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Our next adventure- China

We flew from Kathmandu to Delhi and boarded our plane to Beijing.......only to be told that there was a 'small' problem with our plane. It was ok, just that it couldn't turn??!! Honestly that was the explanation we got. And so we were delayed for 24hrs. The only good thing was that we were put...

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mich_and_dan_moors on June 19, 2011 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: mich_and_dan_moors's Travel Blog

Beijing

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Hauke & Gaby's WorldTrip on May 30, 2011 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Frankfurt China

Xiamen

Xiamen is just another big Chinese city that no one has ever heard of and, believe it not, it has more than several million people living here. As with all Chinese cities we have visited it has Tower cranes building skyscrapers all over the place. We took a local Ferry to a small island that...

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rcodel on March 27, 2011 from Xiamen, China

from the travel blog: World Cruise - 2011

Stunning Shanghai

Mar.23 the ship slowly sails up the Huangpu river to dock at the new cruise terminal in Shanghai.It is 5:30pm.The terminal looks like a spaceship,round with legs and skylights around the top.Right beside it is a lovely little park.I did not go ashore that evening. Wed 24th I went on "The Best...

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edoyle on March 25, 2011 from Shanghai, China

from the travel blog: World Cruise

Shanghai

It was great to be back in Shasnghai again. The skyline cvontinues to change with new buildings popping up. We even saw the beginning construction of the new tallest building in Shanghai which will be 120 stories. We returned to many of our old haunts and had a wonderful...

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rcodel on March 23, 2011 from Shanghai, China

from the travel blog: World Cruise - 2011

Beautiful,bustling Beijing

We are docked in Tienjian Sunday morning and on a bus for the 2 1/2 hr.drive to Beijing and our overnight stay in the Shangri-la China World Hotel.The city has a population of 17 million.The streets are very wide,skyscrapers dominate and there are many,many apt. buildings.Our eyes are smarting...

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edoyle on March 22, 2011 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: World Cruise

Beijing

We spent a beautiful overnight in Beijing which has changed so much in the past few years with beautiful new buileings everywhere. Some of them are architecturally very unsual. On the two hour drive from Tianjin to Beijing we saw an incredible amount of construction going on with Tower...

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rcodel on March 20, 2011 from Tianjin, China

from the travel blog: World Cruise - 2011

Phew!!!

I JUST learned that the Philippines is home to chocolate production. All will soon be right with the world... I ran out of my S. American slavery-free chocolate yesterday. Only 48 more hours of forced withdrawal symptoms. (One symptom: bad spelling. Trust me, that's the obvious cause...)

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prrrrl on March 17, 2011 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Beijing 2011

"Please get ready for rival"

Vowels are not given much consideration. Consonents often come preloaded with a vowel sound. Children are not taught, 'b', 'p', 'm', 'f' but 'baw', 'paw', 'maw', 'faw'. Ns come preloaded with a leading 'i' so that a word spelled, 'tun' is pronounced, 'twin'. What I heard on the bus: "Please...

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prrrrl on March 15, 2011 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Beijing 2011

Stopover in Canada

My ride was probably losing hope. So many people waiting, so many bags not making it off the luggage go round. Those waiting with me trickled down from a full Boing 747 to three. Lost? The couple in front of me at the lost luggage counter were joyfully reunited with their bags. The third...

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prrrrl on March 14, 2011 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Beijing 2011

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