- Halloween in China
Hello, everyone and Happy Halloween!!!
Well, yes, Halloween is next Saturday, but since school week ends the Friday before Halloween, who says you can’t celebrate early? As far as I know, Guangya School is the only school which does celebrate selected Posted by mskaye in Life as a TESOL Teacher | Oct 20, 2009
- Lhasa - Day 1
Our guide picked us up at 9.30 am and took us to the Drepung Monastery, the biggest monastery in Tibet. It was founded in 1416 by one of the disciples of Tsongkhapa, the founder of the yellow hat sect and Posted by fredno in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Oct 20, 2009
- The world's highest railway
We woke up around 8:30am and the views from the train were amazing. We could see snow capped mountains, large desert plateaus, small villages, beautiful lakes, nomad tents and wonderful colors everywhere. 80% of the Golmund to Lhasa stretch is Posted by fredno in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Oct 19, 2009
- Xining
We got up at 6 am (again!) to take the 8:05am flight to Xining. All we had was an address in Chinese to where we should pick up the tickets. We were dropped off outside an office building but did Posted by fredno in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Oct 18, 2009
- C is for CHEAP, C IS FOR CHINA
Jeg tenkte å vise litt av hva jeg har brukt penger på her nede (bortsett fra mat, toalettpapir, shampoo og whatnots).
Den beige kjolen kjøpte jeg idag, jeg elsker den! den er trang, i tynn tynn ull, med silkefor inni, og Posted by kinatonje in kinatonje | Oct 20, 2009
- 20. oktober
Idag hadde jeg, carlotta og eva fri. Klassene våre er med på et slags idrettsarrangement så det var ingen timer, og det syntes vi var heeelt fantastisk. Vi dro til Yueqing sentrum, til en liten park. Der er det en Posted by kinatonje in kinatonje | Oct 20, 2009
- Chuck and the Plastic Factory
Had a midterm on Saturday that went pretty well, and our teacher gave us a present for all of our "hard work". It was a bookmark, so just a word of warning, someone's gonna get it for a gift Posted by bengully in Ben's China Adventures | Oct 19, 2009
- Giant Panda Discovery Trip
7 months since we have seen my family - It was planned that my mum and dad would join us during our time in China, We was over the moon that my sister and bro-in-law surprised us and joined us Posted by CarrieSean in our big adventure | Oct 18, 2009
- Day to day
So this week went by really quickly for some reason, in spite of the fact that I am apparently allergic to my room. Or my Chinese family, I haven't decided yet. Anyways, my schedule during the week is Posted by bengully in Ben's China Adventures | Sep 19, 2009
- Leshan
After a 2 hour bus-ride from Chengdu we arrived in Leshan and took a tour boat to get a panoramic view of the Giant Buddha (Dàfó) from the river. The 71 m tall Buddha is carved into a cliff overlooking Posted by fredno in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Oct 17, 2009
- Chengdu
We started the day with a huge, western breakfast at a cozy place called Grandma's Kitchen. We took a taxi to the Giant Panda Breading Research Base, home to nearly 50 giant and red pandas. We only got to see Posted by fredno in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Oct 16, 2009
- Xi'an - Chengdu
Most of this day was spent waiting and traveling, but we had time for some city sightseeing in the morning. We walked by the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower before going into the Muslim quarter. The first part was Posted by fredno in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Oct 15, 2009
- Industrial and smoggy but Guangzhou is still pleasant.
Nihao!
Before heading off to Beijing, we took the bus from Zhongshan to Guangzhou, the capital of the province of Guangdong, and chose to stay for two days and three nights.
I found Guangzhou to be a mix between Hong Kong Posted by malmn in Bloggin' N Globetrottin' | Oct 16, 2009
- China
During our month in China our friend Patrizia gave us a book to read, "The Chinese Century", written by an Italian author, Federico Rampini. It discusses the importance and power increase of the Chinese economy in the century we're Posted by sonianick in Nick & Sonia's Travel Experience | Oct 16, 2009
- Hong Kong ja Macao
11. lokakuuta, 2009
Lahdimme siis aamulla aikasin Suzhousta, ja otimme express-bussin Hongqiao International Airportille eli ns. Kiinan kotimaan lentokentalle. Lentoaikataulu n. 2 tuntia ja oltiin Shenzenissa. Shenzenin lentokentalta nopein ja Posted by elke-sami in Asia here we come!! | Oct 15, 2009
- Hong Kong and Macau: Casino's, Britten en Portugezen
Het is al weer een tijdje geleden sinds onze laatste update, maar de tijd lijkt hier echt te vliegen. We hoppen van de ene stad naar de andere, wandelen van 's morgens tot 's avonds laat om op korte tijd Posted by elke-sami in Asia here we come!! | Oct 15, 2009
- Zhongshan Part II
07/10
We made our way to the Zhongshan Park to visit the 7-story pagoda. It was a pretty boring promenade until we hit the downtown area which was filled with tons of shops geared more towards teenage girls. These shops were Posted by thanh13 in Bloggin' N Globetrottin' | Oct 15, 2009
- Ganzi and Dzogchen Monastery, Western Sichuan
After Litang I decided to go north. I had heard of famous Buddhist schools there and I wanted to check it out. I made a short overnight stop in Ganzi and from there headed West, towards the border with Tibet. Posted by 5fingerfab in Fabrice Lambert's travel diary | Oct 15, 2009
- Xi'an
We were picked up by the brother of our taxi driver from yesterday at 9 am. He took us to The Army of Terracotta Warriors - known as the 8th wonder of the world. This is a huge archeological site Posted by fredno in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Oct 14, 2009
- Beijing - Xi'an
After an early evening and a late morning we checked out of the hotel in Beijing and headed for the airport. After a 2 hour flight we arrived in Xi'an and took a taxi to our downtown hotel. On the Posted by fredno in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Oct 13, 2009
- The Great Wall
As the morning people we are we got up at 6 am, put on our hiking gear and left in our prebooked taxi with destination Jinshanling, a 2,5 hour drive. We were a bit worried for the views since it Posted by fredno in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Oct 12, 2009
- Taking it easy in Zhongshan
02/10
We started the day on a hunt to find us an organized tour for Beijing which went nowhere! Communicating with the travel agents was nearly impossible. They would tell us anything to get us to pay up. One company promised Posted by thanh13 in Bloggin' N Globetrottin' | Oct 13, 2009
- Mt. Everest by Moonlight
After 16 hours on a bus from Lhasa to Rongbuk Monastery we finally arrived at the foot of Mt. Everest, Qomolangma in Tibetan.
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- back to beijing
First, I am not sue of all of you know but college graduation present from my parents was laser eye surgery. So after a day of suffering in June and about a week of improving (and not going swimming) I Posted by pmyerson in MIA | Oct 12, 2009
- Bananas
The Chinese fan-damily went to Hong Kong this past week for their vacation, opting to leave their strange American house-guest at home (weird, right?), so I had the apartment to myself for the week. Normally I would think this Posted by bengully in Ben's China Adventures | Oct 11, 2009