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Friday, 23 Dec 2005 | Views [1119] | Comments [3]
I've spent the last few days on a bit of an eclectic tour of Beijing owing to extreme coldness - today and yesterday have been marginally warmer, which is great as I've lost my third pair of gloves so far this winter, and my hat also! The Forbidden ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Friday, 23 Dec 2005 | Views [774] | Comments [3]
Here are a few details about transport, departure times and costs from the trip from Korla to Beijing - I found that much of the info in the guidebooks was out of date. The prices are for the low season, and are in RMB, and the times are correct as ... Read more >
Tags: Budgets & money
Tuesday, 20 Dec 2005 | Views [661]
I have just arrived in Beijing and will go to see the Forbidden City in a moment, but before I do ... Spent yesterday in Xi'an on the 'Eastern day trip' to see the Terracotta Army. It was amazing, so big, and so ancient. The site is enormous, with ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sunday, 18 Dec 2005 | Views [729] | Comments [1]
Well, I survived the train - managed to upgrade to a hard sleeper in Lanzhou, 12 hours into the journey after crouching on my backpack in the aisle being stared at, tripped over and peed on (almost) by an infant (and its mother was encouraging it to ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Friday, 16 Dec 2005 | Views [800] | Comments [1]
I posted an article yesterday about Jiayuguan which seems to have disappeared ... perhaps it's just this computer, in which case my apologies for repeating myself. Jiayuguan is fairly industrial and your typical Chinese town - white tiled buildings ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Tuesday, 13 Dec 2005 | Views [573] | Comments [5]
"The man who travels alone can start today, but he who travels with another must wait until the other is ready." - Henry David Thoreau ... Fortunately for Thoreau, he never had to deal with the Chinese Police Security Bureau ... I am still ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
Monday, 12 Dec 2005 | Views [560]
Well, I am still here in Korla, still anxiously awaiting the return of my passport with 15 day visa to enable me to get outta here. The official reason is that there is some new and special kind of paper on which all visas must now be printed, and ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
Thursday, 8 Dec 2005 | Views [746]
This little fishy is about to do everything backwards - a journey to the east from the farflung province of Xinjiang to the metropolis of Beijing and then back to the western world! The aim - to get to Beijing in time to fly home for Christmas. The ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
