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back to lijiang

Lijiang, China

back to lijiang

permalink written by  wherearesteveandlisa on April 29, 2009 from Lijiang, China
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shaxi

Dali, China

bus to shaxi, then to dali

permalink written by  wherearesteveandlisa on May 1, 2009 from Dali, China
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kunming

Kunming, China

bus to Kunming

permalink written by  wherearesteveandlisa on May 7, 2009 from Kunming, China
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hong kong

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

fly to hong kong

permalink written by  wherearesteveandlisa on May 10, 2009 from Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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xi'an

Xi'an, China

fly to xian

permalink written by  wherearesteveandlisa on May 12, 2009 from Xi'an, China
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Pingyao

Pingyao, China

A quick blog with photo's cos our blogspot site won't open again!!!! We stayed in such a lovely guesthouse in Pingyao, another cool old walled town, with a traditional bed, which is a huge (more wide than long though, and we had to sleep sideways on it!).


Pingyao street


Harmony guesthouse in pingyao


Traditional pingyao bed

We bought a 'city ticket' to see all the preserved 18th century buildings in the city, some were boring museum displays with chinese labels only...how more boring...others were quite nice like this one old house here...

old preserved house in pingyao

While looking at these houses we were approached by two chinese girls who gigglingly asked us if they could have a photo with us. This happens all the time in china, cos they are fascinated with 'westerners' and will stare at you, and shout hhheeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllooooooooooooo across the road when they see you. It was really hilarious...

Its easy to make friends in China



permalink written by  wherearesteveandlisa on May 16, 2009 from Pingyao, China
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Dirty Datong

Datong, China

The city of Datong is a big dirty hole of coal dust, really ugly and dirty, but there are two cool sights to see nearby so we stopped for a night, and did a tour the next day. We saw the hanging monastery (which was originally occupied by buddhist monks, then later by the other two big 'religions' of china -taoism and confucianism) and the Yungang caves (buddhist carvings in sandstone). Both were really impressive and unlike anything we've seen so far.

clinging to the rock face


hanging monastery


hanging monastery


more carvings in yungang caves


china's prime minister (apparently)


yungang caves


sandstone carvings in yungang caves


dinner time on the pavement in dirty datong

permalink written by  wherearesteveandlisa on May 17, 2009 from Datong, China
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Beijing

Beijing, China

So here we are in Beijing finally! We took a sleeper train here last night, arrived at 6 am this morning, then caught buses and subways to get to our hostel.

Update: yesterday we took a tour to a remote section of the great wall, and walked 10kms along it, much more difficult than i'd thought as it wasnt built over smooth rolling hills...and involved A LOT of climbing up and wobbling down...but it was truly worth it....really quite a sight!




we're in china!


the Great Wall really is great


locals playing the '5 in a row' game


hostel lounge vibes ha ha

permalink written by  wherearesteveandlisa on May 19, 2009 from Beijing, China
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Beijing

Beijing, China

So here we are in Beijing finally! We took a sleeper train here last night, arrived at 6 am this morning, then caught buses and subways to get to our hostel.

permalink written by  wherearesteveandlisa on May 19, 2009 from Beijing, China
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Shanghai

Shanghai, China

Fly to Shanghai

permalink written by  wherearesteveandlisa on May 25, 2009 from Shanghai, China
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