http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hebei/Chengde/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Hebei , Chengde en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:46:32 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:46:32 UTC On our way from Beijing to Chengde we stopped at the Jinshanling area of the great wall. This is definitely the least lsquotouristyrsquo portion of the wall I have ever been to. There were about five other people besides our group anywhere to be found on the wall. It was awesome. We spent about three days in Chengde. When we arrived there we visited a minority student college where we http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Hebei/Chengde/blog-335395.html Hello everyoneHere we are in Chengde. Anyway from the title you might have thought we were staying at a Resort haha. If only that were the case... We went and saw where the Emperors of the Qing dynastry went for their summer holidays. Posh place. It took about 100 years in the 1700's to build all the buildings and the gardens. It was pretty. Lots of good Feng Shui.We baked today as we http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Hebei/Chengde/blog-303092.html I pay my second visit to the Great Wall this time near the far Eastern end and to the more modern parts built of stone during the Ming dynasty.The plan is to do a 10km hike along a stretch of it thus accounting for 0.1 of it's original length. I set off at a brisk pace as we're being followed by women with big bags trying to seel us tourist tat. It's quite a hot and humid day and the wall i http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Hebei/Chengde/blog-297368.html I arrive in Chendge late in the evening and the town has been quite badly flooded. Fortunately most of the water has subsided by morning and the weather brightened a little but the streets are still covered in mud.I visit the Imperial Palace and Summer Villa and stroll around the very beautiful park and grounds. They have deer running wild that bite if you get too close take my word for it... http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Hebei/Chengde/blog-297365.html ChengDeVue que Chris avait un Lundi de off et moi pas de classe ce WeekEnd Test pour lrsquoecole on est partit vpour ChengDe pour la fin de semaine regarder des temples et visiter un des camps de chasses de lrsquoempereur Qing. Nous sommes partit le 26 en aprsmidi et somme arrive en soiree a ChengDe. Nous n'avions pas de chambre mais heureusement un des scouts d'un hotle nous a diriger v http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Hebei/Chengde/blog-226958.html Everyone knows that teachers live for the summer. Well this summer was a little hectic for the two of us what with packing up our lives and moving to China. Then we started work August 4th and poof what happened to the chance to relax and recover from 20062007Starting work August 4th was actually a relief after such a crazy July but I can't deny as September slipped by I was ever so relie http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Hebei/Chengde/blog-209697.html Zaterdag 30 juni.Vandaag vroeg uit de veren de Chinezen staan altijd vroeg op zegt Wim. Ontbijt op de kamer en daarna met de bus naar het noordoosten van Chengde. We brengen een bezoek aan twee van de twaalf tempels die als genoegdoening voor de grensvolkeren uit Tibet Mongoli en Xinjiang gebouwd werden. De keizer liet de tempels bouwen in de stijl van de grensvolkeren om zo tot een betere http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Hebei/Chengde/blog-186950.html Donderdag 28 juni.Vandaag verlaten we Beijing en reizen we naar Chengde. Ontbijt om 7u30 en om 9 u zijn er twee taxirsquos besteld om ons naar het busstation te brengen. We maken de afspraak om de gsm te gebruiken als we elkaar na de rit niet vinden. Thomas en Dette stappen in n taxi Wim Martine en Dirk nemen een andere.Zowel in de stad als op de ringen Beijing heeft er maar liefst 6 is http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Hebei/Chengde/blog-186948.html Vrijdag 29 juni.De tijdelijke verslaggevers hebben een dagje verlof genomen. Omdat ze maar drie weken komen willen we geen tijd verliezen maar om het maken van een verslag vol te houden is een dagje niets doen eigenlijk absoluut nodig. Vandaag klimt Wim dus weer even in de pen maar omdat die nog met een achterstand zit die moet ingehaald worden zal het summier blijven.Met onze verplaatsing n http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Hebei/Chengde/blog-186914.html Exploring the Chengde Mountain Resort and the Outer TemplesSummary Today we visit the Imperial Mountain Resort in Chengde. We also visit a few very beautiful temples here. Chengde is from Beijing about 260 km to the north and it takes a four hour drive by car. The Mountain Resort and the Eight Outer Temples is the largest imperial park in China covering an area of nearly 6 square km. It was the Q http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Hebei/Chengde/blog-154904.html Hi everyone Just wanted to let you know I will be going away from Beijing for the National Week... starting this friday 28th September 2006.I will be away for about 5 days i'm thinking.I am going to the north east part of Beijing a few hours away Chengde Tangshan XingLong shinglongThis website if you want to check it out is about one of the places i've decided to go toapparently ha http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Hebei/Chengde/blog-91387.html It was WONDERFUL to get out of the well the more polluted metropolitan areas. As a group we made our way on an eight hour bus ride to Chengde a small city northeast of Beijing. It actually has about 360 000 inhabitants but in China that's nothing. We stayed at a pretty nice hotel in downtown Chengde and made it to two Lama temples Putuozongcheng Temple and Puning Temple the Sledge Ham http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Hebei/Chengde/blog-73056.html