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Tuesday, 4 Nov 2008 | Views [204] | Comments [1]
I spent my last weekend in china in Hong Kong. Ok, maybe its in China, but even that confuses me. I flew into Shenzhen airport, and then took a bus into Hong Kong (Kowloon actually, which is the mainland across from Hong Kong Island, but it is part of ... Read more >
Thursday, 30 Oct 2008 | Views [212] | Comments [1]
I didn't get to see too much of Shanghai. The weather really did not cooperate. My first full day was grey. I went looking for the old french concession in the morning. Arived at an HSBC building nearbye, and then was pointed in exactly the wrong direction, ... Read more >
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Thursday, 30 Oct 2008 | Views [260] | Comments [4]
I definitely don't feel that I know much about China. I have been
here 5 weeks, I don't speak the language and I was in fairly touristy
places and only barely in the countryside. But I have a few comments
anyway, just take them with a grain of ... Read more >
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Thursday, 30 Oct 2008 | Views [216]
I am an urbanite. I like modern buildings. Skyscrapers. Efficient subway systems. Places where you can walk. The hustle and bustle of people on the street. Having lots of places to eat. Well shanghai has all this and more. The downtown area has a huge ... Read more >
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Wednesday, 29 Oct 2008 | Views [229] | Comments [1]
I flew from Guilin back to Xian to visit my friend Christy for the weekend. This time I booked a 3 star hotel about 1 km from the bell tower. Well when i arrived on friday evening in the center of town, all the cab drivers refused to use the meter, ... Read more >
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hua
Tuesday, 28 Oct 2008 | Views [158]
My last 2 days in Yangshuo/Guilin were wet. It rained all day. The first day I just kept looking for someplace dry and warm were I could sit. I* had a long breakfast, found an internet cafe, uploaded photos, and then had a long lunch. In the evening, ... Read more >
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Wednesday, 22 Oct 2008 | Views [388] | Comments [2]
I woke up early to take the boat from Guilin to Yangshuo. First I needed to find chinese directions to my Hotel. I failed at that, so when I was picked up by a bus at 7:30, I still did not know anything other than the english name of my Hotel, its ... Read more >
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Wednesday, 22 Oct 2008 | Views [141]
For my second day in Kunming, I went to visit the stone forest, a "forest" of karst hills located 30 miles from Kunming. No one from my hostel wanted to spend the $30 it takes to get there and enter the world heritage site, so I went alone.... Read more >
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shilin
guilin
kunming
Saturday, 18 Oct 2008 | Views [149]
One wonders how much influence the weather has on how much you like a place. Its been 7 straight beautiful days here in Yunnan, and I am enjoying it here. I think I could vacation here for a few months. (Yunnan is larger than Germany...) For my last ... Read more >
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Thursday, 16 Oct 2008 | Views [182]
My second day in Dali ended up completely different than I expected. I was planning on just chilling out here (its a pretty chill place, and the hostel I am at, The Jade Emu, is lovely). So I went to the main street for breakfast (a good pancake and ... Read more >
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Wednesday, 15 Oct 2008 | Views [135]
I had a late morning, and then caught the bus to Dali. I was expecting a 3 hour ride, but it turned into 5 when there was an accident in a mountain pass, which stopped traffic in both directions for 1.5 hours. Typically, I didn't know what was going ... Read more >
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Tuesday, 14 Oct 2008 | Views [221] | Comments [3]
Lijiang is a beautiful place. Former capital of the Naxi kingdom, it is now one of the most visited places on the planet. The old town feels a little bit like a Disney invention (Naxi Kingdom World, perhaps?), yet it pulls it off very well. There are ... Read more >
Tags: mushrooms
yangzi
lijaing
Monday, 13 Oct 2008 | Views [167] | Comments [4]
After my visit to the pandas, the monestary, and the park, I went to a Sichuan Opera show in the evening. I was not expecting that I would like it, since I didn't like the Beijing opera show I saw all that much (sorry, Wei), but this show was amazing.... Read more >
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smoke
Friday, 10 Oct 2008 | Views [386] | Video
Ok, I didn't take that video, but it was too cute.... Anyway, after taking a day off for Yom Kippur I went to a nice resturant last night to break my fast and then had a busy day today. Sadly, yesterday and today were overcast, and thats when you ... Read more >
Tags: panda
chengdu
Wednesday, 8 Oct 2008 | Views [172]
My second day in Jiuzhaigao was rainy, I was limping from the day before, and part of the park turned out to be closed (I wish I knew I had seen 85% of it the day before). But I had a mellow day and hiked for about 5 hours. People say that once you ... Read more >
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chengdu
Tuesday, 7 Oct 2008 | Views [291] | Comments [1]
My last day in Xian started bad. My throat swelled up (polution? alergies? something I ate?) and I thru up in the cab on the way to the Shanzhi history museum. Then there was a 2 hour line to get in (The first line I saw in china, usually its just ... Read more >
Tags: water
tibet
Saturday, 4 Oct 2008 | Views [274] | Video
Yesterday was a quiet day for me. I woke up, got on the internet for a few hours, and then went exploring. I finally wemt up the bell and drum towers. In the bell tower I saw a great show using gongs, a flute and some other exotic instruments. The ... Read more >
Tags: water
xian
Friday, 3 Oct 2008 | Views [324] | Comments [1]
Yesterday I woke up and walked over to the north gate to the city and went up to the top of the city wall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_wall_of_Xi'an). Up there I rented a bike ($3) and biked the 8 mile circumference. Everyone was very friendly ... Read more >
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walls
Tuesday, 30 Sep 2008 | Views [154]
The last 2 days were more mellow. Yesterday I went to the Lama temple which was quite interesting. Visitors lit incense outside each temple in honor of the budda, and then went inside and preyed. There was one rather large budda. The interesting thing ... Read more >
Tags: cupping
beijing
rosh hashanah
Monday, 29 Sep 2008 | Views [130]
Today is laundry day. After two long days, I plan to have a mellow day today. My main goal is to find a foot massage place, to help me recover from yesterdays hike. (I feel asleep at 8PM last night after "hiking the great wall".) Anyway, just ... Read more >
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