Lucia's Travel Stories (2 Stories)

Beijing, Xian and Yangtze Cruise

Date: 2008-09-28 ; Tags: Beijing Xian

Xi'an

We were walking downtown Xian. It's so hot you could fry rice on the pavement, which only intensified every dirty, rotten smell, which managed to emanate from every building and alley you passed. The odors were enough to gag you. Running from each building under a grate in the sidewalk, is a drain with god only knows what it contains. Hope you have a visualization . . . . .

As we steppe

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Chinese New Year in Canton, Guangzhou

Date: 2008-04-28 ; Tags: Chinese New Year

Guangzhou flower market

Erica and I had few days in Guangzhou last year. Coincidentally, our stay covered  most of the  Chinese new year holiday when we had a chance to have a brief taste of that event

The Chinese Spring Festival, also knows as the Lunar New Year, is the most important traditional festival in china, which takes place in late January or early February. There goes a very interestin

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