Destination: China

Longsheng

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 | By david_vanessa | Views [930]

Hi All, Dragon's Backbone Rice Terrace. We decided to head out to Longsheng from Yangshuo on a day trip. It was an organised tour arranged through the cafe. 3hrs drive later and we arrived at Yangshuo and our tour guide told us that we needed to ... Read more >

Photos: Yangshuo

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Photos: GOOD BYE BEIJING

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 | By dragana_i_nesko | Photo Gallery

ISPRACAJ

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 | By dragana_i_nesko | Views [669]

“O PENGYOU ZAIJIAN, O PENGYOU ZAIJIAN…” i tako smo bili ispraceni hit pesmom u vece pred nas polazak na put. Svi drugari su se okupili u TUN baru da nam pozele srecu. i “mirno more”. Da smo se lepo ispozdravljali i iznazdravljali govore slike…kao ... Read more >

Photos: Longji

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

To the Great Wall

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 | By wrdc60 | Views [389]

Took the subway from Chongwenmen, walked there,huge queues at Beijing Railway Station, to Xizhimen.  Then walked about 100m to Beijing North Railway Station, a huge new polished granite and glass station, with no automatic ticket machines.  Waited 75 ... Read more >

Photos: Yangshuo

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Yangshuo

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 | By david_vanessa | Views [960]

Dear All, Off to a good start today. Checked out of the hostel and found that we just needed to go across the road to catch the local bus to Yangshuo. A bus arrived just as we crossed the road and we were on our way in no time. The local chinese are ... Read more >

Guilin

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 | By david_vanessa | Views [874]

Hi All, We arrived last night and then got dropped off in the middle of nowhere in Guilin by the shuttle bus. Luckily we had a vague map and got some help from the local people so found the hostel. Not happy. Got into the room at the hostel and ... Read more >

Photos: Guilin and Yangshuo

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Photos: Guangdong Peizheng college

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 | By lha | Photo Gallery

Dali

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 | By david_vanessa | Views [851]

Hi All, A trip of fear. We decided to take the 5hr bus trip to Dali. The usual confusion at the bus station with no one seeming to know which bus to board. The time was the key and eventually we found it and got going. Unfortunately the roads ... Read more >

Photos: Beijing

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 | By wrdc60 | Photo Gallery

Tiger leaping gorge

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 | By david_vanessa | Views [1022]

Hi All, Still living the dream. This has been on our china todo list for ages so we were really looking forward to finally getting to the gorge. We headed to the gorge with a couple from the Netherlands, lucy and eric, and a single English traveller, ... Read more >

Lijiang 2

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 | By david_vanessa | Views [852]

Hi All, Found my pen again... Chinese new year. Vanessa and I headed off to the supermarket and purchased some random bottles of chinese alcohol including wine, spirit and beer. We had new years eve dinner with a table full of fellow travellers at ... Read more >