Hi from Yangshou in Guanxi province, in Southwest China. This area, along with the main city of Guilin about 60km north is famous for the surrounding countryside, with it’s characteristic limestone peaks, that you can see in many a traditional chinese painting. Yangshuo is also a travellers mecca, lots of people from everywhere decend here […]
We decided to go on a 3day cruise along the Yangze River, the 3rd longest river in the world at 6,300 km. Famous for the 3 gorges, some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. Also just as famous for the 3Gorges dam being built accorss the river, which will unfortunately flood parts of […]
We had the chance to visit some Giant Pandas in a Qinling Animal Rescue Centre a couple of hours from Xi’an in central China. The Giant Panda is an endangered animal, there are currently only 1500 Giant Pandas in China, their native country. As they are solitary animals they tend to have a very low […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
James & Quene