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Goodbye Mongolia, Nihao China!
After our little adventure around the wide open spaces of the Gobi desert it felt strange to be confined in chaotic, noisy Ulaanbaatar. We had two full days before our train to Beijing, the first of...
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China’s National Treasure, the Pandas of Chengdu
Chengdu wasn’t actually part of our plans for China, it was in the opposite direction to everywhere else we were going but it seemed a marvellous idea after a few beers in a bar in Xi’an and we found...
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The Grand Buddha of Leshan
The Leshan Grand Buddha is the largest carved stone Buddha in the world. He was carved from a cliff overlooking a wide confluence of rivers 1200 years ago and gazes out with a calm expression on his...
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Shanghai. Gardens, art and the smog from hell.
We spent six days in Shanghai in total, after our initial introductory exploration of the city we got stuck into sight-seeing, dipping into our guide-book for ideas. The Yuyuan Bazaar The first place...
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Overlanding from Hong Kong to Yangshuo
After our little break in Hong Kong we headed back to mainland China just before christmas. Our destination was Yangshuo, we took a train from Hung Hom to Guangzhou East which was a pleasant, smooth...
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Riding the rails from China to Vietnam
Two months of travel in China drew to a close, it was time to move on, with a few days left on our visas we departed Yangshuo on the bus to Guilin, a journey we had made a few times since basing...
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