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Asia » China » Hebei » Qinhuangdao July 9th 2008

I visit the Eastern Qing tombs, where several members of the Qing dynasty, (1644-1911) including the tomb of the Empress Dowager Cixi (who controlled the country by using her very young relatives as puppet emporers). The underground palaces containing their coffins are dank and spooky places, eerily lit with green halogen lamps. I begin my obsession with photographing chinese rubbish bins...... read more
Tombs
Tombs
Organic or...

Asia » China » Hebei » Qinhuangdao June 7th 2008

Qinghuangdao, a coastal city, located in the Hebei province. There is the nearest beach to the Beijing, so there are many people from Beijing buying the houses there, but as I said before, the beaches are not the strong points of China. But there is a interesting thing to see there, the Great Wall of China, there is the end of the Great Wall, at the sea. There is also the famous "Shan Hai Guan", it means the fortress of the mountain and the sea, that fortress was the mark of the Chinese history, there was a traitor called Wu San Gui who opened the door of the fortress, and lead the Qing army to the Beijing, that was the moment of the end of the Ming dynasty and the beginning of the last Chinese dynasty, ... read more
Map
Loneliness
relaxing

Asia » China » Hebei » Qinhuangdao March 6th 2008

A quiet and relax holiday This is my first blog in travelblog. I'm Chinese. I'd like to say more, but i am still studying english. It's looks like so hard to use this bloy,haha. But i like travel and photograph. ... read more
game
quiet
country house

Asia » China » Hebei » Qinhuangdao December 26th 2007

I came back 'home' in Hohhot on the 20th of December form Hong Kong. Only had to work for 3 days, including a christmas party organised by school in the brandnew 5* Shangri-La hotel on the 23rd. Had to take the night train to Beijing that same night so made sure I drank enough beers beforehand (see Hohhot-The perils of modernlife in a desert city) and too some extra with me in the train as well. Was ready to rest my head on a shaking pillow in a soft sleeper compartment when some Chinese guys invited me to the hard sleeper for another ping pi jiu (bottle of beer). So drank that one too and probably tried to gurgle some Chinese words that I have learned during the last few weeks, and then it really was ... read more
Dog.
Young couple on the wall.
Inside the wall, with the sun setting over the hills.

Asia » China » Hebei » Qinhuangdao November 20th 2007

Earlier on in the year I wrote that I was going to do a TEFL course and then become a teacher in Asia.... Well..... here I am in China, with a TEFL diploma and a year contract with a large language school! After my arrival on Beijing airport, I was picked up and driven to Qinhuangdao, a city on the eastcoast, accross from North Korea so to say. Here I have spend my first night in a chinese restaurant (and bar afterwards) meeting all people associated with this school. Today I did a little bit of sightseeing with another new teacher, we went to Shanhaiguan, which is basically next door to Qinhuangdao. Here the famous Chinese wall meets the ocean....! Tomorrow I am going to experience Chinese healthcare first hand with a full on medical check, ... read more
Chinese writing
A pagoda
Chinese cabbage anyone..?




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