http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/ned210/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from ned210 en-us Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:33:54 +0000 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:33:54 +0000 Last night my Chinese roommate Hong Liu took me out to try some Nanjing snacks as she put it. We went to a famous road called Hunan Lu. Neon lights were everywhere and it was full of people eating and shopping. She led me around to different stands where she had me try her favorite snacks. Among the highlights were 37329385174049334880318811999727748 duck blood noodle sou http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Jiangsu/Nanjing/blog-335440.html Every fall in China there is a weeklong national vacation called Golden Week. Some of the other students and I decided to spend out 10 days traveling to and around Tibet.We left for Shanghai last Thursday September 25 spent the night there and flew from Shanghai to Chengdu Friday morning. At Chengdu we were supposed to switch planes to fly to Lhasa in Tibet but the travel agency we were working http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Lhasa/blog-331005.html This weekend the Chinese celebrated the midautumn festival and we got a fourday weekend. My friends Gina Kristen and I chose to visit Huang Shan 4064423665 which can be literally translated to Yellow Mountain.Huang Shan is a six plus hour train ride North of Nanjing. We left Nanjing Thursday night and bought hard bed tickets for the overnight train ride. Some of our less forward thinki http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-323389.html Thursday August 22 we left for our class bonding trip in China's Shandong Province. It's a six hour bus ride from Nanjing.We arrived to Tai'an city on Thursday. On Friday we visited Dai Miao the temple of the god of Mount Tai. After lunch we climbed Mount Tai 2788823665 Ti Sh257n It was a hard walk up the steps but beautiful at the top.On Saturday we woke up at 5AM to watch the s http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shandong/Qufu/blog-318874.html It's been a while since I've added any entries. I got to Nanjing two days late due to a hurrican that hit Hong Kong on August 22 the day I was supposed to fly in. After an extra night in Jakarta and a night in Hong Kong I finally made it to Nanjing University.My study abroad program is an immersion we're only allowed to speak Chinese on weekdays from 8AM to 4PM... so almost needless to say I'm http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Jiangsu/Nanjing/blog-318865.html Indonesian HistoryMonasWe spent the last couple of days touring Jakarta. We visited Monas the national monument but decided not to wait in line for two hours in the hot Indonesian sun to go to the top. Instead we visited the museum underneath the monument that gives a brief history of Indonesia.I find the history interesting because any Asian history Irsquove learned has been from the European http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-314542.html Martabak ManisThe other night we had the most amazing dinner. We drove all the way to the other side of Jakarta to a street vendor to buy something called martabak manis. The batter is like pancake batter but they pour it into a really wide pan so that it rises up on the edges. When itrsquos cooked they slather it with butter and sugar as well as any combination of chocolate sprinkles crushed p http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-311731.html Last night we got back from our 5 day stay in Bali. I honeslty didn't think Bali would live up to it's beautiful reputation but it actually exceeded it. I don't want to write forever but I'll give the highlights of my favorite places.Pura BesakihOn our first day in Bali we visited the largest and oldest temple on the island called Besakih. Patty likened it to Bali's cathedral. People continue to w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/blog-310759.html I'm writing this blog to keep my family and friends updated on my life abroad this semester. This is my first blog entry and I've just arrived in Indonesia after 30some hours of traveling.When I got off the plane I followed the crowd of travelers who needed to purchase visas. We were all greeted by the same sign that reads Welcome to Indonesia Death Penalty for Drug Traffickers. My friend Patty http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-307793.html