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The Great Wall of China
Walking the Great Wall of China
China
In China they say you are not a man until you have been to the Great Wall. They say it stretches for 10,000 km (6000 miles) from the desert to the sea and is the one manmade structure you can see from space. So, what is this Great Wall? Where does the truth
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Traffic Dodging at the Beijing Olympics 2008 – Beijing, China
Traffic Dodging at the Beijing Olympics 2008
Beijing, China
At a busy intersection in front of the Beijing train station I cringed as a bus suddenly came out of nowhere and barreled towards an old man out in the middle of the crosswalk. The man kept slowly walking, unresponsive to the blasting
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Wild Women Take on Tibet – Lhasa/Tibet/China
I flew into Lhasa alone from Kathmandu, Nepal. I was 2 days early to meet the nine other women I would be traveling overland in Tibet. The flights from Kathmandu to Lhasa go every 3 days and they were all traveling from the US through China. Better early than late and I would have extra time to
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Food and fun in Lijiang, China – Yunnan Province, China
Food and fun in Lijiang, China
Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China
Lijiang, in the mountains of Yunnan: a beautiful old town with streams running through it, very friendly people (mostly from the Naxi minority group), lots of cafes serving great food, loads of Chinese tourists from the big cities a
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Party 151 – Hong Kong
Party 151
Hong Kong
“Please step forward and accept this probe into your ear.”
Ahhh when dreams become reality… but no it wasn’t a little grey man with big black eyes saying this to me telepathically; but instead a very prim and tidy Chep Lap Kok airport official, ster
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Have a Nice Day – Shanghai, China
Have a Nice Day
Shanghai, China
Again, I couldn’t help myself. Like a demented lemming, I headed for the tallest building I could see, which handily seemed to be at the end of the Nanjing Road. It seems I have always been this way, and the traits are visible in childhood photos. If the p
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Shanghai-ed – China, Asia
“We are solly, but your connecting flight to Kathmandu is cancel and you stay in Shanghai until next plane….”
“When will that be?”
“Sir, next Royal Nepal Airways is come next week…..”
I found out later that RNA had missed a lease payment on one of their aircraft, effectively reducing thei
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Strangers and Fun Places – Shanghai, China
Strangers and Fun Places
Shanghai, China
“Hola” said the little boy, and China just got a little bit weirder.
I debated what I would do with him if he was one of my students, as he was a bit cheeky, and decided I would put him at the front of the class and make him read. Started t
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Seahorses and Chocolate – Shanghai, China
Seahorses and Chocolate
Shanghai, China
The giant golf trophy (Oriental Pearl Tower) at last stood before me. It is ostensibly a TV transmission tower, but is also used for getting foreigners lost in its lift network, lots of fun and games for everyone! All the way to the top says I, and I get
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The Bus Trip of Despair – Xian, Shannxi Province, China
The Bus Trip of Despair
Xian, Shannxi Province, China
While traveling through China in 2005 with an English friend, we were presented with the challenge of trying to get ourselves from Xi’an, a large city in central China, to Shanghai in the south east of the country. An incredibly simple
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Welcome to Taipei – Taipei, Taiwan
Welcome to Taipei
Taipei, Taiwan
Introduction
Taipei is the capital of Taiwan. I have really complicated feelings about introducing this city because it is my second hometown. I lived in Taipei for about ten years, and I really enjoyed the city. Luckily, with travelers’ experience and opi
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Things to Do – Taipei, Taiwan
New Year
January 1 is a national holiday. The whole nation will be celebrating the coming of the New Year; typically, what happens is that every city will have its own countdown party at certain location. If you wish to participate, ask around!
Taiwanese people still use the lunar calendar in t
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Mmm….Food – Taipei, Taiwan
Have you ever heard about how Taiwanese people greet each other? The younger people sometimes adapt new greetings from other cultures by saying hi and hello, but the traditional way to greet people is to ask them “Have you eaten?” Reading a guide book about Taiwan, you might find 70
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Travel Guide to Wuhu, China
Introduction: Wuhu literally means ‘weedy lake’ and as a description of the city it may not be too inaccurate. Located in Anhui province, one of the poorest in China, to most of the world Wuhu is just another anonymous point on the map. It is an unassuming central Chinese city hemme
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Getting Around – Taipei, Taiwan
Getting Around
Taipei, Taiwan
People depend on public transportation system a lot in Taipei. The system is fast, economical and clean, which benefits the local residents as well as the tourists.
Bus
There are several bus companies in Taipei, and sometimes they serve the same route. The waiting
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Where to Stay – Taipei, Taiwan
Where to Stay
Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei Hostels
This Web page has information about seven hostels in Taipei. Users can book online and living in downtown Taipei with reasonable price. Some are as low as US$7 a day. All seven locations are walking distance from various tourist and local attractions.
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New Year in Guangxi – Guangi Province, China
Fireworks light up the horizon in all directions as China welcomes the Year of the Monkey. This is to a peaceful and prosperous year according to lore, one in which China may continue to entice travelers with its phenomenal culture. I have a week to spend over this festive period and have chose
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Food in Hong Kong – Hong Kong
Food in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Food is such a central part of Chinese culture that it merits a whole book on the subject, certainly more than I can cover briefly here. Hong Kong is definitely a place where people live to eat (there were over 10,400 restaurants counted a few years ago), and the enj
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Dusk In The Moslem Quarter – Xi’an, China
Dusk In The Moslem Quarter
Xi’an, China
The Moslems of Xi’an live beyond a dark tunnel at the end of which sit trees. The bright lights perched on the sparse branches punctuate the darkness like tiny pin pricks of neon. In the late hours when few are about the lights elongate the sh
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Introduction to Kaohsiung – Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Introduction to Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Taiwan: Touch Your Heart
This Web site offers information in various languages and different aspects about traveling in Taiwan.
Kaohsiung Walking
This Web site provides useful information about traveling specifically in Kaohsiung.
Kaohsiung is the sec
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