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The World's Best Xinjiang Diary Ever: Spring Festival Travels 26 - Leshan 2
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The World's Best Xinjiang Diary Ever. Friday, 25 April 2008. Spring Festival Travels 26 - Leshan 2. 10th February 2008 / Day 27 / Leshan (Sichuan) - Chengdu (Sichuan). We got an express bus back to Chengdu but it still took a while. At the bus station in Chengdu (again different to the one we went from) we were pestered by taxi drivers who offered 30 to take us to the hostel we wanted, and then when we began to walk off, raised it to 60! Back at the hostel, a minibus took us to the opera along with a Cal...
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The World's Best Xinjiang Diary Ever: Spring Festival Travels 22 - Xi'an 2
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The World's Best Xinjiang Diary Ever. Friday, 25 April 2008. Spring Festival Travels 22 - Xi'an 2. 6th February 2008 / Day 23 / Xi'an (Shaanxi). Liam managed to get up early and get breakfast but I yet again just couldn't wake up. Eventually Liam woke me up by shining a light in my eyes. Charming eh ; ). And the reason it was forgotten? The respect for the emperor! We returned on the bus and next got a bus to what we hoped would be near Xi'an's south gate. The old city wall at Xi'an has been preserve...
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The World's Best Xinjiang Diary Ever: Spring Festival Travels 23 - Xi'an 3
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The World's Best Xinjiang Diary Ever. Friday, 25 April 2008. Spring Festival Travels 23 - Xi'an 3. 7th February 2008 / Day 24 / Xi'an (Shaanxi). We walked out of the hostel without Lucy and Heidi because they were just taking too long! I guess all white people look the same to them. Finally bored of the meandering pace, I said quite firmly "we're going to the pagoda now, are you coming? We caught a busy bus to the south gate and just peered through the archway (going through costs money y'see). One l...
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The World's Best Xinjiang Diary Ever: Spring Festival Travels 13 - Dalian
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The World's Best Xinjiang Diary Ever. Friday, 18 April 2008. Spring Festival Travels 13 - Dalian. 28th January 2008 / Day 14 / Dalian (Liaoning) - Yantai (Shandong). We ended up sleeping at opposite sides of the room. Makes a change from sleeping in the same bed as him I guess! We knew we'd be on a night train the next day if all went to plan so God only knows how much sleep we'd get! With that in mind we went straight to sleep. Residential part of Dalian. Sample of my dinner - nyam! I've lived in Dalian...
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The World's Best Xinjiang Diary Ever: April 2008
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The World's Best Xinjiang Diary Ever. Friday, 25 April 2008. Spring Festival Travels 26 - Leshan 2. 10th February 2008 / Day 27 / Leshan (Sichuan) - Chengdu (Sichuan). We got an express bus back to Chengdu but it still took a while. At the bus station in Chengdu (again different to the one we went from) we were pestered by taxi drivers who offered 30 to take us to the hostel we wanted, and then when we began to walk off, raised it to 60! Back at the hostel, a minibus took us to the opera along with a Cal...
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The World's Best Xinjiang Diary Ever: Spring Festival Travels 20 - Wuhan
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The World's Best Xinjiang Diary Ever. Friday, 18 April 2008. Spring Festival Travels 20 - Wuhan. 4th February 2008 / Day 21 / Wuhan (Hubei) - Xi'an (Shaanxi). Starbucks was in quite a westernized complex and next to it we found an import store, not unlike the one in Youhao Supermarket, but far superior. It even had Kellogg's cereal! In a train station? In a waiting room? Sitting on a chair? View of the Yellow Crane Tower amongst the trees. The view from the top of the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuchang over t...
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The World's Best Xinjiang Diary Ever: Spring Festival Travels 16 - Zhengzhou
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The World's Best Xinjiang Diary Ever. Friday, 18 April 2008. Spring Festival Travels 16 - Zhengzhou. 31st January 2008 / Day 17 / Qufu (Shandong) - Yanzhou (Shandong) - Qufu (Shandong) - Jining (Shandong) - Zhengzhou (Henan). You will see from the above description of the days travels that we spent practically the whole day on the road. We basically just wanted to get to Zhengzhou, but it was damn hard! Ah well, we'd take what we could get! It was quite expensive by the standards we'd been paying during ...
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The World's Best Xinjiang Diary Ever: Spring Festival Travels 12 - Changchun and Shenyang
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The World's Best Xinjiang Diary Ever. Friday, 18 April 2008. Spring Festival Travels 12 - Changchun and Shenyang. 27th January 2008 / Day 13 / Harbin/Ha'erbin (Heilongjiang) - Changchun (Jilin) - Shenyang (Liaoning) - Dalian (Liaoning). On the train in Changchun, Jilin Province. Shenyang City, in Liaoning Province. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). About to head off to the mystical land of China. Nervous but excited. Until now, I've never left Europe. View my complete profile. Spring Festival Travels 1...
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The World's Best Xinjiang Diary Ever: Spring Festival Travels 14 - Yantai
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The World's Best Xinjiang Diary Ever. Friday, 18 April 2008. Spring Festival Travels 14 - Yantai. 29th January 2008 / Day 15 / Yantai (Shandong) - Jinan (Shandong). We got to see the coast which was indeed very pretty. I love the sea; beaches and coasts always prick me up. Which is weird seeing as I live in the most inland city in the WORLD. Not tasty enough for us to finish the dish by any means though - kind of crunchy and stringy and nothing like I expected. The name sea cucumber makes a little mo...
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新疆日記: February 2008
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Sunday, 24 February 2008. Day 185: Episode 5. DAY 17 - QUFU = YANZHOU = JINING = ZHENGZHOU. DAY 18 - ZHENGZHOU = LUOYANG. And talk about us, justifying it with "they don't understand." Well actually, we do. SO we tell them. After two hours and the loss of feeling in one arm, we finally arrived, which was a huge relief. I've never been so close with strangers. We've also recently learnt that young children in China like firecrackers even more than teenagers in the UK like fireworks and vodka. Lovely.