October 28, 2004
16,200km later!
I've just worked out that I've travelled over 16,200km in 3 and a half months, from leaving Bratislava to getting to Shanghai. No planes, only one boat which I didnt include, everything by bus and train. Incidental camels, horses, bikes,...Read this update
Posted by Nik Philps at 10:09 AM |
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hanging out in Shanghai
It was only two hours on the train to Shanghai. My last train trip in China. Decided to go budget third class, no assigned seat, just find yourself a corner amongst the crush of bodies and luggage. For once I...Read this update
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skipping the gorge
On my original list of things to do in China, the 3 day Yangtze/Three Gorges trip was definitely on there. Another of those unmissables. Or so I thought. Chatting to other travellers, reading the thorn tree it became increasingly clear...Read this update
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October 07, 2004
Those Terracotta Warriors
It's one of those things that you just have to do in China. along with the Great Wall and the Three Gorges, everyone has heard of them and everyone goes there. They're not really very exciting but very interesting. In...Read this update
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Photo crazy
A dutch guy I met in Beijing told me it was worth stopping off in a place called Pingyao on the way to Xi'an. So I did. and it was. An old town of traditional two storey courtyard houses, all...Read this update
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Horsetrekking and mute guides
An 8 hour kamikaze bus ride took us to the north of Sichuan Province to a town called Songpan. the scenery on the drive up was amazing. For most of the way we travelled alongside a river that can only...Read this update
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Descending a holy mountain
There are 7 (or maybe 9) holy peaks in China. Perhaps a future mission to climb them all but for now I decided to settle for just one. Emei Shan, a mere 3077m high, with apparently amazing sunrises and sunsets,...Read this update
Posted by Nik Philps at 11:18 AM |
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In the spice
Hmm seem to have lost an entry on Beijing. Am currently in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province smack bang in the middle of China. Also known in the west as Szechuan, this is the home of spicy cooking and...Read this update
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September 15, 2004
The sights of Beijing
The taxi drivers saw us coming a mile away! Four of us were staying at the Far East hostel so decided to share a taxi. We naively agreed to an outrageous amount, in comparison to reality in Bejing, but at...Read this update
Posted by Nik Philps at 02:26 PM |
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