Beijing, China Last full day in China! I had yet to see a giant panda. Chengdu is supposedly the best place to see them since there’s a panda sanctuary. It wouldn’t be possible for me to visit Chengdu on this trip. China is just too […]
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Day 380: Unique Halogen Products
Beijing, China Besides updating the blog all day long, the only thing I did was going to a restaurant located in one of the many Hutongs in Beijing. What’s a Hutong? Hutongs (simplified Chinese: 胡同; traditional Chinese: 衚衕; pinyin: hútòng) are a type of narrow streets or alleys, most commonly associated with Beijing,China. […]
Day 379: Fat Child’s Journey Back East
Urumqi – Beijing, China I must have gained weight in Asia, being fed so well by all the friends and relatives. The old ladies in my train compartment amicably addressed me by “Pang Yatou”, meaning “Fat child”. I don’t know what to make of it. […]
Day 378: Vee-Eye-Pee Yo!
Urumqi – Beijing, China It would have been quite a pain, even impossible, securing the train ticket back to Beijing, had it not been a hook up by Xiaoyun’s husband, Baoming. Knowing people sure means something here. Our car was allowed to drive in a […]
Day 368: An Actual Solid Itinerary For the Week
Beijing – Urumqi, China Despite my constant refusal, my cousin Xiaoyun in the Xinjiang province booked me a flight ticket from Beijing to Urumqi. I’ve had wanted to visit them in Xinjiang since I’ve never met this part of my relatives before. However, I couldn’t […]
Day 366: The Wall
Beijing – Mutianyu – Beijing, China There are numerous places one can access the Great Wall. After all the Great Wall is called “Wanlizhangzhen”, meaning “Ten Thousand Li Long Wall.” One Li being 0.5 kilometer. So the Great Wall spans roughly 5000km. The popular access […]
Day 364: The Three Amigas
Beijing, China My Beijing CS host, Ruoz, guest-wrote the entry for today: Since both Elys and I have already been to the key tourist sites in Beijing, we decided to chill on this beautiful day and revisit the 798 Art District. Both of us have […]
Day 363: An Observation
Beijing, China Beijing’s public transportation is cheap and convenient. Yet, it still does take an hour+ of commute time to get to any major tourist sites. Reason being that Beijing is ginormous and there are way too many people. I went to the Summer Palace […]
Day 362: Heros and Villains
Beijing, China I knew that the Emperor of China and His concubines used to live in the Forbidden City and hardly ever went out the palace ground. I had thought life sucked for them, being confined that way. After visiting the palace, I just realized […]
Day 361: 306KM/H Baby!
Shanghai – Beijing, China A warning to those travelling China during summer: book your train tickets at least a week in advance. I had wanted to ride a cheaper, slower overnight train from Shanghai to Beijing but had to settle for the more expensive high-speed […]
Day 382: RTW (-Nepal) (+Thailand)
Beijing, China – Bangkok, Thailand Thailand wasn’t on my list of countries to visit since I’d been here a couple of times. It was a last minute decision to do a few days stop here. After researching flight tickets online that will get me from […]