China travel stories

Beijing

Before arriving in Beijing we could see from the train the white frozen fields in the early morning. This looked very much like a Dutch winter morning. It was now 7:15 and the last time we would se...

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China

Hong Kong The buildings here are quite western, real skyscrapers. Unfortunately many of the old Chinese quarters have to yield to these huge monsters. There is, however, still some trace of tradi...

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China

My first stop in China was to Xinjiang province in the Northwest. Northwest China is not really Chinese, it is another recent addition to the country, having been invaded and annexed fifty years ag...

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China 2001 - Part Five: Details & Hotels

How I did it From the start I had my heart set on Central Asia. When I found an $815 flight to Beijing, I knew I was halfway there. After I bought a ticket I started emailing travel agents...

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China 2001 - Part Four: Urumqi & Turpan

Urumqi, Monday, September 10 After breakfast I asked at the travel desk about getting a car and driver to Turpan, a nearby town that had a few mosques I wanted to visit. The guy wanted 700 Yuan...

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