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Sunday, 21 Sep 2008 | Photo Gallery
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Saturday, 20 Sep 2008 | Views [638]
We travelled to Chengdu from Nanjing. The train ride was over 35 hours in length and cost about 350 RMB each. This city is the main city of the Sichuan province. This is also the province devastated by the earthquakes. Chengdu is quite a relaxed ... Read more >
Friday, 12 Sep 2008 | Views [740]
Nanjing is about 2 hours away from Shanghai by fast train. This is one of the old capitals of the country. The capital of China changed a few times in history depending on which dynasty and where that Emperor ruled from. Bejing is the current capital ... Read more >
Thursday, 11 Sep 2008 | Photo Gallery
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Wednesday, 10 Sep 2008 | Views [834]
Today we went to the Lion Grove garden - along with about a 1000 others... So at first it was a fight for the bbest photos. We walked around a bit, but basically waited till all the tourist buses had gone. Then it was peacefull charming place. This ... Read more >
Tags: china, eating, lion garden, suzhou
Tuesday, 9 Sep 2008 | Photo Gallery
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Tuesday, 9 Sep 2008 | Views [6374]
Suzhou (pronounced Sujo) is famous for its ancient gardens, canals, white Chinese style homes, and silk. You can get here by train or bus from various other cities like Shanghai, Huangzhou, Nanjing the list goes on as the train and bus connections in ... Read more >
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Monday, 8 Sep 2008 | Views [858]
Shanghai was the main international port city in China and remains a major hub today. The city is bustling with people, high rises and public transport. Other than Beijing, this is known to be one of the most expensive of the cities. Indeed it was ... Read more >
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Sunday, 7 Sep 2008 | Photo Gallery
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Saturday, 6 Sep 2008 | Views [1853]
No matter what people say, 1st impressions count. We arrived to Shanghai tired from a 19hr train ride with some vague instructions for a hostel and a Mandarin phrasebook. Not really enough considerirg we know that language would be a problem (sometimes ... Read more >
Tags: china, people, shanghai
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