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Driving Tours across China

Date: 2008-3-18 by Great Traveler; Tags: Self-drving tour

On the way to Naqu, TibetDay 1 June 15th Horgos / Yining (100kms, 2 hours) We met our 6 clients at the border of Kazakhstan at Horgos on the Chinese side of the border and helped them to complete the necessary formalities. Our office had done all the ground work but it still took a few hours. We were all very excited as we set of from this ancient city through the stunning landscape to make our way to our first overnight ... View Details

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Enjoying Food in Hongkong

Date: 2008-3-14 by john; Tags: Hongkong Food

Hongkong FoodWith favourite condition, Hong Kong is an indeed Delicacy Heaven which combines together the kernels of eastern and western foods and gathers together all delicious food from every corner of the world. Both Western food and Chinese food here are authentic, and almost all featured dishes from every country can be found here except some Islamic food. With Canton food as its main stream, the Chinese ... View Details

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Sleeping on the Great Wall

Date: 2008-3-12 by Carl; Tags: Great Wall of China

no photosA few years back, I decided, along with a few friends, to spend the night on the Great Wall of China. We asked some locals in Beijing if this was allowed. They thought it was strange, but as far as they knew, it shouldn't be a problem. The question arose as to where. Badaling was out. It was too close to the city, the main spot where tourists take their snaps of the wall. After studying a ma ... View Details

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Frog Soup

Date: 2008-3-12 by Carl; Tags: Chinese Food Tibet train travel Tibet

no photosThe first day I arrived in Hang Zhou I was just getting over my flu. My friends, an assortment of Chinese and Koreans, suggested I go with them for a walk around West Lake. My appetite had returned that morning. They'd all seen me eat a hearty breakfast. It was late autumn and a light mist hung above the lake, accompanied by a fine rain and low clouds. We walked along the shore and watched fish br ... View Details

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The Hanging Monastery

Date: 2008-3-12 by Carl; Tags: Hanging Monastery Tibet Namtso Lake

no photosAbout 20 miles south of Datong, in Shanxi Province, our taxi broke down. Smoke poured out from the engine. ?We had a busted water pump. We'd arrived in Datong from Inner Mongolia by train earlier in the day, several hours before dawn. Excited to see the Hanging Monastery at the base of Mt. Hengshan (the northern Hengshan, not the southern one) we booked our taxi right away and left from ... View Details

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