China Travel Blogs - Page 13

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…

Hey, there.  I suppose the best way to travel around in Shanghai city center is the subway!  Shanghai's subway doesn't offer the day or week travel ticket package. Just buy the ticklet as you want! For the outersuburban district - Zhujiajiao, You can take the coach in People square or …

I don’t know if you’ve heard about this yet, but an American tourist was killed in China while visiting a famous tourism site. His wife was also attacked and still might die. Maybe if it hadn’t been during the Olympics, this wouldn’t be a big news deal, but there’s a famous saying that g…

it was a very lazy day in Shanghai.cause the weather ... yea.. the rainy season... ><" my boss gave me 5 days for encouragement  .i decided to climbing Yellow Mountain..but... the weather was too bad to climbing . i was be stuck in city,can not go anywhere.the only thing i can do is ...w…

I don't feel too much like writing right now, considering the totally crappy day I had, but I will give you the short story.  One hour out of HK we arrived at our hotel in HouJie Town.  The three of us were sitting in an area of the lobby with three couches in a "U" pattern.  All of …

'Good Morning, you wait here ok?' 'Ok' I reply. I instantly notice the worn leather hats of the horsemen snugly fitting their heads like the shells of african tortoise. Now I realize how stupid I must look in my tourist-trap cowboy hat perched like a swaying kestrel on a ledge. Shit I can't stop sh…

We arrived at the ferry terminal in Tanggu, near Tianjin where we got a bus to Beijing.  Less than thirty minutes into our journey there was a loud bang where one of the rear tyres had burst. Eventually, seven hours later we arrived at the Red Lantern hostel in Beijing. We spent our first ful…

Still feeling like crap from this dam cold I was up early as I had to go to the Mongolian Embassy to get my Mongolian visa for the last part of my trip. My trip leader had written the address down for me in Chinese to give to the taxi drivers but every time I asked a taxi driver they didn’t …

-Great Wall journey in morning-rude man in bus-climbing and weather and shopping and where Olympics stuff was-lunch in Jade Factory - second impressions of the ladies from Florida (her son, I want to me a roamer like that)-looking around jade factory - where make Olympic medals-to Ming tombs - real…

I seem to have a lot of calamities on my vacations but the layover in China was the one where I was a bit scared. I swear i am getting smarted as I am traveling more.. We didn't know (as we booked our flights and everything on line) that we needed a Visa for China. We thought everything was gra…

Mixed messages on the legality of overnight camping on the Great Wall of China. I did it with a few friends around JinShanLing, which is supposed legal in this section. Be wary: we got harrassed by three men holding pigeons hostage while demanding $100 quai from each one of us. Worked out…

I know that some people have probably been wondering where I have been.  I know that I have not done a good job keeping up my presence in this community we call Travbuddy this past year, but I have been busy, so cut me a little slack. It has been awhile since my last real blog, so let me give …

Beijing.  The capital of China.  A cold city, at least during winter/spring.  We arrived here by train from Hong Kong.  24 hours on something that was pure luxury compared to the trains in India.  We checked in at Wangfujing Youth Hostel and got ready to explore this small …

today I had some time in the afternoon to do a little sightseeing. Starting at "The Bund" which I drove by on my way to the hotel after my "driver" got lost... I made a short walk along the river. Due to the fact next year there will be World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, the city is one big construction …

Round trip in China, including a week in Tibet. City's visited: Beijing, Xian, Lhasa, Shigatse, Gyantse, Chengdu, Lijiang, Dali, Kunming, Yangshuo, Hong Kong.