China travel stories

Around the world via China (CHINA - Guangzhou)

Guangzhou First thing I had to do upon arriving in Canton (the western name of this place), was to find a bed. I was lucky, for there was room at the Guangzhou Youth Hostel which is hard to beat at...

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Around the world via China MACAO

Turbo Cat Most people reach Macao via Hong Kong which has much better air connections from all over the world. Several ferries run the 65 km. distance at different speeds and prices. These Turbo Ca...

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China (10 Shaping)

Shaping Shaping is a small village at the northern end of Erhai Lake were a big market is held on Monday. It was Monday so I went to see it. These tractor-taxis handle the rural transport here as ...

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China (9 Dali)

Dali Coming down from the northern hills we reach the fertile alluvial plain around Erhei Lake where the Bai nationality has been established for over three thousand years. Dali was one of the six...

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China (8 Baisha)

Baisha Baisha, ten kilometers north of Lijiang, was the capital of an independent Naxi kingdom before it was annexed by the Yuan Empire in 1271. The regular minibus service from Lijiang dropped me ...

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