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Trip: China

There are [7] stories from my trip: China


Guilin, Li River Cruise, Nanning

CHINA | Sunday, 22 Feb 2009 | Views [793] | Comments [4]

Finally I have made it to a computer for an update So when I last left it, we had just got to Guilin.  So on 10 Feb, we went to Elephant Trunk Hill.  It looks like an elephant drinking and it actually did, the Chinese seem to think all hills look like ... Read more >


Chengdu, Chongqing, Yangtze River and Guilin

CHINA | Monday, 9 Feb 2009 | Views [694] | Comments [3]

Hey everyone! Really dodgey computer so not sure how much of a mess this text will come out in?  It has got some Chinese translation thing on and I don't know how to turn it off! Went to Leshan (4 February)to go and see the Giant Buddha?  Seemed pricy ... Read more >


Xi'an to Chengdu

CHINA | Tuesday, 3 Feb 2009 | Views [329] | Comments [2]

Train ride to Chengdu was interesting, 18 hours on a seat no sleeper this time!  Slept on a off, and then I swear I have never been so bored.  I did have a book, my ipod and a puzzle book but I was just to bored to think about picking them up!  Can't ... Read more >


Xi'an

CHINA | Saturday, 31 Jan 2009 | Views [252] | Comments [3]

29/1 Got to Xi'an, as you know from the previous blog entry, room is cool. It's very Chinesey, with the furniture and there are shutters over the windows, all very cool.  The service in the restaurant here is shocking, but that made us eat out so in ... Read more >


Beijing and Arriving in Xi'an

CHINA | Thursday, 29 Jan 2009 | Views [442] | Comments [4]

Hello All!!  Hope all is well with everyone at home! 25/1 Since the last update, we have been to the Olympic Stadiums, didn't get to go in them though as they were shut, not sure whether it was because of Chinese New Year's Eve or just because it was ... Read more >


Arriving and First Couple of Days in Beijing

CHINA | Friday, 23 Jan 2009 | Views [476] | Comments [5]

Well after all the waiting, I'm finally here!  The flight did not drag as much as it could have done, just over 9 and a half hours in the end I think.  Managed to get some sleep on the plane.  Got through the airport nice and easy and took a shuttle ... Read more >


Packing

UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 18 Jan 2009 | Views [217]

Hello! Well, just trying to sort out the packing.  Keep on going around in circles, good job there is not long left for me to keep changing my mind about what I take! x