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                    <title>Private Dining in Shanghai</title>
                    <description>I have had to give up all aspirations of being a gastronome during my time in Shanghai. Unfortunately I have had few meals here that leave any form of lasting impression. There are few restaurants that I crave to return to and so far I have yet been able to find any that are worthy of those coveted stars from the infamous tyre company .... until recently that is. In my mind were I a food critic</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shanghai/blog-719493.html</link>
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                    <title>The Blog according to Sin</title>
                    <description>This blog is dedicated to my brother who took a break from his studies to fly out from Lisbon and join the roadtrip through the Middle Kingdom.I39d not seen my brother for 10 years and this trip was a good way for us to reflect on times past. It was also strange to see that although we had totally different upbringings we shared very similar personality traits that could easily identify us a</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shanghai/blog-716624.html</link>
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                    <title>Roadtrip Tally</title>
                    <description>Lead Car 2010 Mazda MX 5Support Car 1999 Toyota LandcruiserDates 31st March  30th AprilDistance Covered  10017kmTotal offroading distance covered  About 200kmToll Fees Paid for one car  A whopping RMB 3030Number of Toll Gates  63Total gas bill for MX 5  Around RMB 8000Number of spare wheels used  MX 5 1  Landcruiser 2Speeding tickets  Hehe None Cheapest Room Dong Village G</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shanghai/Pudong/blog-714465.html</link>
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                    <title>Day 31  Hongcun to Shanghai The Final Leg</title>
                    <description>We discovered a new phrase these last few days.A tree is a tree a flower is a flower. I think Cao Li coined the phrase but she is not so sure how she stumbled upon it. I have no idea what it means but somehow I feel it could be the answer to an infinite number of questions.I woke up to the sound of birds chirping their morning call. Our innkeeper kept birds in small cages in the courtyard.</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-713530.html</link>
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                    <title>Day 2930 Heading for Shanghai and miserable</title>
                    <description>Day 29  Happy to leave Guilin we hit the road for the marathon 820km leg to Nanchang. Someway into our journey I was saddened to have seen a sign to Shanghai the first in over three weeks. The landscape is also gradually becoming more familiar now and I am cherishing every single kilometer clocked as I know the dream is ending soon. On route we are hopelessly looking for signs to tempt us into </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Jiangxi/Nanchang/blog-713489.html</link>
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                    <title>Day 28  Yangshuo Li River Boat  Guilin</title>
                    <description>It was refreshing to wake up in a tropical resort in a tropical rain shower. The previous night we went for a swim after the hoard of 80 Shanghai American School students had their pool party so we felt somewhat energised. I am not too sure who runs the Yangshuo Resort Hotel but it is a foreign style Banyan Tree wannabe type hotel with all the amenities but none of the expertise. It seems to be</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangxi/Guilin/blog-712972.html</link>
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                    <title>Day 27  Dong Village and Longji Rice Terrace</title>
                    <description>Our 20 dollar rooms with balconies overlooked the river and rice paddies that fed on the river and it was a perfect summer morning in the deep South of China. There is nothing quite so refreshing as waking up to the sound of running water. With a simple bowl of noodles for breakfast we walked across the Dong bridges to the village. I was almost contemplating staying at the guesthouse for a year</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangxi/Yangshuo/blog-712717.html</link>
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                    <title>Day 26  Baisha The Last of the Gunner Tribes</title>
                    <description>Woke up this morning and headed staight for the nearby Dong Village. The village seemed deserted so we hopped in our cars and drove through the mountains from Rongjiang to Sanjiang stopping off at the Basha Village in the Qiandongnan Miaodong Autonomous Prefecture of Guizhou. The 499 households of Baisha folk live in harmony with nature worshipping the tree and the sun. They believe their race</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guizhou/Sanjiang/blog-712711.html</link>
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                    <title>Day 25  The 1000 Family Miao Village</title>
                    <description>Today was truly a special treat. As fate would have it the Kaili Ethnic Minority Museum was closed for refurbishing. Leaving Kaili we headed into the mountains to visit the secluded 1000 Family Miao Village. Access to the village required some real off roading but fortunately we befriended a govt official who allowed us to drive through the villagers entrance to this magical place. If you ever </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guizhou/Xijiang/blog-712401.html</link>
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                    <title>Days 23  24  Dali to Xingyi to Kaili Huanggoushu Waterfall</title>
                    <description>Ive combined these two days as really our 23rd day was spent on the road doing the 630 km to Xingyi. Really not to much to report. The landscapes were not so spectacular but I guess that thus far we have truly been spoilt. We passed through Kunming which on the surface looked like just another grimy big city. Then heading to Xingyi where we observed the numerous pyramid type hills dotting t</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guizhou/Kaili/blog-712353.html</link>
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                    <title>Day 22  Impressions of Lijiang  Dali Ancient City</title>
                    <description>We had the whole morning to ourselves as it was a mild 3 hour drive to Dali which we decided to do after lunch. Following a chill out breakfast overlooking the Snow Mountain we went back to our rooms to pack and ready ourselves for the drive. Looking through the small booklet on Lijiang in the room I thought it might be fun to check out the hot air balloon ride just 10km away. Suffering from ver</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/blog-711520.html</link>
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                    <title>Day 21  Tiger Leaping Gorge and Yulong Jade Dragon Snow Mountain</title>
                    <description>Sin got up early today to hit the gym. Surprised he has energy left in him as I am completely exhausted. I woke up to find almost 400 emails on my Blackberry that had not reached me these last few days in the mountains. Following a Western breakfast and leaving my car behind we headed for Tiger Leaping Gorge and the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain with its 9 peaks. What can I say about Tiger Leapi</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Lijiang/blog-711175.html</link>
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                    <title>Day 20  Lugu Lake and the Mosuo Tribe</title>
                    <description>Our home for the night was a nice little wooden guesthouse run by a family of Mosuo. Almost half of the people living around Lugu Lake are of the Mosuo ethnic group.We woke up 545am to be greeted by a Mosuo lady who took us in pitch black to her row boat. Then out on to the still calm of Lugu Lake we were led to a small islet in the middle which we climbed to see the spectacular Yunnan sunrise. B</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/LuGu-Lake-/blog-710652.html</link>
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                    <title>Day 19  Ground Control to Major Pong  Luguhu Lake</title>
                    <description>Woke up early to catch the sunrise over Qionghai Lake then hit the roads. I39d remembered passing a sign for the Xichang Satellite Launch Facility not far from Xichang so I proposed to the team that we visit it before heading for Luguhu Lake. About 30 minutes out of Xichang through Yi farmland we reached the facility. Unfortunately the launch site which is nessled in the mountains is not </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/LuGu-Lake-/blog-710585.html</link>
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                    <title>Day 18  Leshan to Xichang Changing landscapes changing seasons</title>
                    <description>What can I write about today. Well for one thing we spent ten hours on the road. And like most days we experienced winter and summer within a twelve hour period. We woke up early wanting to check out of our smelly digs and hit the road by 800am. We knew it was going to be a tough one today. Thus far I must say that China has created one amazing network of expressways second to no country I </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/blog-710312.html</link>
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                    <title>Day 17  Giant Pandas and Giant Buddhas</title>
                    <description>We left our hotel at 830am for the short ride to the Chengdu Research Base for Giant Panda Breeding. Chengdu Monday morning traffic and Chengdu drivers are just as bad as in Shanghai. Actually the thing I noticed so far was that drivers all over China are much the same and totally insane except for in Beijing.. In Beijing drivers stick to their lanes indicate and generally do not try to</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Chengdu/blog-710186.html</link>
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                    <title>Day 16  Road to Chengdu</title>
                    <description>Woke up this morning to find it snowing  We needed an early start today. Even though we only needed to cover 400km unfortunately due to the low road height of the MX 5 we decided to go back to Jiangyou the same way we came electing the better of two evils as the planned route back still has some unrepaired damage from the big earthquake.On the way we stopped to have a snow ball fight and th</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Chengdu/blog-709005.html</link>
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                    <title>Day 15  Jiuzhaigou Valley</title>
                    <description>We had the whole day to spend at Jiuzhaigou. The pictures speak for themselves. Who could have imagined such scenery existed in China. What is not captured in the photographs are the throngs of tourists. Jiuzhaigou however is a massive valley and the system of regular buses shuttling visitors up and down the passes to the scenic spots is very organized.The weather was perfect. This first photo o</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Jiuzhaigou/blog-708991.html</link>
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                    <title>Day 14  Mountain Drive to Jiuzhaigou Valley</title>
                    <description>Today was a driving day so we started off with a hearty breakfast of handpulled noodles with black bean sauce. We had to cover 400km of mountain roads in order to get to the Jiuzhaigou Valley. It was for refreshing to not have had to climb mountains on foot since this time we drove up with the open top down to the border between Sichuan and Tibet and a maximum height of 3100m before heading dow</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Jiuzhaigou/blog-708984.html</link>
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                    <title>Day 13  Twin Blowouts in Sichuan </title>
                    <description>I39ll spare the details of last night39s farewell for Stel T and just mention that I don39t think we have ever laughed so much in our lives. The night involved a number of China junkies from around the world whom we met in this hip Terracotta themed pub and a Japanese import by the name of Ping Pong Pang.I think we finished around 300am and said our farewells to Stel who needed to cat</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Mianyang/blog-707767.html</link>
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