China travel stories

Lhasa, Saturday the 23rd of July

Another day, another temple. Yesterday the most sacred one, this time the biggest one in the country (well, the Autonomous Region of Tibet). We head off early to Drepung Monastery, a very large co...

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Mekong River, Sunday the 24th of July

The day has finally arrived ! We are terribly excited about the prospect of going white-water-rafting in Tibet. Hopefully, we might even get a T-shirt to prove it. Chris, the Australian chap in...

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Lhasa, Monday the 25th of July

Our last day in Lhasa. We planned to take a jeep and go to Namtso Lake (5 hour journey one way) and come back during the day (10 hour journey total). Namtso lake is the second largest salt water la...

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The Great Wall by train

I was woken up by the loud cries of my fellow companions in the carriage: there was apparently something extraordinary to see, they were filming and staring out of the windows. I looked out with my...

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Mao's Mausoleum, a Capitalist venture at the heart of communism

I was let to sleep until I woke up with the sound of the birds chirping away in the garden. As soon as it was known I was awake, the butler brought me a large silver tray with steaming delicious co...

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