CHINA | Sunday, 22 Apr 2007 | Photo Gallery
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CHINA | Saturday, 21 Apr 2007 | Views [1641] | Comments [2]
I decided to climb this holy Buddhist mountain after speaking to a lovely English hippy family I first met in Tiger Leaping Gorge and then again in Zhongdian. I was also buoyed up by the fact that I had completed the Gorge without any hardship and was ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
CHINA | Thursday, 19 Apr 2007 | Views [443] | Comments [2]
I packed lightly for a few days excursion during which I intended to visit the Buddha in Lesham and climb a holy mountain aka Emei Shan before returning to Chengdu. Lesham was thronging with Chinese tourists, the queue down the cliff from his head ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
CHINA | Wednesday, 18 Apr 2007 | Views [503] | Comments [1]
From Chengdu I went on a day trip to Huanglongxi as my trusty guide book mentioned that it featured in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. On the bus, the guy in the seat behind me translated what the conductor said (important return journey info). ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
CHINA | Tuesday, 17 Apr 2007 | Views [381]
First of all let me start by apologising for not keeping this blog upto date. I hadn't realised just how long ago my last entry was. I've got loads to update you on. I'm perfectly fine and am currently (2nd May 07)in Xi'an (synonymous with the Terracotta ... Read more >
Tags: People
CHINA | Thursday, 12 Apr 2007 | Views [449] | Comments [6]
I came to Zhongdian hoping to secure a permit and plane ticket to Tibet. To cut a long story short decided not to bother. This place is like the wild west. It is much smaller than Lijiang and absolutely freezing. It was snowing yesterday. I'm wearing ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
CHINA | Wednesday, 11 Apr 2007 | Views [486] | Comments [2]
I have met so many lovely people in this town I almost never want to leave. The centre of town is called old town but they seem to have trashed everything that was old and rebuilt it in the old style. Every building is identical. Every one is a shop ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
CHINA | Friday, 6 Apr 2007 | Views [438]
Kunming was never on my itinerary but I came on a whim after a few people told me it was lovely and worth visiting. Took a soft sleeper on a train to Kunming - a 22 hour epic. The trains here are huge at least twice the length of one of our intercity ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
CHINA | Sunday, 1 Apr 2007 | Views [1111] | Comments [4]
Travelling from Yangshuo to Guilin I was expecting the bus to stop at a bus station and was looking out for said bus station when the lady conductor unloaded my suitcase at a random street corner and told me to get off the bus, in that order. OK so I ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
CHINA | Wednesday, 28 Mar 2007 | Views [510] | Comments [5]
(Pronounced YanSo) Took a sleeper bus to get here. The bus is only slightly bigger than a single decker bus. It contains 36 beds - 2 beds high, 3 beds wide and 6 beds long. However this is only possible because they don't expect people to be any taller ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
CHINA | Sunday, 25 Mar 2007 | Views [432] | Comments [6]
Stayed here for no other reason than it was the nearest city to the China-Hong Kong border. It's a great big modern city and would not look out of place in the West. In the guide book it mentioned that this was the piracy capital of China controlled ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
HONG KONG | Saturday, 24 Mar 2007 | Views [370]
Got the visa after queuing for a couple of hours in the freezing cold. After a fifteen hour flight with a stop over in Doha, Qatar I finally arrived in Hong Kong. Not much to say about Hong Kong except fantastic for shopping crap for sightseeing, ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 19 Mar 2007 | Views [368]
This is going to be news to some of my family and friends, I thought about sending an email but figured this is just as good - I'm going backpacking to China, well with a 21st Century spin on it, in that I'm not actually taking a backpack but a duffle ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
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