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Last Blog entry in China! :(

Well, We had the Christmas party and I dressed up as Santa - it was pretty humiliating, but also alot of fun! As it was snowing I didn't have to climb through the windows in the end - thank God!! My buddy Mr Young has made a video for me so you can all see it when I get home! Unfortunatly I...

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emmarogers85 on December 23, 2007 from Shenyang, China

from the travel blog: Teach and Travel China - 6 Months

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone :) Well I'm flying out tomorrow to spend Christmas in Oz with the family and Charles who is joining me on Christmas Day...maybe I can re-enact a scene from Love Actually :) Charles and I will be home for about 3 weeks so he can meet my family and friends while...

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KatrinaB on December 19, 2007 from Dongguan, China

from the travel blog: China Dreaming

The end is nigh!!

Well, the last week or so has been a bit of a blur, tying up as many loose ends as possible before its time to leave. After a huge amount of dicussion we have finally agreed that my last day of teaching will be Thursday 27th of December. I have now booked my bus tickets (train tickets cant be...

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emmarogers85 on December 11, 2007 from Shenyang, China

from the travel blog: Teach and Travel China - 6 Months

Xi'an

Got to Xi'an this morning. Took the overnight train. I went to the terracotta warriors today, very interesting. Almost all the other tourists there were chinese, thats been the case with all of the major tourist sights so far in China. I'm staying at the Bell Tower Hostel. Tonight I'm going...

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gstrauss on December 9, 2007 from Xi'an, China

from the travel blog: China and Vietnam

Great wall

Today I went on a 10 Km walk along the Great wall. It was an unrestored part so the terrain was very rugged. It was really beautiful though, and definitely worth it. Yesterday, I went to the underground city. Its a huge series of tunnels that Mao built during the cold war in case of nuclear...

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gstrauss on December 7, 2007 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: China and Vietnam

jiuzhaigou

After Misty Mountains and Giant Buddhas we decided to go north in Sichuan. Our target was a National Park 10 hours by bus from Chengdu called Jiuzhaigou. The bus ride was indeed entertaining, we know now that all chinese busdrivers are psychotic madmen. They drive like hell and honk the horn...

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agnesola on December 6, 2007 from Chengdu, China

from the travel blog: Baby and Baby's around the world travel...

The Roof of the World

Lhasa, Tibet-Early Morning As the first rays of the morning sun shined down on me I was in mid-sun-salutation, greeting the beautiful day. I cannot believe that when I breathe in the crisp, cool air that I am in the motherland of Tibetan Buddhism, I am in the former seat of the Tibetan holy...

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vajra_guru_pedma_tron_tren_sal on December 5, 2007 from Lhasa, China

from the travel blog: Tibet, a Land of Mystery

More Beijing

Still in Beijing. I went to the Forbidden city and Jingshan park yesterady. Forbidden city was good..just a big temple complex. Then i went to the park behind it to watch the sun set, which was amazing. The smog made for a spectacular sunset, and the park had views over the forbidden city. ...

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gstrauss on December 4, 2007 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: China and Vietnam

Beijing 2

Still in Beijing. I had two massive nights partying over the weekend. The expat bar district is called Sanlitun and all the bars of full of foreigners. All international students or young people working in Beijing. I'd say there are only about 20% of the patrons are chinese. I went to a food...

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gstrauss on December 2, 2007 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: China and Vietnam

Bejing

Got to Beijing this morning. 12 hour train ride. The trains are really nice, i was in a compartment with four beds, but there were only two people. The train travels at 130 km/h so its very fast. Today I just walked around tianenmen square... didn't do much. Tomorrow I'll go to the forbidden...

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gstrauss on November 30, 2007 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: China and Vietnam

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