Category: Travel
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Friday 18 August 2006 Highlights: Xi’an Great Mosque Today I visited the Great Mosque in Xi’an before our afternoon departure to Luoyang starting with a walk around the many local markets of Xi’an (they had Saddam Hussein playing cards from the Iraq war). The Mosque is very unusual, in some ways hidden among the streets…
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Thursday 17 August 2006 Highlights: Terracotta Warriors We go into Xi’an early in the morning after managing around 5 hours sleep in my clothes during our overnight travel (and I like everyone had sweated in their clothes). We immediately headed off to see the Terracotta Warriors arriving there just before the doors opened at 8…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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Friday 11 August 2006 Highlights: Hong Kong Tour (Stanley Market, Victoria Peak, Sampans), Ladies Market With the Hong Kong leg of my trip basically organised by my mum who will be staying with me for the next 3 nights. Mum had booked a welcome tour of Hong Kong. Starting early (well for Hong Kong since…
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Thursday 10 August 2006 Highlights: Lengthy flight to Hong Kong After a 14 hour trip I arrived into Hong Kong just before 8 pm local time (my body thought it was 7 am). During these flights you don’t really get to sleep but I was very happy with Cathay Pacific service. I did however…
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Wednesday 9 August 2006 Highlights: None After a good night’s sleep I woke up strangely tired, maybe due to my body knowing I face a 14 hour plane trip. I decided that I’ll have a shower at the airport instead of keeping a wet towel in my bag for a day. Unfortunately I…
