THAILAND | Monday, 23 Apr 2007 | Views [463]
Friday 13th - Saturday 14th April Had rather a brief amount of time here. Did a lot of history related things which I thoroughly enjoyed. Went to the JEATH Museum, WWII Museum, crossed the Death Railway Bridge and drove up to Hellfire Pass where you ... Read more >
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CHINA | Monday, 23 Apr 2007 | Views [569]
Leshan - Monday 26th March. Went to see the Grand Buddha and chill in the surrounding grounds for a few hours. Brilliant place although I think I'd slightly ruined the experience for myself as I already knew what the Buddha was going to look like so ... Read more >
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CHINA | Wednesday, 28 Mar 2007 | Views [401] | Comments [1]
Sunday 25th arrived in Chengdu. We only had one day here but it was quite a busy one. We went and had breakfast at 6am at a hostel round the corner. We then went up to the panda breeding centre which was great. The reserve has really large grounds ... Read more >
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CHINA | Wednesday, 28 Mar 2007 | Views [451]
Had an overnight train journey from Beijing to Xi'an which was 10 hours long but luckily was asleep most of the way. After arriving at our hotel we went to the local huiling who look after people with special needs and teach them skills so that they ... Read more >
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CHINA | Wednesday, 28 Mar 2007 | Views [440]
So much to catch up on! I've had a few problems uploading photos on the internet here so I'm going to wait until I get to Hong Kong where it's a bit more reliable! So Beijing. It's a busy city and I never saw blue sky once. I haven't felt clean in ... Read more >
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