Trip: Chindia 2007
There are [21] stories from my trip: Chindia 2007
INDIA | Sunday, 14 Jan 2007 | Views [546]
We're back home and clearly, we got lazy about this whole blog business. I was writing to a friend of mine about our drive to Agra and thought I would post what I wrote here, since it's pretty much what I would have said in the blog: we got lazy ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
INDIA | Sunday, 14 Jan 2007 | Views [505]
January 14th, 2007: - Drove from Delhi to Agra to visit the Taj Mahal - Marble inlaying factory Animals spotted in Delhi and Agra: - Dogs - Cats - Elephants - Egrets - Camels - Monkeys - Pigs - Donkeys - Horses - Cows - Chickens - Parrots - Lizards ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
INDIA | Saturday, 13 Jan 2007 | Views [408]
Arifa here... I just wanted to add something about our adventures at Akshardham temple. I had read that there was some kind of cultural boatride at the temple where they had replicas of the Ajanta caves and other sites of India. It sounded cool and ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
INDIA | Saturday, 13 Jan 2007 | Views [756]
Howie here... We checked into the Hans Plaza on January 12th and were off to a full day of adventure on the 13th. The Hans Plaza was kind of a letdown - snooty staff, a scary elevator (scarier than Oxy's) and an average building. We were fairly high ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
INDIA | Saturday, 13 Jan 2007 | Views [370]
January 13, 2007: - Jantar Manter - Ghandi Samadi - Meena Bazaar/Jama Masjid - Lal Qila (Red Fort) - Akshardham Mandir - Ansal Plaza Shopping Center
Tags: Sightseeing
INDIA | Friday, 12 Jan 2007 | Views [424]
Flew to Delhi via Beihjing and Shanghai - stayed at the Hans Plaza Hotel. This hotel also wasn't that great. I think we were too spoiled by the Shangri-La. I suspect the Taj in Delhi would have been a better bet. Funny stuff from today: - The bus ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
CHINA | Thursday, 11 Jan 2007 | Views [538]
Aaiysha, Toby, Marc, and any other friends with asthma... pay special attention to this entry and heed my warning: STAY AWAY FROM XIAN. We touched down at night in Xian, so we didn't notice from the plane that the entire city is obscured by the densest ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
CHINA | Thursday, 11 Jan 2007 | Views [367]
January 11, 2007: - Goose Pagoda - Terra Cotta Soldiers - Traditional Foot Massage - Played cards in the hotel We stayed at the Sheraton in Xian. Don't bother. The lobby is impressive, the rooms much less so.
Tags: Sightseeing
CHINA | Wednesday, 10 Jan 2007 | Views [485]
Howie Here... We went out on our own on January 10th and were fortunate to happen upon a great park outside the Temple of Heaven that reminded me in many ways of Central Park in NYC. We were there in the middle of the day on a work day, so most of ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
CHINA | Wednesday, 10 Jan 2007 | Views [341]
January 10th: - Park outside of the Temple of Heaven - Temple of Heaven and Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest - Walked around Beijing streets - Flew to Xian
Tags: Sightseeing
CHINA | Tuesday, 9 Jan 2007 | Views [1029]
Outside of Beijing is an area where the Ming emperors are buried (all but two, I believe). There's a walkway up to the valley where the tombs are and it's beautiful. Before the actual walk, there's a structure that houses a statue of a tortoise. It's ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
CHINA | Tuesday, 9 Jan 2007 | Views [386]
Stay away from "friendship" stores and the restaurants within them. Throughout China, there are these stores called "Frienship Stores" and they are made just for tourists. There's no way we would have gone in, but the tour guide ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
CHINA | Tuesday, 9 Jan 2007 | Views [406]
Howie here... We were picked up at our fantastic hotel (Shangri-La in Beijing) by our intrepid tour guide and his sidekick driver on January 9 and were off (!) to see the great wall of China. The weather was much better than we expected (as was the ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
USA | Tuesday, 9 Jan 2007 | Views [294]
The morning of January 9th, I woke up really early... at like 3:15am or something. I went into the bathroom so I could turn on the light and continue reading _The Life of Pi_ without waking up Howie. At one point, I had this totally poignant moment ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
CHINA | Tuesday, 9 Jan 2007 | Views [306]
January 9th we were dragged to a jade factory tour, hiked the Great Wall for a couple of hours, had lunch at a really bad "friendship" restaurant (for tourists - not our choice), did the Sacred Walk and saw the Ming tombs, and then saw a Kung ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
CHINA | Monday, 8 Jan 2007 | Views [461]
(Guest Writer: Howie Fitzgerald) Our timing during this trip, relatively speaking, has been good. Beijing is normally a very cold and dreary city in January, but we were fortunate enough to have weather in the 30s and we enjoyed sunshine for the most ... Read more >
Tags: Shopping
CHINA | Monday, 8 Jan 2007 | Views [869]
No tour is complete without being dragged to factories where the locals pander their wares. The first we were brought to was a pearl factory. For those of you who don't know how these things work, it goes like this: your tour guide brings you to a ... Read more >
Tags: Shopping
CHINA | Monday, 8 Jan 2007 | Views [357]
Howie used to work in an exchange student program and interacted with lots of Japanese high school girls. There was one who had such a major crush on him. When I accompanied them all on a trip to Disneyland, I got some serious evil eye from her. Anyway, ... Read more >
Tags: People
CHINA | Monday, 8 Jan 2007 | Views [285]
January 8th: Went to the Forbidden City, a pearl factory, had an amazing lunch, went to the Summer Palace, went to the Golden Resources Shopping Mall, and found a coat for mom.
Tags: Sightseeing
CHINA | Sunday, 7 Jan 2007 | Views [387]
We got all our packing done at a reasonable hour. Marnee came over to keep us company while we threw stuff in bags. We got to the airport way earlier than we needed to and then found out that our flight had been delayed. It wasn't too bad, though.... Read more >
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