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The lonely traveller

Date: 2011-10-21 by mipijo; Tags: Anapurna China Travel Trekking

no photos Once upon a time, Prium, a young brave man, decided to explore the world. He wanted to know more about mountains, different cultures, different foods, different ways of life. He was very curious. He packed his bag and walk out of his village to the airport. The first country he discovered was Nepal. He went to Anapurna by himself. He could then meet a lot of people living on the high mounta ... View Details

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So who goes on vacation to relax?

Date: 2011-10-15 by jadegeko; Tags: Beijing Travel Great Wall of China Si Ma Tai Tianjin Hong Kong Summer Palace

no photos It was my first flight, my first big vacation. I was definitely more exhausted at the end than when I started. After studying my travel guide for almost a whole year I went by myself to Beijing and then to Hong Kong. Too bad I had laryngitis. Hm. I liked that my hotel was not only close to a subway station, but also had a regular breakfast salty pancake cart outside - tasty! Day 1 had to be ... View Details

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TIBET WORLD MEDIA REPORTS VERSUS REALITY

Date: 2011-10-14 by lawniczak; Tags: world media coverage

no photosFollowing our China family fascination my wife just returned from her 3-weeks tour of China fascinated by the speed and range of modernisation, culture and the level of development of the infrastructure - bullet train, highways, skyscrapers etc. What however impressed her most was the real picture of Tibet, contrasting so much with the biased picture provided by the media in our country as well a ... View Details

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YangTze Cruise and Special Economic Zones

Date: 2011-10-14 by LAWNICZAK; Tags: YougTze sluise(gate); level of economic developmen

no photos It was May 1987 when I was touring China as a member of Polsih UNA delegation. After visiting Shenzen Special Economic Zone,we were to lucky to enjoy the Yantgze Cruise with beautiful landscape and the thre gorges, still befor the damm was constructed.I f I remember,at the and of the cruise the ship approached a huge sluise (flood gate), and the whole prcedure of changing the level of water beg ... View Details

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Discovery Our Way in Tian Hu

Date: 2011-10-13 by RuthinChina; Tags: Tian Hu Guilin travel hiking

Tian Hu, a great lake on the mountain top. Last October, Ive been in Tian Hu with three friends for 2-day. I have to say that it was really a very interesting and memorable discovery hiking. Before we went there, we just knew Tian Hu was a beauty spot in Quanzhou couty, 138 km north of Guilin. However, when weve been there, not only our eyes but also our hearts experienced an unforgettable trip. On Oct.1st we set out at Guilin bus s ... View Details

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