Blogs from Great Wall of China, Beijing, China, Asia - page 6

非常开心可以跟Becky分享我最爱的地方 While in Beijing I couldn’t not go to the Great Wall of JinShanLing (金山岭长城), especially since Becky had never been. This is one of my absolute favorite places in China, and I have no doubt you will understand why as you go through our pictures. This part of the Great Wall is located in Hebei province, which means that it’s a bit far away from Beijing city center. It takes a long time to get to the Wall and we had to get up early, but it also means that there are very few tourists there. We hardly saw anyone (but French tourists!!) as we walked for 6 hours (back and forth) on the slowly collapsing Wall. JinShanLing is a breathtaking site. The view it offers is simply majestic. I love it there! Becky had ... read more

I've flown hundreds of times over the years, but the miracle of high-speed, long-distance jet travel never ceases to amaze me. So much so that whenever we travel overseas, Andi teases me because I inevitably say something like: "Can you believe that just yesterday we were walking the dog back in Rye and now we're in (FILL IN THE BLANK AMAZING LOCATION.)" Well, Andi wouldn't have been surprised to hear me repeating that refrain this morning when I found myself climbing the steep steps of the Great Wall of China surrounded by thousands of Chinese tourists. We "did" the wall at Badalang, the most visited and most touristy of the Great Wall sites, because we wanted to see it as the average Chinese person would. Apropos of that, our adventure began by taking the subway at ... read more

AT SEA DAY ONE FROM SHANGHAI TO XINGANG (BEIJING) - Woke up and took a shower this morning, but today I set up the shower with my glasses on, discovered that I was washing my body with shampoo and washing my hair with body soap. The Mariner Society was treated with a champagne brunch. I sat at a table of ten, the lady next to me from Texas was celebrating her 70thbirthday, a male couple from Honolulu and me; the rest were from Australia Anticipated Mass for Palm Sunday was well attended and after that I went to the Ocean Bar for a Philippine and a Japanese beer. I had to get dressed for dinner at the Canaletto Restaurant, an Italian restaurant with a limited menu but well done. I was beginning to dine alone when ... read more

Didzioji Kinijos siena - vienas didziausiu statiniu zmonijos istorijoje, iki siol traukiantis turistus is viso pasaulio. Pries du tukstancius metu iskilusi Didzioji Kinijos siena buvo statoma kaip priemone apsaugoti derlingas zemes nuo izpuoliku hei sulaikyti is imperijos norincius isvyktis piliecius.Sienos statyba is akmenu, medzio, zoles ir zemes buvo pradeta VII a.p.m.e. pradzioje, kai gynybiniais sumetimais kuresi ankstyviausios sio regiono karalystes. Is tikruju siena yra keliu, skirtingais laikotarpiais statytu, sienu junginys.Tai nuostabios strukturos fotogwniskas simbolis su ispudingais sargybos bokstais, kylantis aukstyn i kalnus ir nuo ju besileidziantis i slenius, kertantis lygumas ir dykumas. Sienos statybose dalyvavo daugiau nei milijonas zmoniu - valstieciu, kaliniu ir kareiviu. Tukstanciai ju statybos metu mire..Skirtingus gynybinius bokstus isilgai sienos kariuomene naudo... read more

Hi All Does anyone have experience of travelling Asia with a child? My daughter is 5 years old and early next year me and the hubby are planning on taking a month out from work and travelling through China, Vietnam, cambodia and Thailand (if we can fit it all in!) Anyone come across any families travelling with small children? I think it would be a fabulous experience for her but some friends and family say we're mad for thinking about taking her on this trip. Help! Thanks Lisa... read more