afternoon, with ... Read more >
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