China travel stories

Route in China (CHINA - Beijing)

Beijing For the sake of security, the Emperors rarely came out of the inner sanctum of the forbidden city where they lived a cloistered life surrounded by wives, concubines and eunuch attendants. T...

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Route in China (CHINA - Beijing)

Beijing I got off the night train from Luoyang at Beijing' West Railway station from where I took a taxi to the Yongdingmen Hotel where I had planned to stay. It was closed for repairs so I wen...

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Route in China (CHINA - Luoyang)

Luoyang On the bus from Kaifeng I met a student whose parents and grand parents were members of the communist party. He was one of the very few Chinese who told me they still believed in the Commun...

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Route in China (CHINA - Kaifeng)

Kaifeng Initially I had planned to go from Nanjing directly to Beijing but seeing that travel in China was easier than I thought, I decided to visit the ancient Song Dynasty (960 - 1126) capital of...

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Route in China (Nanjing - Nanjing)

Nanjing I had taken the train from Shanghai to Suzhou so I took the bus to Nanjing for a change. It was a comfortable bus running on time on a good road. No problem, the gas station was almost lik...

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