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By HappyFamily
November 11th 2009

Xilin Gol Grassland Asia » China » Inner Mongolia » Xilin Gol

Grassland

It's a 2 days trip to see one of the most beautiful grassland in China. Jul to Aug is the best time to go there as the grass has grown fully and beautiful flowers can be seen abundantly on the grassland. It is very relaxing to sit on the grassland and enjoyed the view that nature have for all of us. You can also be involved in activities like horse riding, canoeing and birds viewing. Inner mongolia autonomous region has a different feel from a typical chinese city. From the food, drinks and building architectural. One of the symbol commonly seen [View Full Entry]

By lihaugodden
October 17th 2009

内蒙古 - Inner Mongolia- day 3 Asia » China » Inner Mongolia

Greeting Crew

Day 3 The third day in Inner Mongolia included another early wake up call and another long morning drive. From somewhere near the desert, we drove another 5 or so hours to the grasslands. We were greeted at the grasslands with a ceremonial sip of 白酒 (chinese rice liquor) and a mongolian lunch. At some point during lunch, the manager of the tour company that took us around came to talk to us about our afternoon activities. First there would be horseback riding, in which you could choose 1-6 locations in which to visit. He listed the locations for us: 1.grasslands [View Full Entry]

By lihaugodden
October 17th 2009

内蒙古 - Inner Mongolia- day 4 Asia » China » Inner Mongolia

Taiji

Day 4 The next morning, we woke up, still freezing and stiff, but looking forward to a nice breakfast. Breakfast was at 7:30am again, and we were greeted with some rice porridge, veggies, and bread. We planned to leave right after breakfast at 8am, so we hurried back to our tents, grabbed our bags, and clambered onto the warm relief of the bus. After sitting on the bus for about 10 minutes or so, our tour guide came on and told us that there was a small problem, and we needed to get off. So we were sent back into the [View Full Entry]

By lihaugodden
October 14th 2009

内蒙古 - Inner Mongolia- day 2 Asia » China » Inner Mongolia

Lift to the Dunes

Day 2 On the second day, we woke up bright and early. Breakfast at 7:30 and check out at 8. Today, we were headed to the desert, but another 5 or 6 hour bus ride was ahead of us. Finally, after a few rest stops and hours in a small seat, we reached the desert. When we got off the bus, straight ahead of us was a paved parking lot with a few buildings including a bathroom and gift shop, but when we turned around there were sand dunes as far as the eye could see. To get to the dunes [View Full Entry]

By chrissy h
October 10th 2009

Einmal ans andere Ende Chinas und zurück! Asia » China » Inner Mongolia » Hohhot

Photo 2

Bin wieder heil aus der Inneren Mongolei daheim angekommen! Mir hat es richtig gut gefallen und ich waere gern noch ein bisschen laenger geblieben. Aber gut, ich fang lieber mal wieder von vorne an. Der 1.10. ist in China ein ziemlich wichtiger Feiertag. Am 1.10.1949 wurde naemlich die Volksrepublik China gegruendet. Die Mathegenies unter euch merken jetzt auch, dass China dieses Jahr also einen runden Geburtstag feiert. Der 60. Jahrestag wird ziemlich groß gefeiert. Schon im August haben Studenten auf dem Campus der UIBE in Peking fuer die große Parade trainiert und ueberall haengen riesig [View Full Entry]

By lihaugodden
October 8th 2009

内蒙古 - Inner Mongolia- day 1 Asia » China » Inner Mongolia

Peanut Pounding

After being in China for almost a month and writing and re-writing multiple emails about my experiences here, I decided to start a blog to share my experiences with everyone at once. A couple of weekends ago (Oct. 1st) was the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, which is a huge deal here. It also corresponds with the mid-autumn festival. Because of this, everyone in China gets a super long 8 day vacation...everyone except for us. But we did get a 4 day break which was what we usually get back at home, and a few of us chose [View Full Entry]

By jpetey75
October 6th 2009

Inner Mongolia Asia » China » Inner Mongolia

impressive stuff

This blog is all about 内蒙古 . After staying up too late on Wednesday night, my alarm went off at 4am Thursday morning. After taking a cold shower, because they don’t boil water until about 6, I went across the hall to meet up with Lihau Monica and Zach. Shortly after I arrived Howie came in and he was wired on Chinese canned coffee, I’m not sure what they put in them but whatever it was it let Howie finish his homework and made him crazy. We all left Beida at about 4:30 because our bus left from the Beijing Language [View Full Entry]

By PedalledPennings
September 19th 2009

Southbound birds and Late Summer Fruits Asia » China » Inner Mongolia

South bound birds

The birds have been winging it southwards, the winds aiding them. We’ve been steadily pedaling north, against the wind. The mountains and high grasslands are an almost distant memory as all we’ve seen for the last month has been flat dry arid scrubland. The sun sets quicker and we can smell the changing season even in the bleak blandscapes of one of the driest parts of China. The roads are long and flat often converging in the distant horizon in a hazy point. Apart from headwinds cycling is a breeze after the peaks and passes of Sichuan. We left Langmusi to [View Full Entry]

By Rameo
August 14th 2009

China, short yet refreshing Asia » China » Inner Mongolia

Flying over Japan

Hello everyone! Today I start my blog away from home. I'm sorry I have not been in contact since I left, but in China many websites are censored by the government, such as facebook and youtube, and I also don't have phone. I hope you all are doing well and are having a good time back in the States. Anyways, this has been my journey thus far: Shanghai On August 4th, after the 18 hour trip from Los Angeles to Shanghai, I arrived at the hostel in which I stayed a year ago on the way back home. During my stay [View Full Entry]

By mosilan
July 31st 2009

Hohot Asia » China » Inner Mongolia » Hohhot

Styles Collide

I never made it to the sand dunes or grasslands of Inner Mongolia, but the capital city of Hohhot was extremely interesting. We set off on a Friday night for a location further north, but by the time we had bought our tickets, all of the beds had been sold out, and only seats were left. We spent the whole night and the rest of the next day sitting in seats that couldn't recline on a crowded train as it wound through the country side of China (although there were some pretty areas, that last part might sound much more majestic [View Full Entry]

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