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Farewell to Urumqi.

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 | By katie_rose | Views [4917] | Comments [1]

Hi everyone back home hope you are all well and its not getting to chilly. So I now only have one week left in Urumqi and I finished teaching at the primary school last Friday. It was a great last week and it was sad to walk out of the gate on Friday.... Read more >

Tags: People

Beijing and Shanghai

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 | By george | Views [3594] | Comments [3]

Ni Hao! Arriving in Beijing, I was quite glad that - before leaving the UK - I'd used accumulated Airmiles to book a couple of nights in a hotel. It was well nice to indulge in some 'flashpacking' at the end of all the train journeys from Russia, ... Read more >

Tags: On the Rails

The Great Wall of China lives up to all the hype.

Sun, 1 Jun 2008 | By susanandlars | Views [2170] | Comments [3]

Today we went to the Great Wall of China. Hoping to avoid the crowds (a bit) we opted for an early departure to a more remote location. Now we've all been reading about the Great Wall our whole lives, so ... Read more >

rickshaw scumbags

Thu, 8 Mar 2007 | By jonnygo | Views [1561] | Comments [2]

I was ripped off today in an organised scam. What annoys me most is that these TOSSERS prey on tourists or weak individuals, not that I'm the latter. However, I was actually very tired and hungry. It was my first day walking the streets of Beijing ... Read more >

Tags: Scams & Robberies

Biking around YangShuo

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 | By emadilema | Views [1250]

Cherie, Rod and I finally met up again in Yang Shuo which is a small town outside of Guilin - and this time we have managed to actually find a relatively small town to chill out in!! For the first couple of days we did exactly that - chill out, read books, ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Kung Fu in China Weeks Thirty-Nine and Forty

Mon, 26 May 2014 | By korric | Views [974] | Comments [4]

In my last post I mentioned that I carried someone on my back up the temple run, but did not do so during the heavily staired portions so I felt like I hadn't pushed myself as much as I could have. The following Friday, I carried Kegan from Canada in ... Read more >

Tags: china, martial arts

Guilin

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 | By david_vanessa | Views [892]

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 >

Sydney and getting to Seoul

Thu, 16 May 2013 | By annacarlson | Views [842] | Comments [2]

On Monday May 13th, i woke up in Alice Springs and made my way to the airport to fly to Sydney to get to see Ally! It was about 6:30 pm-ish when i landed. Ally came and picked me up at the metro station outside her house. I met the family who shes staying ... Read more >

Tags: australia, china eastern airlines, delays, flying, quantas, shanghai, singapore, sydney

the mackenzie view of the trip and other criteria discussion

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 | By florida_family | Views [512] | Comments [2]

Good day friends and teachers of Cobb middle school. This my idea of the TRIP its not a very long view of my life only 2 words! WOO i think you get the point miss you all see ya not so soon HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Out and about in China

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By | Views [369] | Scholarship Entry

Coming to China for me was one of the most spontaneous decisions I have ever made in my life. My decision to come here literally happened within 2minutes of a phone conversation; 1 and a half of which was used to discuss details of how to apply for the ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

In Exchange

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By | Views [269] | Scholarship Entry

The metallic smell of industry and modernization, of rot and smoke—a lazy haze that curled against my skin and diluted the pinks and purples of the sunset with a tinge of grey—saturated the city. I took a measured breath and the air seared my throat, ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Photos: At the waterside, a.k.a Monet revisited

Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By kire | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

For me, taking pictures is like capturing a tiny fraction of time in a single image. It's seeing the beauty in the small things and sharing it. Occassionally it can be frustrating to see the beauty, but not being able to capture it. Knowing more about ... Read more >
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Tags: travel photography scholarship 2013