China travel stories

Wow look at all the Yaks

Day 4 in Tibet and it was another day of monasteries. However, this time, we were going to visit a really remote monastery, so the highlight was the views and spectacular scenery. We had to travel...

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Please don't deport us!

Tibet is a beautiful place and very awe inspiring - but enought already!!! No more monks and no more monasteries were the cries of our hearts as we made our way to the airport today. It...

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Big Buddha caused big problems

Today, we decided to make a day trip out to Leshan, a town about 2 hours from Chengdu known for only one thing - the worlds biggest monolithic Buddha (ie. Buddha carved out of one piece of rock). ...

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Going gaga over the giant pandas

Today was Melenie's most favourite day of the holiday - the day we visited the giant pandas. There are apparently on about 300 of the guys left in the world, and the Giant Panda breeding centre...

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Terracotta warriors and steamed buns

Today, we didn't want to leave to hotel. Why? Because for some reason, we were in a 4-star hotel that we'd managed to book at a very good rate. So we finally managed to drag ourselves out b...

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