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Home of the Giant Pandas

Hi there! Chengdu - home of the Giant Pandas! What a great place....this city has everything...and yes we were happy to see Starbucks again, isn't that sad!! Today we visited the Panda base, about 10 km's out of town...we had organised to be taken out there by Mr Wang, through a local...

written by

arterra on November 29, 2007 from Chengdu, China

from the travel blog: China Adventure

English Competition

So, I don't feel like I have alot to report since my last entry, and as it would be pretty risky putting the details of the the one exciting/dangerous thing that happened to me last week( involving Magic ants and the Chinese Police!!!!), you wll have to wait till I get home for that story!!!...

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emmarogers85 on November 29, 2007 from Shenyang, China

from the travel blog: Teach and Travel China - 6 Months

PAAANNDAAS!!

Helloo everybody! After our time in Xi'an, we took a train to go all the way to Sichuan, which is a region situated west of China. We arrived in the capital city of the region called Chengdu. There we found a lovely, very stylish and charming hostel for us to stay a few nights. Well, the...

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agnesola on November 29, 2007 from Chengdu, China

from the travel blog: Baby and Baby's around the world travel...

First few days

I've been in Shanghai since sunday. Leaving for Beijing tonight. Shanghai is a very modern city. Nanjing road is the main shopping strip. Its completely capitalist, and the shops are even nicer than in Australia. Clothes are very expensive too. I'd say they are only marginally cheaper than in...

written by

gstrauss on November 28, 2007 from Shanghai, China

from the travel blog: China and Vietnam

Warriors!

Hello Again dear readers... We are now in a town called Xi'an, about 17 hours by train from Shanghai. We thought that since we were going out of Shanghai more in to the middle of China we might come to s small town, but no. In Xi'an there is around 7 million people, the same as in london....

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agnesola on November 23, 2007 from Xi'an, China

from the travel blog: Baby and Baby's around the world travel...

Hooroo from Hefei!

Hello there! Well we're on the road. After a few months of teaching we decided to go and see more of China....so we've had a week in a city, up sort of near Shanghai. So we're backpacking 'Terracini style'. We had accumulated a few odds and ends that I felt we really couldn't do without...

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arterra on November 23, 2007 from Hefei, China

from the travel blog: China Adventure

Shanghai, to surprise Ma Janou!

Helllloooo!! Alright! After wandering aroung Beijing for quite a while and seeing the Great Wall..., we took a train fro Shanghai. We were supposed to arrive in Shanghai only a few days later but I got a little sick... so we decided to hurry to Shanghai!! And also it was a good occasion to...

written by

agnesola on November 19, 2007 from Shanghai, China

from the travel blog: Baby and Baby's around the world travel...

Winter is here!

So, winter is officially here! it's averaging around minus 12 during the day and as low as minus 16 at night & early morning. There is currently about 6 inches of snow outside and all hell is breaking loose! The roads are not salted and the snow is crushed to form an inch thick layer of ice on...

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emmarogers85 on November 19, 2007 from Shenyang, China

from the travel blog: Teach and Travel China - 6 Months

Beijing

Allrighty! We have not done a blog in quite some time now, but we have been doing alot of stuff and also seeing friends, thats why we havent been writing, but here it is, a combined blog of beijing and shanghai! After some trouble finding our hostel, getting lost in the alleyways (dont worry,...

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agnesola on November 18, 2007 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Baby and Baby's around the world travel...