http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hubei/Yichang/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Hubei , Yichang en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:58:42 +0000 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:58:42 +0000 So we departed the boat and fortunately Hong had a map of the town which showed that the train station was only 3k from the dock. My mileskilometres conversion skills leave a bit to be desired but I think thats about one mile. Most of the other passengers were already sorted and got straight on their buses. The taxi drivers wanted to charge us 100Y for a minibus into town. We didn't want to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hubei/Yichang/blog-448043.html WOW the solar eclispse is so fantastic here in Yichang. I definitely think it is one of the best places in the world to experience this wonderful event once in a blue moon. Anyhow this time it is about the sun. The weather was quite clear this morning without too much clouds.The city went dark for more than 5 minutes. Many people crowded beside the Yangtze river and they cheered when the dark ca http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hubei/Yichang/blog-422546.html There was a storm last midnight here in Yichang. But the ground went dry in the morning. During a such a hot day it will be a good idea to stay in a airconditioned room or a shopping mallGuo mao da sha in English it is called like International Trade Building. Just enjoy the cool air there. And there are many local people resting on the square under the tree shadow. It must be also very co http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hubei/Yichang/blog-420204.html On the second day of our excursion we pay a visit at the site of the Three Gorges Damhow wonderful to see the world greatest dam the Immigration City and Maoping New County. It takes about half a day if we hike from Three Swords Peaks to thse Three Gorges Dam. But in order to save time we jsut take a bus there. It is a good idea during such a hot day. Only half an hour is enough to be there. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hubei/Yichang/blog-420181.html After making full preparations both physically and psychologically we set off for our adventurous hiking today. Follow our guide who is arranged by chinatourism.org from which we booked our July 21st Yangtze cruise . We take the bus to Liantuo at Yichang bus station. During the journey we enjoy the spectacular scenery of the Xiling Gorge in Yichang. It is about 40 minutes' drive from Yichan http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hubei/Yichang/blog-419360.html Apres avoir essuy plusieurs checs dans mes tentatives d'obtenir un billet de train pour Pingyao ou X'ian je suis arriv au guichet de gare de Pkin avec pas moins de quatre itinraires en poche soigneusement rdigs en caracteres chinois par mes soins ca prend du temps mais c'est le seul moyen de se faire comprendre . Du dsert hostile de Tengri dans le lointain Ningxia aux paysages buc http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hubei/Yichang/blog-419116.html I am quite looking forward to the solar eclipse tour on the Yangtze River. Taking the Yangtze cruise sailing down the river at that time will be fantastic. I booked one cruise from Chinatourism.org.which happens to be the last cabin left on Victoria Anna. Very luck rightAt 823 A.M to 1101 A.M on July.22th.2009 the solar eclipse will appear along the Yangtze River. The soar eclipse can be s http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hubei/Yichang/blog-419053.html Chinese traditional festivalDragon Boat Festival will officially fall on Thursday this week. Dragon Boat Festival is also known as Double Fifth Festival. According to legend it is celebrated to commemorate the death of Quyuanone of the great ancient poet in China. Recently I was exhausted by my heavy work. For me travel is the best choice to recover myself. However I have no idea about my to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hubei/Yichang/blog-402530.html Hallo LeuteWieder mal einen Eintrag von mir.Also ich bin jetzt in China. Aber zuerst noch die letzten Tage in Singapur.Ich hatte noch keinen Unterricht jedoch habe ich jetzt alle meine Unterrichtsklassen... Bis in die dritte Woche in China zu bleiben war nicht gerade die kluegste Idee da wir in der dritten Woche zum Teil Gruppen formen muessen und ich nicht da sein werde man wird mich bis dahin http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hubei/Yichang/blog-312292.html Three Gorges trip for May break. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hubei/Yichang/blog-273712.html I uploaded a bunch of pictures to the old entries if you want to look. Some guy is smoking right beside me right now so I'm going to head out. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hubei/Yichang/blog-257188.html I am currently in Yichang after going on a cruise down the Three Gorges. There's this really fancy looking internet cafe unfortunately everyone in it is smoking so it's hard to breath so this will be fast even though it deserves more time.Took a 13 hour train ride to get to Wuhan from which we caught a five hour bus ride to Yichang. Orginally going to spend a night in Yichang but the boat was http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hubei/Yichang/blog-257012.html Hey guysHas been a rather hectic last week or so full of travelling and new arrangements so we have been detatched from the internet for a whileI guess I last left my blog in Chongqing the city of smog so I guess it is only right that I pick up from where I left off...We did eventually stumble upon a more pleasant area of the town full of dazzling neon lights and all the glitz that goes with http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hubei/Yichang/blog-242722.html Heut morgen um 1000 spuckte mich der Zug hier aus. Wieder einmal eine von den kleineren Stadten. 4 Mio und unbekannt. Nur der Dreischluchenstaudamm der hier 35km um die Ecke gebaut wurde kennt die ganze Welt.Ich hatte mich schon einmal bemueht ein Ticket zu bekommen das war jedoch aufwengig und vor allem teuer. Erst sollte es 150. euro dann 220. euro kosten in dem Reisebro in Xi'an. Dann ha http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hubei/Yichang/blog-95218.html