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tomhuntingford - Tom Huntingford

Traveling around the world for three months and exploring three diferent cultures over seven countries.
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Impresionante sitio arqueologico con miles de guerreros (en total mas de 8.000) decubiertos en 1976 por un payes construyendo un pozo. Construido hace mas de 2.200 anos por el emperador Qin como proteccion de su mausoleo (el mas grande del mundo) y para asegurar su liderazgo despues de su muerte. English Impresive archeological site with thousands of warriors (more than 8.000 in total) discovered in 1976 by a farmer diging a well. Built more than 2.200 years ago by the Qin emperor after unifying the country as a protection to his mausoleum (thi biggest in the world) and to secure [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 13th 2006 | 117 Views | [diary=102083]

Guerreros II / Warriors II
Guerreros III / Warriors III

Unica ciudad rodeada por un muro original y con calles y edificaciones antiguas. Torres de vigilancia de la muralla impresionantes. Impresionante especialmente de noche con todas las torres alrededor del muro iluminadas. English Original city surrounded by an original wall with old streets and buildings. Nice guarding towers on the wall. Very nice specially at night with all the towers on the wall illuminated. [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 13th 2006 | 61 Views | [diary=102082]

Vieja torre de vijilancia / Old guard tower

Precioso pueblo budista situado en unas montanas dificilmente accesibles (un viaje en caminoeta/furgoneta que nunca olvidare...) donde se encuentra un conjunto de templos budistas. Lugar espiritual a la vez que bastante turistico y con mucho frio (nevo un poco!) con algunos templos muy bonitos como el de la gran pagoda de piedra blanca. English Beautiful budist village located on some hardly accessible mountains (a wagon trip I will never forget). Very touristic and spiritual place at the same time and with very cold weather (it snowed a little) with some really nice temples like [View Full Entry]

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Gran pagoda de piedra blanca / White stone pagoda

Cuevas budistas construidas hace miles de anos en varias etapas. Contienen grandes estatuas de piedra de budas (mas de 50.000 budas en total a lo largo de casi 50 cuevas) algunas de ellas pintadas. Lugar impresionante y poco conocido por turistas extranjeros. English Buddist caves built thousands of years ago in various periods. They contain big budda statues, more than 50.000 over almost 50 caves, some of them are painted. Great place to visit and not very well known by foreign tourists. [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 13th 2006 | 148 Views | [diary=102079]

Miles de budas / Thousands of budas
Gran buda de piedra / Great stone buda

Caminata de 10 Km por la gran muralla desde el punto de Jinshanling hasta el punto de Simatai. Construccion gigante con reputacion merecida. Caminata muy agradable y sin demasiados turistas (algunos puntos son bastante peligrosos porque estan en ruinas y no son aptos para grupos de turistas con gorra y pin). English 10 Km trek over the wall from the Jinshanling visiting point to Simatai. Great construction with a well worth fame. Very pleasant trek over the ruins without many tourists (some points are dangerous and not advisable for big groups). [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 12th 2006 | 60 Views | [diary=102076]

Vista general / Overview

Parque compuesto de muchos patios donde centenares de Chinos practican tai chi con espadas o habanicos, todo un espectaculo. Dentro del parque se encuentra el templo del cielo (donde se dice que se encuentra el centro del universo) compuesto por dos edificios principales. Uno de ellos con un muro tan finamente construido que es capaz de transportar el sonido durante 50 metros sin ninguna dificultad. English Big park with different sections were hundreds of people practice Tai Chi with spades and other instruments, a great show. Within the park there is the Temple of Heaven with tw [View Full Entry]

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Alrededores del templo / Temple suroundings

Lago artificial y jardines destinados a refrescar al emperador y sus concubinas durante los calurosos veranos de Pekin. El edificio principal desde el que se tiene una vista global del parque es un templo budista dedicado al "incienso budista". English Artificial lake and gardens that where built to refresh the emperor and his concubines in the hot Beijing summers. The main building is a buddist temple. [View Full Entry]

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Templo del incienso budista / Buddist incense temple

Gran ciudad enmurallada en medio de Pekin. Lugar donde todos los emperadores de las diferentes dinastias vivian, tenian la corte, las concubinas y incluso ceremonias importantes. Compuesto por tres partes diferentes: La corte externa, la corte externa y el jardin, ademas de dozenas de edificios adjuntos como las viviendas de las concubinas. English Big enclosed city in the center of Beijing. It is here that the emperors from all the Chinese dinasties lived, assisted their court, their concubines lived and even the biggest ceremonies where held here. Three diferent sections: The in [View Full Entry]

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Entrada a las cortes internas / Entry to the internal courts

Gran despedida de Tokyo. Visita al barrio de Shinjuku de noche y al observatorio de las torres del gobierno. Ultimo dia visita de Tokyo en bicicleta con mi amigo Tetsushi (un Japones que conoci en Peru!) y descubrimiento del Tokyo de verdad. Cena con Tetsushi y su encantadora novia en su casa, por supuesto cena tradicional japonesa. English Great Tokyo goodbye. Visit of the Shinjuku neighbourhood at night on the government towers observatory. Last day in Tokyo on a bike with my friend Tetsushi (a Japanese guy I met in Peru!) and discovery of the real Tokyo life. Supper with Tetsus [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 11th 2006 | 68 Views | [diary=101819]

Tetsushi y una cena deliciosa / Tetsushi and a delicious supper

Impresionante montana con una forma perfectamente conica cubierta de nieve en el nivel superior. Simbolo nacional y lugar de peregrinacion desde antano (como el camino de Santiago pero a lo japones). English Great mountain with a perfect cone shape and covered with snow on it's peak. National symbol and place where a lot of japanese pilgrims come from all over Japan. [View Full Entry]

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