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Spectacle: Total Eclipse of the City

We hadn't managed to get to Shanghai in time for the total solar eclipse, but there would still be a fairly full eclipse visible from Beijing, so we had decided to view it from Tian'anmen Square; it was nearby, it would be interesting because of all the people there, and there was enough...

permalink written by  The Happy Couple on July 22, 2009 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon



Hotel Beijing

Since we had decided to go to Shanghai a day early, we had to book our train ticket as soon as possible. Train ticket booking was one of the services the hostel offered, so it wasn't going to be much hassle. We thought. In order to be as organised as possible we spent much of the morning...

permalink written by  The Happy Couple on July 21, 2009 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon



It Really is Great!

In a bid to save money we eschewed the hostel's Great Wall tour and their advice on how to get there, and decided to follow the directions we had found online. A metro ride across town and we'd be able to get the last tourist bus leaving to Mùtiányú, which we had read was less touristy than...

permalink written by  The Happy Couple on July 20, 2009 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon



Descent from the Great Wall

I've finally managed to get enough time online to upload this.

permalink written by  The Happy Couple on July 20, 2009 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon



Forbidden City and the Great Pall of China

We didn't want to overstretch ourselves on our first full day in Beijing, but we thought we had better get started since there was so much to see there, and since the Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square were very close to the hostel, we decided to start there. Outside it seemed the weather...

permalink written by  The Happy Couple on July 19, 2009 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon



Temples, Museums, and Cornflakes

I just had a bowl of Cornflakes. Yeah...probably not the kind of opening statement that sucks you in to the rest of my blog entry. But...they were good. There is a bigger story. My host family has left to visit the "countryside". Which means that the tasty meals that I have grown...

permalink written by  mflamoe on July 19, 2009 from Xiamen, China
from the travel blog: Xiamen



Travel Approval

Yesterday we got our travel approval, yeah! I can't wait to get Little Guy! It was a really great day because the camp took a field trip. We went to an amusement park in the morning. Then drove all the way back for lunch and nap time, then went back into town for a visit the the science...

permalink written by  carseat tourist on July 18, 2009 from Hefei, China
from the travel blog: carseat tourist's Travel Blog



Return to China

We flew from Japan early in the morning, still very fuzzy from all the alcohol we had been forced to finish the previous night, before leaving the country. On the plane Joanne couldn't resist asking for red wine, since wine is so expensive and so hard to come by in Asia. This was only about...

permalink written by  The Happy Couple on July 18, 2009 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon



Chinese Students

Hello everyone. It has been a couple of days since my recent posting, and I have some good excuses. First, as usual, I have been busy. When I get back to my place late in the evening, my first instinct is not to jump onto the internet. But the main reason is that I have been slightly under...

permalink written by  mflamoe on July 16, 2009 from Xiamen, China
from the travel blog: Xiamen



Island sightseeing

Lets just say we saw something mind-blowingly cool. After my months of coal trucks and living by the stack in Harbin, I'm all for this. Even Teenager thought is was cool. We didn't have to teach in the afternoon so we could see the sight. We are officially halfway thru the teaching...

permalink written by  carseat tourist on July 16, 2009 from Hefei, China
from the travel blog: carseat tourist's Travel Blog



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