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Tag: China

  • World Trip 2006: Day 148: Chongqing to Yangzhou, China

    Wednesday 23 August 2006 Highlights: Striking landscape After our last included meal of the trip (all cruise meals were included), we left the Ferry for our travels to Yangzhou.   We caught a flight on Xiamen Airlines from Chongqing to Guilin, which is about 1 hour 20 minute flight.   A 1.5 hour bus trip…

  • World Trip 2006: Day 147 – Yangtze River, China

    Tuesday 22 August 2006 Highlights: Visiting a Ghost Town, Leisurely cruise Today we got a chance to visit a “Ghost Town”.   Basically this is a town with different temples.   It is called a ghost town as it is home to the after world on earth and all souls much journey here. Then most…

  • World Trip 2006: Day 146 – Yangtze River, China

    Monday 21 August 2006 Highlights: Little Three Gorges, Hanging coffins The highlight of today was easily a visit to the “Little Three Gorges” and area that before 2003 was not really possible to visit due to low water levels.   Now however that the water level has been raised about 70 meters we could go…

  • World Trip 2006: Day 145 – Yichang and Yangtze River, China

    Sunday 20 August 2006 Highlights: Difficult overnight Train, Boarding Victoria 2 (cruise) Well the overnight trip to Yichang could not have really been worse.   The train itself was very old however we managed to get the windows open which helped cool the air down to around 26-28 I’d say. I’m not sure why I…

  • World Trip 2006: Day 144 – Luoyang, China

    Saturday 19 August 2006 Highlights: Longmen Grottos, White Horse Temple, the Smiling Buddha Another incredible day this time in Luoyang.   China just keeps on coming with memorable moments worth cherishing, today I got to see both the Longmen Grottos and the White Horse Temple which are both UNESCO protect sites. The Longmen Grottos was…