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Tuimelende mensen en buiken

Zo, dat was even rustig opstarten vanmorgen. Voor je het weet is het alweer 12u! Luie mensen zijn we toch. Ik wilde vandaag graag naar het Science and Technology museum, dus daar zijn we begonnen. Het is een soort gigantisch Nemo met allerlei 3d- en 4d-films. Jammer genoeg in het chinees...

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Jolie on August 15, 2009 from Shanghai, China

from the travel blog: Lachende Boeddha

Their friends are our friends

Volgende dag hadden we 3 universiteiten op ons lijstje staan om te gaan bekijken. 2 Waar ook engelstalige vakken gegeven werden en 1 normale. We begonnen bij de beste universiteit uit de omgeving van Xi'an. Onze prive-chauffeur reed ons over de hele campus. Even wennen hoor, zo'n omgeving!...

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Jolie on August 14, 2009 from Shanghai, China

from the travel blog: Lachende Boeddha

Warrior day

Zo'n 2200 jaar geleden regeerde de eerste keizer Qin Shi Huang in China. Iedereen kent natuurlijk de chinese muur, die hij heeft laten bouwen door ongeveer 1 miljoen chinezen, maar wisten jullie ook dat hij een heel terracotta leger heeft gebouwd? Slechts 15 jaar heeft hij op de troon gezeten en...

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Jolie on August 10, 2009 from Xi'an, China

from the travel blog: Lachende Boeddha

Grim Hotel and Weird Fruit

We were up early for our 7:30am bus to Lanzhou. On the way out of the Tibetan autonomous zone we weren't expecting any trouble at all which meant that we would be able to take the direct bus to Lanzhou instead of changing buses at Linxia, however when I asked at the desk for Lanzhou at 7:05am I...

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The Happy Couple on August 10, 2009 from Lanzhou, China

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

Monastery of a Living Buddha

In the morning we went on a guided tour of the monastery. Labrang Monastery makes Xiàhé the most important Tibetan Buddhist town outside Lhasa as it is the seat of the ''Jamyang'', a line of reincarnated ''living Buddhas'' third in importance after the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama. For this...

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The Happy Couple on August 9, 2009 from Xiàhé, China

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

Xi'an: kikkerspel en kikkerpootjes

Hoog tijd om weer eens een stukje te schrijven. Inmiddels zijn we alweer op onze volgende plek aangekomen, Xi'an. Mijn eerste indruk is wat terughoudend. Na een turbulente reis naar Xi'an airport moesten we nog 50 km reizen naar het centrum, met de bus. Hier heb ik naast een leuke studente...

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Jolie on August 9, 2009 from Xi'an, China

from the travel blog: Lachende Boeddha

A Kora in a Ring

In the morning we ventured out to have a look around town. It was actually much nicer than my first impressions had been. And the people were apparently very nice as well: after buying some painkillers for Joanne, who wasn't feeling very well, the shop owner ran out of the shop after me to point...

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The Happy Couple on August 8, 2009 from Xiàhé, China

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

Into a Tibetan Autonomous Zone

Our train journey from Xi'an to Lanzhou was nothing like as comfortable as the trip to Xi'an. The train to Xi'an was a ''Z train'' which used to be the fastest, most luxurious trains in China, although they have been superseded by the ''D trains'', whereas on the journey to Lanzhou we were on a...

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The Happy Couple on August 7, 2009 from Xiàhé, China

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

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vevisk823 on August 6, 2009 from Hangzhou, China

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Terracotta and Leather

First thing, we were on the minibus from the hostel towards the Terracotta Army. Before we got there though, we were told, we would be stopping off at a workshop / warehouse place where we would be able to buy reproductions of the terracotta warriors as well as other works of art. Ah, yes, I...

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The Happy Couple on August 6, 2009 from Xi'an, China

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

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