Summary: We are now preparing our new adventure: Beijing - China. We are leaving Holland on the 26 of september. We arrive in Beijing on 27 early in the morning. And stay there for 20 days. We like to take you with us to the most famous historical places, but also to the less and unknown places of Beijing. And off course to several places around Beijing, the great places in nature and so on. We will publish many of our pictures on our webblog. So we hope you can see, smell and taste the great experience we have during this [View Full Entry]

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Summary - Just an impression of several places. Monkey and Bear. Lieve vrienden en vriendinnen, Vanaf het vliegveld van Tapei op Taiwan nog een foto-impressie van diverse plaatsen. Dit om de tijd van zo´n uurtje of 10 wachten te overbruggen, maar ook om lekker wat bij te komen en uit te rusten. Liefs Monkey and Bear. [View Full Entry]

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Summary - Our last day spent we on the Cheung Chau Island. By ferry about one hour from Hong Kong. It is a great place to be here. We have been here serveral times before. When you arrive on the island it seems that time stand still for a long time. The people here are very nice, the nature is beautiful and you can eat the most fresh fish you ever had. The pictures show you a little bit of the island. This island has beautiful beaches too. And a few pictures of Monkey as beach girl. Monkey and Bear. Lieve [View Full Entry]

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Summary - This is the second part of the wonders of China - buildings and nature. Splendid China is really a must to visit when your are here. It´s now 7 in the morning. Today is our last full day. Tomorrow we are leaving for the airport and flying home again. During the next coming week we will publish several new blogs about our Great Adventure in Hong Kong and South China. Monkey and Bear. Lieve vrienden en vriendinnen, Donderdag 30 maart - 07.00 uur. Dit is het tweede deel van het schitterende Splendid China. Vandaag is onze laatste volledige dag [View Full Entry]

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Summary - In Happy Valley in Shenzhen you find the theme park SPLENDID CHINA. Splendid China is featuring ´seeing round the ancient, civilized country with a history of 5.000 years and traveling over a land of charm and beauty in one or two days´. You met the wonders of China by walking around and making lots of pictures. This blog is the first part of our visit. When you want to know more about the buildings, history and so on of China you can find it on the internet www.wikpedia.com 0r let´s Google find it for you. Monkey and Bear. Lieve [View Full Entry]

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Summary - Today we visited the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, The world of Snoopy - a special playground created for kids near a very large shopping centre in Sha Tin. We presented also a few pictures of the Cantonese opera. Monkey and Bear. Lieve vrienden en vriendinnen, Here we go again. Let´s visit the New Territories again. Vandaag zijn wij naar Sha Tin geweest. Een stad ongeveer een minuut of 30 reizen met de KCR Westrail. Deze stad ligt in het midden van the New Territories en is in circa 20 jaar uitgegroeid van een miniscuul dorp tot een stad met [View Full Entry]

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Summary - Exploring the New Territories. The best way to do this is using public transportation, such like KCR rail, light rail, buses and taxis. The territory is beautiful with lots of green places and nature reservations. During this time of the year there are lots of trekking birds from all over China here. But it was impossible to visit the planned nature reservations because these places were all closed for prevention - the bird flue. This is really logical and people here are taken care to prevent the disease. So we visit a famous and non-touristic temple in Tuen Mun [View Full Entry]

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Summary - Today is a very rainy day so we visited the Hong Kong Historical Museum. Here you find a permanent show over Hong Kong, called THE HONG KONG STORY. It starts with the geological situation of Hong Kong 400.000.000 years ago and goes to the year 2000. It is a great museum with lots of lightshows and you learn a lot of things about Hong Kong and her surroundings. The pictures are a impression of the museum. It is really fun to visit this museum. In the evening we went to Sha Tin Town Hall and visited the ballet THE [View Full Entry]

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Summary - Macau, a former Portugese colony, is a great historical place to visit and a small Las Vegas too for those people who wants to gamble. It is the only place in China where you can go to casinos. At the moment there are 18 casinos Las Vegas style in Macau, but as gambling is big business the Macau administration has given new licenses for builing new casinos. In 2007 there will be a total of 24 full operational casinos. All the casinos are located in the harboursector as a special themepark like surrounding. The historical towncentre give you a [View Full Entry]

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Summary - We are starting with a Chinese dim-sum breakfast. Very popular by the locals. They go together every morning to the restaurants talking the latest gossips and the local news. After the breakfast we take a gym and tai chi. Then we headed for the outlying islands. This group of islands is very popular and a great escape for a day off. The nature is beautiful, when you walk ten minutes after arriving on the islands you feel the old atmosfere and you get the feeling that you are alone on the world. Not during the weekends because during the [View Full Entry]

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