Notice: Undefined index: limit in /home/www/travelblog.org/html.v3/_internal/rss-index.php on line 26

Notice: Undefined index: location in /home/www/travelblog.org/html.v3/_internal/rss-index.php on line 36
<rss version="0.91">
<channel>
<title>Travel Blog | Dafne</title>
<link>http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Dafne/</link>
<description>Travel adventures in journals and photos from Dafne</description>
<language>en-us</language>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 13:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
<lastBuildDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 13:24:27 +0000</lastBuildDate><item>
                    <title>I'm in Seoul and I met some Soldiers  Aug 1317 2012</title>
                    <description>Yes the title of this blog entry is a reference to the song by The Killers. I get it stuck in my head when I think of the name of this city. Also apologies for the delay in getting this post up life has been busy since I got back to LA Second last blog entry about my Asian adventure We landed in Seoul the capital of South Korea on Monday August 13th. The first thing we did was drop off</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Seoul/blog-737895.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>The end of China And a return to Shanghai and Beijing  Aug 1013 2012</title>
                    <description>Not many pictures or stories to end my time in China. I was originally supposed to make one last trip down to Sanya in the far south of China while Fernanda saw Shanghai. But when the time came I didn39t feel like going to sit on a beach by myself so I made a change of plans and went to Shanghai. We flew into Shanghai the night of the 9th. Fernanda39s hostel had no vacancy but they found m</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-736840.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Relaxing in Yangshuo  Aug 69</title>
                    <description>We arrived in Yangshuo in the late afternoon of August 6th and checked into our hostel to relax a bit and clean up from the rice terraces. We then took a stroll into downtown and had some dinner. It got really busy as it got darker and we didn39t walk around too much because we wanted to escape the crowds. The next morning we inquired about bamboo rafting and booked ourselves in for an afterno</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangxi/Yangshuo/blog-736479.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Walking the Longji Rice Terraces  Guangxi Province  Aug 46 2012</title>
                    <description>So you may have noticed a gap in my blog entries  August 3rd is nowhere to be seen Well that39s because August 3rd was spent first on a bus from Dali to Kunming then in a taxi to the Kunming Airport then on a delayed plane from Kunming to Guilin then in a bus from the Guilin airport to downtown then in another taxi to our hostel in Guilin where we spent about 12 hours of our lives. So</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangxi/Longji-Rice-Terraces/blog-735247.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Finishing off Yunnan in Dali  Aug 12 2012</title>
                    <description>Our final stop in Yunnan province was the city of Dali another of China39s ancient cities. What I most wanted to see was Erhai Lake China39s third largest. Other than that it didn39t seem to offer much that Lijiang and ShangriLa didn39t already offer  it had an old walled city with shops and restuarants etc. In order to get to Dali it was an 8hour bus ride from ShangriLa. We</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/blog-735231.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Top 10 Things I Miss about Home</title>
                    <description>I39ve been in China for a looong loooong time now 2.5 months but who39s counting And there are an increasing number of things that I miss about home which can be either Toronto or LA these things are in both. So as I count down the days until my triumphant return to North America 16 days but again who39s counting I39m thinking about all the things I want to savour when I get b</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-734723.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>A Taste of Tibet in ShangriLa  Yunnan Province  July 2931 2012</title>
                    <description>Picking up where my last entry left off we had a nice bus ride from Tiger Leaping Gorge up to ShangriLa which afforded some incredible views. We had a quick stop for pictures and also to buy some nuts and dried fruit from a local vendor. We arrived in ShangriLa fairly late so we had showers and went out for dinner in the town. ShangriLa is a great option for people who want to experience Tibet</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Shangri-La/blog-733989.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Trekking through Tiger Leaping Gorge  Yunnan Province  July 2829 2012</title>
                    <description>Saturday July 28th was the start of an epic adventure  we hopped on a bus at 730AM and headed up to Qiatou a village on the edge of Tiger Leaping Gorge. At Qiaotou we dropped off the bulk of our stuff and began the 5.5hour hike into the gorge. Tiger Leaping Gorge is the tallest gorge over the Yangtze River and the views from the top are just spectacular. Unfortunately getting to them mean</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-733728.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>A visit to China's oldest city  Lijiang Yunnan  July 2627 2012</title>
                    <description>On July 26 we flew from Chengdu to Lijiang in Yunnan Province. Our flight was in the afternoon so we were able to sleep in which was really nice. As soon as we arrived in Lijiang we knew that life was about to get much better. The sky was blue the hills were green and the airport was incredibly cute and clean. Lijiang did not disappoint. Its the oldest city in China and we were staying in </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Lijiang/blog-733549.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Pandas and Buddhas  Chengdu  July 2325 2012</title>
                    <description>Monday July 23rd we left Xian and flew to Chengdu in Sichuan province. We arrived in the morning since we had a very early flight and checked into our quaint hippyish hostel which is awesome. We then decided to take a long lunch to discuss our travel plans for our time in Sichuan  so we had some Sichuan hot pot. Now I knew coming in that Sichuan was known for its spicy food. But this ho</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Chengdu/blog-732946.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Top 10 Rules of China</title>
                    <description>Those with me in China are wellaware of my 1 rule of China below. I say it at least a few times a day. And quite frankly it39s incredibly true. But there are many rules to live by in this country and the more you remember to follow them the better your life here will be. This list is in reverse order to build up the suspense for the 1 rule which really is a rule to live by. 10. You prob</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-729965.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>The adventure begins in Xi'an  July 2022 2012</title>
                    <description>Friday July 20th we headed to Beijing West Railway station for our 12hour overnight train to Xian in Shaanxi province. Our 4week adventure through China was about to begin When we got to the station we fought our way through the great unwashed masses to our gate and then pushed and shoved our way through security. Wed gotten tickets for a soft sleeper which is one step below the top</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shaanxi/Xi-an/blog-732259.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Final week in Beijing  July 1620 2012</title>
                    <description>And so my final week in Beijing began on Monday July 16th. I spent the day working on a presentation I was asked to do about projects Ive worked on at school. That evening the Zachs and the Portlanders were down for one last for me anyways trivia night at The Bookworm. We got there early to secure some front row seats and it was great fun We did really well though still didnt make t</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/XiCheng-District/blog-731070.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>My birthweekend Take 2</title>
                    <description>For the second time in my life I get to celebrate a birthweekend  an event which occurs when you find yourself on the other side of the international date line and your birthday falls on a Saturday  because then Saturday is the day of your birthday but then Sunday is when your birthday happens back home The first such birthweekend happened exactly 5 years ago in the great count</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/blog-731068.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>A week of ups and downs  July 912 2012</title>
                    <description>Monday July 9 was the day of my big presentation to my department about Mississauga NiagaraontheLake and how they compare to Hai Ning the growing suburban city I went to visit. I spent the morning polishing up the presentation and practicing and I presented in the afternoon. It took about 1.5 hours to present since there often need to be translations explanations and questions from the c</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/XiCheng-District/blog-729736.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Top 10 things to do when people stare at you</title>
                    <description>A couple things to start1. Sorry my blog is a bit behind the times. I39m trying to do all I can before I leave Beijing last day of work is this Friday so I have less time in the evening to update. I have entries typed up I just need to take some time to add the photos2. This top 10 is extra funny because I got just 1 piece of hate mail as I refer to generally negative comments left by </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-729973.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>My social life returns  July 28 2012</title>
                    <description>I am going to open with an appology  apparently the Zachs spell their names with an h. They have become fans of this blog and were quite upset by my spelling error. So I appologize. Monday July 2 the Zachs agreed to join me in what used to be a Monday night tradition  Trivia Night at The Bookworm We actually did the best Ive ever done so clearly these two are good partners.</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/blog-729495.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Top 10 Funniest things about China</title>
                    <description>To survive China one of the most important things is to remember to LAUGH. It39s very easy to get frustrated when surrounded by 1.3 billion people with a very different culture and language than your own. Especially since quite frankly Chinese customs do come off as rude by Western standards. But it39s much much more fun and much less heart attackinducing to just laugh. For example m</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-728187.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Great Wall of China meets Canada Day  June 30July 1 2012</title>
                    <description>Saturday morning we all me Fernanda Jeff and Dave awoke bright and early to meet up with our tour guides Fred and Heidi a Belgian man and Chinese woman with a very hippie attitude on life. We were going camping on the Great Wall We had a group of 9 people  the four of us plus a family of 4 and a German man in China briefly for a business trip. We hopped on the bus and made the 2hour</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/blog-727917.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Top 10 Quirks of the Chinese Workplace or maybe it's just CAUPD</title>
                    <description>lta stylecolor 1155cc name138552708a271fd0OLELINK1gtltagtHey everyone I realize I didnt post a top 10 last week so Im going to make it up for that now Im currently at work and I was inspired by a rather hilarious occurrence to make this list. You see we have this internal messenger system and Im often included in group conversations. I normally use google transl</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/XiCheng-District/blog-728102.html</link>
                </item></channel></rss>