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Hot to trot!

Stepping off the bus from Urumqi in the afternoon I was hit by a blast of hot air, it didn't stop! The only thing i can liken it too was a massive dusty hairdrier. Turpan an Oasis town in a basin 200 km south of Urumqi is without doubt one of the hottest places i've ever been equally as hot as...

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Dan on May 15, 2008 from Turpan, China

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Miles from the sea

First of all, I'm fine and missed the Earthquake, disconcertingly close though as the road to Songpan passed though the epicenter of the quake and we were there 4 days ago. Scary to say the least. We didn't feel a thing up here and it took ages for any news to come through. Sounds pretty bloody...

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Dan on May 13, 2008 from Urumqi, China

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Beaches of ShenZhen ,DA MEI SHA

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ironfist on May 13, 2008 from Shenzhen, China

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BEACHES OF SHENZHEN

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ironfist on May 13, 2008 from Shenzhen, China

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Myself

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ironfist on May 13, 2008 from Shenzhen, China

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Terracotta fun!

From Songpan we took a bus back to Chengdu then a train that same day/night to Xi'an. Long before Beijing Xi'an had been Chinas capital city and has the artifacts and history to go with it. A massive walled (15km) city its now a very cosmopolitan place but its kept its history too with a lovely...

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Dan on May 9, 2008 from Xi'an, China

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Horse trekking

From Chengdu we took a bus to northern Sichuan to the Tibetan town of Songpan, there not a whole lot to do here , though its a nice enough town, other than to go horse trekking with some local guides. So after a night in a bizarre hostel above the bus station which cost 10 yuan we set off on our...

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Dan on May 6, 2008 from Songpan, China

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Pandas and stuff!

So next visit on the list was the Panda sanctuary just outside Chengdu. You had to get up early to get to the sanctuary during feeding time before they go to bed to sleep of there meals. A note on Pandas. There a ridiculous animal, I knew they were cute and were nearly extinct but the latter...

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Dan on May 2, 2008 from Chengdu, China

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Made it to the Du

An epic journey but we made it and Chengdu seems nice if a little hazy. Its certainly the most humid place I've been so far, though not to warm. The trip itself was a bumpy 7 hours bus from Lijiang to a town called Panzhihua in southern Sichuan. This place was horrid, thick layer of grime on...

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Dan on May 1, 2008 from Chengdu, China

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Big Buddah!

Immediately after arriving in Chengdu we jumped into a minivan a drove south to Leshan to see the biggest seated Buddha in the world. Somewhat stupidly we went on May the first, a national holiday, to one of the most important and popular tourist destinations in China. Thought we'd got away...

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Dan on May 1, 2008 from Leshan, China

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