Trip: Chillin' in China
There are [10] stories from my trip: Chillin' in China
CHINA | Monday, 2 Feb 2009 | Views [250] | Comments [1]
Last winter was my first northern hemisphere winter, and come Xmas holidays last year, the last direction I was going to head was further north(I went south to Sanya on Hainan island instead). This year I thought I had better go while I am still so close.... Read more >
Tags: snow, ice, harbin, china
CHINA | Tuesday, 29 Jul 2008 | Views [234]
With only a few days left in the area a few of us ( a Chinese born Kiwi from Australia, a West Australian and his Chinese bride and yours truly) decided on a road trip out to see what there was to see down the road towards Taiyuan. Every exit on the ... Read more >
Tags: walls, culture, people
CHINA | Wednesday, 25 Jun 2008 | Views [286] | Comments [1]
In the last few weeks work has taken me in to Inner Mongolia Province and out to the Tibetan / Qinghai plateau. The coal mine we work with in Zhunge'er is only a three to thirty three hour drive - depending on snow, ice, trucks, bicycles, potholes and ... Read more >
CHINA | Tuesday, 20 May 2008 | Views [1905] | Comments [4]
After a three hour trip through some fairly scenic country over a heap of rivers and through a heap more tunnels, (this is why the people in Sichuan couldn't get in or out - same road system) I ended up in Tuxin then got the shuttle up to Tangkou. A ... Read more >
CHINA | Sunday, 18 May 2008 | Views [319]
Straight after work on Saturday it was home, throw some clothes in the pack, then taxi to the train station. That's where you sit in the corner and get stared at, or mother's drag their kids over to practice both sentences they know in english. It doesn't ... Read more >
CHINA | Friday, 8 Feb 2008 | Views [499] | Comments [2] | Video
Everywhere you look in this area you see either coal, coal dust or coal smoke. Shanxi Province is one of the main coal producing regions in China and everything from the power stations to the stove in the earth house on the outside of the city is fueled ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
CHINA | Monday, 29 Oct 2007 | Views [339] | Comments [1]
Pack a healthy sense of humour Avoid air travel in October. The fog will cause you grief a lot of the time. It's a good time to go check out the Great Wall though. Trains are a safe, efficient and comfortable way to go (if you get a soft sleeper). ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Tips
CHINA | Monday, 29 Oct 2007 | Views [399]
Xi'an is definitely a must see in this country. The Terracotta Warriors have called the country, 40 kms to the west, home for close to 2000 years, there are the remains of an ancient village, Emporers tombs by the truckload, some of the best markets ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
CHINA | Sunday, 28 Oct 2007 | Views [707] | Comments [1]
Xi'an in central China is one of the old capitols of China. It still has it's original (restored) city wall standing. There are heaps of sites to see in and around the city. It has an atmosphere all of it's own so far that I've found in China. AND it ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
CHINA | Thursday, 4 Oct 2007 | Views [373] | Comments [3]
Day off and time to organise a road trip. We had a quiet period over the National Holiday and decided to go for a look around a few of the well known sites to the north of Shuozhou back around Datong. We organised a car and driver and three of us Aussies ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
