China Travel Blogs - Page 6

I know that many have walked the Great Wall of China and the experience has stimulated various insightful chronicles of the trek. As well, I know that the actions of the hawkers have often been described as a negative influence. I don't know if my hike was any different from most except that f…

At about 2:30 PM it was time to head for China.  Grabbed my gear from the left luggage check at the West Hotel and walked with a group towards the MTR station.  We went via the Tsuen Wan Line (Cheung Sha Wan Station) to the Kwun Tong line (Prince Edward Station) to the East Rail Line (Kow…

Haha, Well I guess my title doesn't sound too exciting.. 27.5 total hours from Houston to Bangkok.  I left Houston on a little less than 4 hours of sleep, early Monday morning, around 6am.  I flew to Newark, NJ where I was the only person in the state probably wearing shorts and …

6/16/07New Video - scroll down to the photo section to see a video of the monks feverishly debating at the Sera Monastery while the foreigners gawk and take their pictures...This morning after breakfast we hopped in the Toyota and started the three hour drive to Lhasa. The road is better than anyth…

Beijing, capital of China, city of 16 million people and damn HAWT! For 4.5 days I travelled in and around Beijing.  My first day I was welcomed as we descended into the airport by 2 masked men that looked like Cobra Commander holding guns, temperature guns that is, and pointing it to everyone…

I was fortunate enough to be able to fulfill an ambition of mine to see a real live panda, and preferably in China.  I was visiting Shanghai on a work trip for two weeks so decided to make a weekend trip to Chengdu - specifically to visit the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. …

Learning From the World Project:Sometimes dreams comes true,at the end of february will start my LIFE´S DREAM,1 year Backpacking the Earth,Looking for Knowledge,ideas,opportunities,people and obvioulsy to find a lot of things inside myself.

I always wanted to visit Beijing before the Oylmpic 2008, finally i make it. I went there with my siblings and friend, we spent 8 days in Beijing, ChengDe and TianJin. Along the journey we meet a lots of nice peoples and sharing our travel experience. Here's some photos we took in China.

After the cold of yesterday we decided to make a visit to an indoor market a priority to buy ourselves some warm clothes. The markets had been on our to do list anyway. We headed for Yashow market which was full of knock off labels which the stall holders insist are the genuine article. Strange tha…

After a great breakfast at the The Moon River that saved many of the mornings in Shanghai - I had all the coffee I could take and a great omelette - Kaija was in seventh heaven with her pineapple juice and her omelette, we decided to do something less stressful than walking the streets. We took a…

my trip to china was amazing...went to xi'an, beijing, Shanghai, and hong kong...we climb on the great wall in beijing...saw Terracotta Warriors in xi'an...what an awe...amazing how some farmers digging a well found these...and now in just one of the site they have over 6000 soldiers standing in a row...went to Buddhist temples and markets in shanghai...got a suit made in 24hrs in hong kong...great trip...

Day 6Today we got ready to go to the Summer Palace. Wake-up call was early as usual. When we entered the Summer Palace (it was about half an hour driving) it was very impressive to see. First thing we saw was a square with a lot of trees. Through the whole summer palace everything was green. A…

 Always need to be early, so you get chance to see nice view, otherwise, you would be drawn in an ocean of people. Subway system is not good in Beijing, need to walk a long long way underground. If you have old people with you can't walk too convenient, better take other way. And so…

Where ever I go, if there's a museum, you will find me there.  Shanghai holds no exception.  There are a few of interest, the most notable are the Shanghai Museum and the Shanghai Science Museum.  The former is located on the People's Square while the latter is across the river on th…

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