China Travel Blogs - Page 8

Climbing the Great Wall was an amazing experience.

Ni hao, I'm once again backfilling entries because I've fallen further and further behind in this journal. Today is actually June 15, and I've been in China exactly 1 week. I spent the 8 - 13 in Beijing, staying at Peking Downtown Backpackers Hostel in a hutong alley called Nan…

Politically, China may be a Communist regime, but economically they are as capitalistic as you can get! We loved Shanghai and we shopped and shopped and shopped! The city itself straddles the upper branch of the Yangtzee river ( I have to look the name up), with large skyscrapers all along one sid…

And so it finished. It started very slow, being alone in a city where no one speaks english, looking for people, not finding anyone.. but then it got amazing, meeting some girls in a pub, going out with them, climbing a mountain, having some nice dinners and in the end it was the best ever when I m…

The worlds most great trainride to the far east

This morning we were really early birds - we had a quick breakfast at the hotel and then left for a walk. Our hotel was very close to the Bund - about 500 meters nothing more. We were happy to meet some almost empty streets.  The few cars on the streets were still useing their horn…

For our maiden voyage together, Big Boy and I felt we needed to lose the cherry in a big way, the Orient. Our journeys took us to the far off shores of Beijing, China. He made many guest appearances at such famed locations as the Summer Palaces, the Forbidden City and of course, the  Great Wal…

Na dat ik een hostel had gevonden ben ik naar "people square" gegaan alleen omdat dat wel centraal in de stad gelegen klonk, wat het ook was. Daar werd ik al meteen aan gesproken door 2 Chinese meisjes eentje zag er wel leuk uit de ander had gele tanden. Ze begonnen meteen al van ( wat ik on…

Declared as a Unesco World Heritage site in 1987, the name ‘forbidden city’ is a translation of one of the Chinese terms for it- 紫禁城- Zījĭnchéng, so called because ordinary folk would be punished by death if they found their way in uninvited. The Forbidden City is also referred to as �…

Hi all Greetings from Chengdu. We're back from Tibet. In Chengdu for a couple of nights before heading off down south to Yunnan province. Tibet is truly heavenly ... the mix of its religious history / architecture, and its landscape. We were awestruck by the majesty of the Potala Palace from our…

It's my second and last day in Beijing. As I said, too short, but will be here again in Augst and hopefully will explore a litte bit more than this time.Well, the jet lag had finally kicked in I was quite tired in the morning. After working half of the day we went out for lunch to a restaurant, fam…

History:Harbin doesn't have a long past as other Chinese cities.The area was vast grassland for thousands of years.Archaeologists found remains of human settlements back to about 2200 years ago, however, till late 19th century, it was no more than a fishing village.In 1898, Russians came to the lan…

My wonderful trip with friends in beijing. Though we don't really understand the language,, but with a very little Chinese we still have fun!! I love my buddy here..

In Shanghai on a business trip. It's the first time I was there. I just want to show some photos I took there.

These are just some of my favorite photos from the first leg of my world tour. Starting off with Japan, then Taiwan, Korea & China. This blog chronicles my travels over the first part of my adventure. I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I do. :D