Tag Archives: china travel

Note: Just in case you didn’t know…

I’ve finished my contract and am traveling back through China, Russia and Europe. this is my approximate route, though I’ve already veered off it a bit. I’ll be in Prague from around the 4th to 23rd of May. If you … Continue reading

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Last Chance To See

Ever since I arrived in China 1 year, 1 month and 8 days ago it’s been my plan to take a boat down the Yangtze to see the Three Gorges. If you haven’t heard about these then here’s the story. … Continue reading

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Chengdu

I was in Chengdu a good five days ago now, but updating this is getting harder and harder as Livejournal is now blocked and Photobucket might as well be, it’s so slow. Thankfully the Russians don’t feel the need to … Continue reading

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Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terrace

The other day, or now I think about it four days back, I got up way too early for someone on holiday to take a minibus to the Dragon’s Bacbone Rice Terraces in Longsheng. The journey was long but uneventful, … Continue reading

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Yangshuo

I was warned by my guidebook that I’d get stuck in Yangshuo for longer than I thought, and planned on arrival to stay for six days instead of the two or three I’m spending everywhere else. That was ten days … Continue reading

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It’s been a few days now since I left Zhuhai. The last night was the usual leaving party, an event that I never really enjoy, and this time was no exception, ending with me spewing into a sink at 5am, … Continue reading

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I turned up yesterday to what I thought would be my final lesson. Waiting for me at reception was a note telling me I’d be teaching “winter camp” starting every weekday morning at 8.30, a bus ride away from my … Continue reading

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Guangzhou

Tuesday I went up to Guangzhou (Canton), with John and also Zack, a friend of his from the UK. With about 12 million people it’s an immensely huge city, bigger than Shenzhen, twice the size of little London and ten … Continue reading

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