- Catch Up
I got an email from Tom Jennings today, relations with Air China and PBS didn't go well so now he is not coming to film the Olympic baseball game. I'm glad that Kailey and I have Volleyball tickets, and we're Posted by Hparrish in Adventures Through China | Aug 8, 2008
- Olympics Opening Ceremony in Shanghai
Right now I am in Shanghai watching the olympics opening ceremony. Shanghai has been a really interesting place so far. It is huge like Beijing, but not so smoggy, and really futuristic. It is the only place Posted by awills in Alex's Trip to China | Aug 8, 2008
- What Happend in Shangra-la
Sorry about the vague last post, but I was really tired and Lihao and I were about to leave. So what happened. We were staying at a Hostel in Deqin, an awesome little tibetian village, but we had to take Posted by Neato24 in Ni Hao Y'all | Aug 8, 2008
- 長城 - The GREAT Wall
My alarm clock went off at 5am. I woke up ready for what was to be one of the greatest times of my life. We were to see The Great Wall....and not just see it and take a Posted by Marcie Q in 24 Days in Beijing | Aug 7, 2008
- Yangtze River Cruise
Before I start sorry for the lack of photos, none of the USB ports seem to work. But will try another internet cafe tomorrow so I can bore you with more scenery pictures.
Ok so where was I? We Posted by gt248 in Guyana, China, Mongolia and Russia | Aug 8, 2008
- Arrived in Beijing
Well, so far so good. I arrived in Beijing last night. I travelled on Air Canada from Ottawa to Vancouver. I had a four hour wait in Vancouver to board my flight to Beijing. I travelled on Air China to Posted by JChambers in China Olympics Trip | Aug 7, 2008
- First Report from Da Muthaland
I'm happy to report that I'm not dying from breathing in polluted air in Beijing. Yes, I've been here for only 28 hours so far, and at least half of that time has been spent at my cousin's central Posted by alsandiego in Where in the World is Al Sandiego? | Aug 7, 2008
- The Madness of Guangzhou Train Station
It wasn't the stark contrast from the calm of Hong Kong train station to the bustle of Guangzhou. It wasn't the Brunton's complete ignorance of Chinese symbols, no English signs and the slim chance of having joined the correct Posted by bruntonal in Have backpacks will travel.... | Aug 7, 2008
- Summer Vacation!
Please note that this entry (which is very long) is followed by another new entry... I expect that only my own mother will make it all the way through this saga (but thanks for reading)!
As we were rolling along Posted by ucpegasus in Notes from the Other Side... | Aug 7, 2008
- "Police College"
Months ago, Aaron was hired by the Changping Police Department to teach an Olympics English course. They postponed the class several times, until finally, just after the school year ended, they gave him a call to inform him of Posted by ucpegasus in Notes from the Other Side... | Aug 7, 2008
- Christmas in August and Soho?!
{Day 3}
Yesterday we had a 10am pick up, rehearsed for about 1.5 hours, and then the Olympic committee had a trial/practice game where we performed one of our routines. The crowd completely ate it up and the Olympic committee Posted by Marcie Q in 24 Days in Beijing | Aug 5, 2008
- Shanghai tomorrow
so we made it to kunming last night but just bearly. Crazy stuff happened that i will go into later, but we couldnt go to the stone forrest like we wanted to but we still had fun. Not a lot Posted by Neato24 in Ni Hao Y'all | Aug 6, 2008
- Pics!
This seems to be becoming a theme of this trip:
Goats in Deqin
This chicken wouldn't stay out of our room!
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- Introduction
This is the site I will be using to provide updates on my travels throughout China during the Olympics.
I hope you enjoy the posts!
-Josh
Posted by JChambers in China Olympics Trip | Aug 4, 2008
- Dog Meat, KTV, and Hou Hai
The Thursday of my second week at CET I went to a Korean barbecue restaurant with some friends, and my friend Will gave me some of his photos. (More of his photos are at www.flickr.com/bellumdeus.)
[img=http://www.travellerspoint.com/photos/155567/Han Posted by spelham in Breathing in Beijing | Jul 31, 2008
- Pure Kismet!
"Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant, filled with odd waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like." ~Lemony Snicket
We had a pick up time from our hotel at 8am to begin on court Posted by Marcie Q in 24 Days in Beijing | Aug 4, 2008
- Zibo - Eating
Breakfast
On our first two mornings we had breakfast at the hotel. Breakfast basically was a continental breakfast with Muesli, fruit, toast, tea, coffee and juice. Of course they also had the traditional Chinese breakfast food such as noodles, Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Aug 4, 2008
- Zibo - Getting around
Basically we had our driver from 9 - 5 on Wednesday and Thursday.
We walked to most places when we didn't have the driver and normally caught a Taxi home.
On our last night we caught a taxi from dinner Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Aug 3, 2008
- Zibo - Sights
Yuanshan National Forest Park
Located southwest of the Boshan District, it is the only national level forest park in Zibo consisting of five scenic areas. The great wall of the Qi Kingdom, grass skiing field, dinosaur valley and folk custom Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Aug 3, 2008
- Zibo
One of the sights we wanted to see around Jinan was Zibo - (pronounced z bah). Barbara and I decided this time we would just base ourselves in Zibo. We had heard mixed reports about Zibo ie don't Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Aug 3, 2008
- Surviving the mountains
We made it through the Tiger Leaping Gorge. It was pretty much what I expected: ridiculously difficult and dangerous hike with beautiful views. I personally kind of hate hiking but I didn't want everyone else to not go because I Posted by Hparrish in Adventures Through China | Aug 4, 2008
- Welcome to Beijing!
Today we landed in Beijing at around 2:30pm, on August 3rd. There was a brief but powerful rainstorm as we were ready to step into the plane that was to be a 14 hour flight. Needless to say Posted by Marcie Q in 24 Days in Beijing | Aug 3, 2008
- Zibo - Accomodation
Once again Barbara didn't want to be bothered with finding accommodation when we got there. I went on line and only came up with 3 options. We chose Hotel Ibis. It was the cheapest hotel we have Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Aug 3, 2008
- Zibo - The Journey Home
We went to book our ticket home and found out that there were no seats left on any of the trains. We didn't want to risk our luck and decided we would take a bus. After all the Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Aug 3, 2008
- Zibo - The Journey
Barbara and I had decided to take a trip to Zibo to check out the sights. We went to the train station and booked our tickets. We were so proud of ourselves because we got the tickets without Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Aug 3, 2008