Archive for November, 2005

Xi’an, Shaanxi Province

Posted 28 November 2005 | By | Categories: China, Photos, Travel | 27 Comments

Impressive or what…???? Hi All! Here we are in Xi’an, capital of Shaanxi Province, and one time capital of China. This city of 6 million is also a walled city, following along the traditional city grid layout. This is a very modern city, very clean, with some well preserved sights. It actually reminds Quene a […]

Pingyao, Shanxi Province

Posted 25 November 2005 | By | Categories: China, Photos, Travel | 13 Comments

Hi All, we’ve put up some more photos in the Beijing II post, check em out! Here we are in Pingyao, about 350km southwest of Beijing. This town, delared by UNESCO as World Heritage site a couple of years ago, and deservedly so, is an excellent example of what life was like in China about […]

Beijing part II

Posted 21 November 2005 | By | Categories: China, Photos, Travel | 12 Comments

Just added some more pics to the Beijing II post: Smmer Palace, just outside Beijing City, is where the Emperors would spend the summer, to get away from the oppressive heat of the city. Well f0r some to have this as your private summer playground, complete with lakes, boats, and a myriad of temples, and […]

China – Beijing

Posted 14 November 2005 | By | Categories: China, Photos, Travel | 14 Comments

Hi all, We’ve added some cool photos to the post on Hong Kong, so check them out, you’ll be amazed!!! Well here we are in Beijing, and it’s freezing!!!! We arrived last night from Hong Kong and just headed straight to the hotel. Today we visited Tian’anmen Square and the Forbidden City. Tian’anmen square is […]

School in Hong Kong

Posted 11 November 2005 | By | Categories: China, Photos, Travel | 82 Comments

Hi all, We’re here at QESOSA Tong Kwok Wah Secondary School, Tin Shui Wai, Hong Kong! Larry is teaching English here, and he invited us into their class for the students to get to practise their English! We read from the Wizard of Oz, me narrating, Quene as “Dorothy” with Larry as the “Scarecrow”. Then […]

China Route Map

Posted 10 November 2005 | By | Categories: China, Photos, Route Maps, Travel | No Comments

For those of you curious to know the route we did through China, just click on the map below, this will definitely help you in following where each of the posts were made! ESP: Para los que son interesados en seguir nuestra recorrido por China! Ayudara un monton en localizar cada uno de los posts […]

Hong Kong 10/11/05

Posted 09 November 2005 | By | Categories: China, Photos, Travel | 1 Comment

Well we made it out of India! Hong Kong is such a stark contrast to India, once you step off the airplane it’s like you’ve stepped into the future. Everything looks so new, fast trains, buses, motorways everywhere, huge bridges, and skyscrapers everywhere, all over the place, 30-40 storeys seems to be the average sized […]

Last days in India

Posted 06 November 2005 | By | Categories: India, Photos, Travel | 1 Comment

This is definitely the last Post from India. Yesterday, in Goa, we met a teacher who had a pre-school near the beach. Being Saturday there were only a few kids, but it was good fun, they had only a few toys which were donated by tourists and teachers who come back year after year, pity […]

Goa

Posted 02 November 2005 | By | Categories: India, Photos, Travel | 10 Comments

Well this may possibly be our last post fom India, sniff, sniff… Anyway, we’re taking it easy here in Palolem Beach, southern Goa. Palolem Beach, Goa: Playa Palolem, Goa: The beach is lined with “coco-huts” or bamboo huts, which as you can see from the pic are just basic rooms on stilts, made of bamboo, […]