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  • World Trip 2006: Day 141 – Beijing to Xi’an, China

    Wednesday 16 August 2006 Highlights: Tienanmen Square, The Forbidden City Today was a chance to visit Tienanmen Square & The Forbidden City (home of the Chinese Emperors for 700 years).   The first thing I noticed today was the smog which only added to the heat and humidity.   Sometimes it was different to see…

  • World Trip 2006: Day 140 – Beijing, China

    Tuesday 15 August 2006 Highlights: Hiking the Great Wall of China, Beijing Acrobats, eating a Peking Duck The China Adventure begins.   Starting at 6 am in the morning we set out for a 2.5 hour drive to the Great Wall (Jinshanling Section), which does not usually have many tourists (it’s far out and fairly…

  • World Trip 2006: Day 139 – Hong Kong to Beijing, China

    Monday 14 August 2006 Highlights: Efficient Beijing Airport, Meeting new tour group Saying goodbye to my mum (I’ll see her again in a few weeks) I took off to the airport using the excellent train system.   The first shock of the day was that my Cathay Pacific flight was actually a “Air China” flight,…

  • World Trip 2006: Day 138 – Hong Kong

    Sunday 13 August 2006 Highlights: Hong Kong city view from Tsim Sha Tsui Today was a much easier day.   Setting out on a typical very hot and humid Hong Kong day I first explored by myself however the main process was to get some experience walking around in these conditions before I start hiking in…

  • World Trip 2006: Day 137 – Hong Kong

    Saturday 12 August 2006 Highlights: Disneyland, Giant Buddha at the Po Lin monastery Today I planned to visit a major corporate icon (Hong Kong Disneyland) and a giant spiritual one (The Giant Buddha).  I have to say that I enjoyed Hong Kong Disneyland very much; in fact it is now my favourite over Paris, LA…