China

Beijing is amazing!!!
September 8, 2008 - Beijing, China
Off I go - Beijing is my next stop. I packed my bags, afraid that I will forget anything important... oh well its Beijing the city where everything is possible :) And so it is... everything is possible. I have to say, Beijing is like any other big city... therefore I did not make a lot of photos yet. My first impression is Beijing is like New...
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Hello from Hong Kong
September 8, 2008 - Hong Kong Island, China
Monday morning again and here we are in Hong Kong, basking in the sunshine and 30 degree heat! We got here yesterday morning after another, slightly more pleasant, overnight sleeper train journey. We got the train from Guilin at 6:30pm and arrived just after 6am in Guangzhou. From there we were picked up by a minibus which took us to the ferry...
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Photos Galore
September 5, 2008 - Yangshou, China
We are currently in Yangshou after taking a 2 hour flight from Xi'an to Guilin followed by a 1.5  hour nightmare minibus journey to our hotel.  The roads were so bumpy and the bus driver seemed to enjoy driving as fast as he could, which made our journey interesting!  We were bouncing around out of our seats, it was almost like being in a...
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Latest News from Xi'an
September 3, 2008 - Xian, China
We caught our train ok on Monday night from Beijing. We left at 7pm and arrived at 7am after an interesting journey! The train was huge, jam packed and very smokey. Fortunately we had beds booked so were reasonably comfortable (apart from the smoke!). The sleeper carriage we were in was like an old UK first class carriage - corridor down one...
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Last Few Days in Beijing
September 1, 2008 - Beijing, China
So, here we are on our last day in Beijing having finally managed to get to an internet cafe. Having an awesome time here on our tour with Gecko's. Our tour leader is called 'Dragon' and is really good fun, speaks good English and is organising everything for us. There are 7 of us in the group in all - an Australian couple, one girl from London...
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