Category: China
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Time to Switch it Up
After 3.5 years exploring SE Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific we have leapt at an opportunity back in Central America. However, to reach this opportunity took a bit of work. The biggest challenge without a doubt was flying Air China and Air Canada. Air Panama turned out to be the most reliable…
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China Impressions
It has been an interesting, enlightening, and entertaining month in China. The first 18 days were doing a private tour organized through Wendy Wu Tours, with the final 10 days being at a house sit in the city of Qingdao looking after three dogs and three cats. I love history, but both Karen and I…
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China Train Travel
When we were arranging our tour with Wendy Wu Tours we specified we wanted to travel by train as much as possible, and they delivered. We only had one domestic flight, all other inter city transfers were done by high speed train. The fact that it was first class didn’t hurt either. We were proudly…
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Beijing
We wrapped up the tour portion of our trip to China in Beijing. Quite the city, but I must say, once you are away from the iconic sights, it tends to look like all the other cities we have been in in China. Massive and a little bit depressing due to the lack of colour.…
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The Great Wall of China
What trip to China would be complete without a visit to the Great Wall of China.
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Xi’an and the Terracotta Warriors
Part of our tour in China included a stop in the city of Xi’an. Besides being the capital of the province, it is also the closest major centre to the famed Terracotta Warriors. In 1974 a farmer was digging a well and came across some fragments of clay. When he turned them over to the…
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People of China
First off, I need to get on my soap box for a moment. We utilize Trip Advisor a lot when planning our trips and Karen contributes a lot of reviews on places we have been. One of the funny things about reading a lot of the reviews about China is the indignation when people find…
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Giant Pandas
When we were planning our trip to China and examining the options, there was one that jumped out at Karen, volunteering with the Pandas. At the Dujiangyan Base for research into Giant Pandas they have a program where you get to do some work near the Pandas. To be clear, you no longer get to…
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Yangtze River Cruise
Though disappointing that the start of our cruise was delayed due to high winds, I have to say the boat itself, Victoria Jenna, was very nice. Fantastic food and comfortable cabins. Oh and lots of wine and beer at dinner time was lovely as well. Rugged terrain and impressive engineering are the two things that…
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Three Gorges Dam
As we headed out from Shanghai for Yi Chang I was very excited. Our 4 night river cruise up the Yangtze River, starting with the Three Gorges Hydro Project was the top item on my “To see” list for China. The biggest disappointment for me was the lack of quality information about the scope of…