China Travel Blogs - Page 12

I think I am addicted to writing. I visited Beijing twice last year. Once in Spring, and once in summer. I would skip winter I am allergic to cold as prescribed by Doctor Winnie. Beijing is the capital of China, and in the past, it used to be a communist country. Til today, many people are still …

I still can't believe I climbed the Great Wall ! It was amazing ! What a view ! We climbed it at Badaling & let me tell you it was tougher than I thought it would be. So much of it is uphill and steep ! Bring lots of water and shoes with good grip. However the climb to the highest point is sooo…

在那里有温泉，更可以象鸟儿一样飞行——玩儿滑翔伞。 Has the hot spring in there, may look like the bird same flight, plays the paragliding.

I know it sounds crazy......, there are tables set up in the zoo for people to play mahjong, and there are many of them playing mahjong in the zoo???? Never heard before?? Cute isn't it??

i was overly excited for a month....and now i think it was all for the right reasons. This was the happiest trip I have had so far. Traveling alone was not so bad after all. People who have actually been there told me 6 days was too long to spend in that city. I actually brought a book to keep me c…

By the time we came to leave Ulaan Baatar, by train for Beijing, I had become iller to the extent that I managed 24 visits to the toilet in one day. I hope I don't need to write any more details; you can imagine the sort of thing. The prospect of having to get on a train for the next day and a…

After eating breakfast at the hotel, we headed out for a full day to Temple of Heaven, Tian'anmen Square, Forbidden City, and Summer Palace.  We also visited Beijing Pearl Market (Pearl Factory) and Dr Tea (Tea Factory).  We were able to learn how to tell the difference between …

Yunnan Province, China. June 2007

Sleeping up till 10 am was really part of the plan. I was to spend the rest of the day seeing the rest of Macau as I am bound to end my journey tonight when i take the 10:30 flight back to Manila. I left my all ready backpack at the hostel and started strolling onto the streets to catch sight of …

It's 15 hours from Los Angeles to Taiwan/Taipei. It's also New Years Eve. We're crossing the international dateline so, technically, i'm not going to have a New Year's and all the celebration that goes along with it. I entirely miss that day all together. When we get to Vietnam it will be the m…

I traveled alone at this point. I wasn't really scared, because I think think Suren and my parents prepared me for what I was to expect from the locals. Beijing is pretty safe, but I think they were worried about Xi'an. I think my purpose to travel is to reflect and on my life and my path. With tha…

Sara (SibylVane) celebrated her birthday on July 14th and I decided to give her a birthday gift of a changed profile photo.  So I downloaded the photo and moved the sun so that it reflected off the rocks in front of all the young folks.  I think it turned out very well. Happy Birthday, Sa…

Beijing here i am :))Actually kind like a confuse a bit when i was land to Beijing airport because it seem nobody speak English at all lol But yep finally i found the cab outside and it all good.The cab driver when saw me get to the car he change the music to English conversation for beginner le…

Guilin is in the southwest of China, belong to Guangxi province, Lijiang in Guilin is a famous river in the world. Shenzhen is a south city in China, quite modern, closed to HK.

15 Nov. 2008 Taking our night train from Beijing to Xi'an. 422rmb per person, soft sleeper with 4 beds in a small compartment. The journey is quite comfort, with small TV on each bed. The train starts punctually at 8:16pm, reaching Xi'an train staion 7:17 next morning. 16 Nov. 2008 Upon reaching…