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By RobThomas
December 22nd 2008
Slow Train to Xi'an Asia » China » XiNing
We arrived at the station feeling a little worse for wear after a rough, loud night on the train from Beijing. My nostrils still burning from the foul encounter I'd had in the uncleaned squat toilet onboard, we stepped out onto the streets of Xi'an and into the real China that both Andrew and I had anticipated since landing. It was marvellous. In the last 28 hours we'd gotten up stupidly early to see the flag raising ceremony and been disappointed when we discovered that the time was wrong, and frozen to the bone headed back to the hotel. Andrew grabbed [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 22nd 2008 | 75 Views | [diary=356298]

Arriving in Xi'an

By ioanrich
December 22nd 2008
Xi'an Day Two Asia » China » XiNing
What an evening. After accidently dozing in the afternoon we woke up and it was already dark. We decided to head to the Muslim Quarter some time earlier but we were going to go late afternoon. How glad i am we didn't and left it until after dark. The palce felt so much more alive. The streets were crammed with market stalls selling food or clothes or artefacts, handcrafted from wood or stone. The air was filled with the smell of burning coals and cooking meat. There was the noise of chatter and music and laughter! Laughter, what was this. The [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 22nd 2008 | 67 Views | [diary=356306]

Officer Warrior
Might Fine Terracotta Warrior
Terracotta Warriors in Pit

I've been in Xining for 2 weeks trying to figure out my itinerary for Tibet. It appears at this point in time that although the Chinese say Tibet is open, in fact, the only way to visit any part of what used to be Tibet, is to have a group tour, but everyone in the group must be from the same country, having the same passport. This means, hooking up at a hostel with other travelers to create a tour is nearly impossible. A group used to be 2 and now is 4. Besides that you can only go to Lhasa, [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 22nd 2008 | 89 Views | [diary=314860]


By Seven Weeks in Tibet
August 20th 2008
Xining Asia » China » XiNing
Xining Oh, so I arrived in Xining Aug 10th, stayed at the Lete Hostel, highly recommended, much better than any hotel, with internet access, a tour co on site, clean and updated, washing, etc. I moved to Xing Yuan Hotel with my "orphanage" buddies on the third night. We were supposed to only be here for a couple days, but the main donor cannot cash her travelers checks, only $3000 a day, so we have been a bit stuck for cash to purchase all the stuff for the kids. We have purchased a lot of items, including coal, huge amount of [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 20th 2008 | 93 Views | [diary=314155]


By Montreal Steph
September 22nd 2007
Shaolin to Beijing Asia » China » XiNing
Hi! Sorry for the lack of blogs, but the last 10 days of the trip have been quite busy - it felt like we were either seeing a sight or travelling at any given time... not so much 'free time' as Micheal likes to call it. So in order not to bore anyone by detailed stories of each day, I'll just run through the sights and what I thought of them :) Luoyang - Longmen (Dragon Gate) Caves - Sept 20th - 100's of caves and grottos cut into a cliff. Huge and small Buddha's found in each. It was impressive [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 29th 2007 | 134 Views | [diary=206603]