Ni Hao from China!

Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Globally Speaking

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   From the land of Mao

   Beijing, China | Sep 02 '06 | Reviews: 1

   Ni Hao Friends and Family!

   Well after a very long flight (12 hours) we arrived in Beijing!  The flight was thankfully very uneventful an... Continue reading »

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   Great Wall of China

   Beijing, China | Sep 03 '06 | Reviews: 0

   Fact: Beijing is the size of Belgium.     The peony is the countries flower.

   It seems as though every person in China has... Continue reading »

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   Temples and Caves

   Datong, China | Sep 08 '06 | Reviews: 0

   Hello All!

   Well its taken some time to find electricity the past few days.  It keeps shutting off on us just as we decide to blog. ... Continue reading »

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   Ancient Walled City with Pizza!

   Pingyao, China | Sep 09 '06 | Reviews: 1

   Pingyao is a small ancient walled city.  Its very laid back and has lots of little guesthouses to stay in.  It is the setting for the mov... Continue reading »

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   Hiding from the Chinese

   Xi'an, China | Sep 12 '06 | Reviews: 1

   Hello Again!

   Xi'an, home of the Terracotta Army, seemed like a lovely city from our hotel room window.  We hid in the hostel the first d... Continue reading »

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   Quick panda stopover

   Chengdu, China | Sep 16 '06 | Reviews: 1

   We arrived in Chengdu for a one night stop over so we could go see the panda's at the Panda Research Base just outside of the city.  Relying o... Continue reading »

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   Mountain and Giant Buddha

   Leshan, China | Sep 17 '06 | Reviews: 1

   We arrived in Baogou via 2 hour bus from Chengdu.  We were fine so long as we didn't watch the road...there is no way to describe just how fri... Continue reading »

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   GUESS WHAT SHANNON GOT?????

   Kunming, China | Sep 20 '06 | Reviews: 0

   If you guessed SHINGLES you win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   That's right, shingles, adult chicken pox.  AWESOME.

   Apparently my body does n... Continue reading »

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   The Li River

   Guilin, China | Sep 21 '06 | Reviews: 0

   HELLO!  Its been a bit and boy a lot of fun has taken place.  We left off in Kunming.  Here we decided that another 30 hour train ri... Continue reading »

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    Outdoor Fun...and our commercial success!

    Yangshuo, China | Sep 23 '06 | Reviews: 0

    We arrived in Yangshuo and found a nice hotel (because it was too hot to walk all the way to the hostel we picked out...and the hotel was cheaper!)... Continue reading »

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    A Bumpy Ride...

    Hong Kong, China | Sep 27 '06 | Reviews: 0

    We boarded our "delux sleeper bus". Delux in China is so awesome.  It includes AC, no spitting, no smoking, no throwing garbage on the fl... Continue reading »

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