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By Dawei
July 23rd 2005
Pandas! Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu
I *LOVE* PANDAS
I *LOVE* PANDAS
This was a pretty cool moment. In the great scheme of my life, I won\'t ever forget this one.
Pandas! China's national treasure, and about 30 of the precious creatures at the Chengdu Panda Reserve, which is where Anna and her family took me today. People tend to forget (I know I did) that the black and white panda is technically the "Giant Panda" and there is a smaller, lesser known "Red Panda" too. They're like a cross between inquisitive meerkats and.. cats! I have definitely decided that they're my domestic pet of choice. Haha, even more desirable than the siberian tiger, and far less likely to, i dunno... eat me. The red pandas available for a cuddle and a [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 10th 2006 | 169 Views | [diary=40437]

yay for the red pandas!
What shall I name him?
Yay for red pandas!

The Gang
The Gang
left to right: Anna, Ma XingYu, Ma Ben, ME!
Not quite at 100% after the (very wet) events of last night, but I figured that Mt Emeishan shouldn't be much of a problem. it was *only* the highest mountain I would climb, at 3099 metres altitude. And trust me, that last 99 *did* count. Emei at the top is a beautiful buddhist sanctuary, and is one that I definitely want to visit again. At the moment it's possible to stay at the monastery, with all the monks. While lacking in internet connections, it does boast three thousand years of history, and monks. (who aren't quite as old. probably.) Somehow I [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 29th 2006 | 213 Views | [diary=38276]

The Brothers
The Dispute
The Typo

By Dawei
July 19th 2005
Azure City Mountain Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu
Pretty
Pretty
Absolutely not! It started raining really heavily at this point and it really *wasn't* funny.
Azure City Mountain, or Mt Qingchenshan, was pretty awesome. It's named because it looks like it's surrounded by a collosal wall of connected mountains and the effect this had at the top was stunning. The air was misty too, just like in my most memorable dreams. .... A most excellent mountain, which I would recommend to any of you, since it's almost like a well kept (national) secret -few foreigners ever make it here, and it's really unspoilt by commercialism. And it was good clean work out as well. A shrine to Lao Zi, (Literally means "old dude" haha) philosopher and [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 16th 2006 | 224 Views | [diary=35998]

Pretty
haha
Tell me where you

Anna and I
Anna and I
Being around big things is cool because you get a sense of.. of how little you are, and much people can achieve, and just.. reality. Dizziness from vertigo is easy but have you ever looked ^up^ and fe... [more]
As part of a two day tour package that Anna's family so kindly booked for the two of us, we were to explore this mountain and Mt Emeishan (yeehah!!!) in the next two days. Once we arrived, Anna and I got separated from the rather oversized tour group and the guide had a rant at us for wandering off! well.. what with the resentment from the 'museum' (read: "tourist trap") earlier coupled with the sight of a 3hr queue just to get to the actual buddha, we motivated a couple of fellow 'separatists' and effectively defected from the group. So, we [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 16th 2006 | 155 Views | [diary=35980]

One sad buddha, apparently.
A close up.
Cute disposal bins!

By Dawei
July 16th 2005
Huang Long (Yellow Dragon) Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu
Little Jaccuzzis
Little Jaccuzzis
It was fascinating.. one of those natural phenomenon that just doesn't quite make sense, at first.. like hot springs : )
This mountain soars over 4000m above sea level and is named Yellow Dragon because of the yellow soil that runs in a winding dragon shape all the way down. The BIZARRE chemical reaction that occurs on the ancient glacier runway causes these thousands of pools, that resemble the scales of the dragon. Close up, each one's resemblance to a jaccuzzi bath is uncanny. Oxygen tanks were sold to combat altitude sickness, which allegedly included symptoms of fainting, vomiting, and heart attacks and things but all Anna and I saw was a fat kid with a nosebleed. Once again, the scenery was [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 12th 2006 | 283 Views | [diary=14989]

immortal
Heaven
Labour

This was the big one. Jiu Zhai Gou scenic area is a nationally protected area of stunning natural beauty, and also happens to be where parts of Jet Li's Hero was filmed. The water wasn't like water anymore; so clear i could see the moss growing on the fallen branches laying on the riverbed, 50m deep. The mountains looked like they were sculpted, they were so beautiful. A part of the objective of my journey has been fulfilled, in a place I hadn't even planned on visiting. The whole 50 mile area is a no smoking zone, and the absence of [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 28th 2005 | 661 Views | [diary=14988]

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I thought this shot was quite clever..
I thought this shot was quite clever..
Here's the beginning of that 500sq metre plot that Cao Cao is probably buried in. Approximately. lol.
In an utterly random turn of events, my dad completely randomly suggested on the phone that I take a detour to Chengdu, in Sichuan, 561 miles away! The original plan was to head north to Shaolin, and then east to Xi'an, (look it up on a map if you want) but this kind of turbelence is typical of my dad, as any member of my family will know. Hence, here I am in Sichuan, dubbed as being host to the best food in China, and really very hot. There's a saying that goes: Visit Sichuan when you're old, because when you [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 28th 2005 | 230 Views | [diary=14987]

Liu Bei
How much is inspiration and can you get a student discount?
Nature. Beauty. Life. Lillies.

By Dawei
July 10th 2005
Mt Hengshan!! Asia » China » Hunan » Xiangtan
Me
Me
Me. On a mountain. Yay!
Mt Hengshan in known as the Southern Peak, or Nanyue, consists of 72 peaks, and rises 1266m above sea level, although it felt like a lot more! This was my first real mountain, and I reached the summit on July the 4th with 2 mates that I met on the local basketball courts; Socrates and Chen Yue. Together, we laughed all the way up on our 11hr hike, everyone helping each other with every difficulty encountered. It was spectacular. We got lost, found dead ends, had to retrace our path, took a stupidly long route, and at the top I [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 10th 2005 | 977 Views | [diary=13143]

I'm on top of the world!!!
um... excuse  me, which way to... enlightenment?
Harmony 2

Four outdoor basketball courts! And NOBODY can slamdunk :(
Four outdoor basketball courts! And NOBODY can slamdunk :(
The building behind me dates back to 1366!!! It's the other side of the courtyard in which I'm staying now, which also has an exercise gym, football pitch, FOUR outdoor basketball courts, a badmington... [more]
WooHoo! I've managed to add this town into this website, and I feel all proud.. Seeing as I lived here 16 years ago, lots of the retired teachers seem to expect me to remember them! C'mon, I was three years old! I feel a bit strange about constantly being praised about things I feel I have (or had) no influence/control over -such as my height, (I seem to tower over most chinese) and my English, which I was inevitably going to pick up, seeing as that's where I grew up. Things I actually worked for (like exams, extra-currricular activities and voluntary [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 1st 2005 | 315 Views | [diary=12318]

History repeats itself
Meet Roxy, my pet Tigris Pantheris!
RAAAAAAAAAA

By Dawei
June 27th 2005
Xiangtan Asia » China » Hunan
Summer enclosure
Summer enclosure
Stranded for the winter, I begin to understand their art and philosophy grow to love these strange people. I am, The Last Samurai. I mean, Tourist.
I've now reached the town where I was born, Xiangtan. In contrast to Shenzhen, nothing seems to have changed here and I still have strange black and white memories of running up the three or four steps where my grandad worked, to meet him after work. This was before I left China, so I must have been no older than four. My grandparents still live in the college compound where they worked as teachers, and time here seems at a standstill. The town is too small to be listed on this website, so i've had to settle for just showing the [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 27th 2005 | 238 Views | [diary=12032]




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