China
The Summer Palace an imperial garden in Beijing
The Summer palace is the biggest imperial garden in China, and beyond doubt is the best preserved out of all the imperial gardens. It was built in 1750 and was originally called the “Garden of Clear Ripples” but most of it was destroyed in 1860 (The allied forces of Britain and France wanted to secure […]
18Jul2006 | Alex | 8 comments | Continued
The Temple of Heaven, Beijing
Well this was one of the places in China I travelled to which surprised me the most. It is also known as Tiantan (Tian tan). It felt unreal that a 20 minute walk from mayhem Beijing you could enter a world of peace and paradise. It was massive defiantly bigger than the Forbidden City, and […]
14Jul2006 | Alex | 4 comments | Continued
Beijing, China
Well my travel blog has to have a post about Beijing… and where do I start? Beijing is without a doubt the busiest place I have been to, including Hong Kong. It is situated in the Scandinavian part of China. Beijing city has an area of about 17²km with a population of 14 million people. […]
11Jul2006 | Alex | 0 comments | Continued
Chengdu Hotpot, China
The reason for my visit to Chengdu was purely to visit the Wolong Panda Reserve. However heard many people say “You haven’t been to Chengdu until you’ve tried Chengdu Hotpot” and now I know why! After a 32 hour train journey (even though it was a luxury train journey with nice beds and flat screens) […]
10Jul2006 | Alex | 26 comments | Continued
Wolong International Panda Reserve, Chengdu, China
Well at first thoughts of traveling to Chengdu it seemed highly overrated! I mean a 32 hour train journey from Xian, I wasn’t sure if I really wanted to go that much to see the Wolong International Panda Reserve and sanctuary. Honestly could it really be worthwhile? Short answer YES! It was absolutely amazing to […]
7Jul2006 | Alex | 14 comments | Continued
Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China
Well today made me think of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, as it was today 17 years ago 03/06/89. That the Chinese tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square to attack pro-democracy protesters. And this time tomorrow hundreds or thousands of students and their supporters would have been laid dead around the streets. There was a very interesting […]
3Jun2006 | Alex | 2 comments | Continued
Hong Kong, China
Well here was a photo I took in a typical street in Hong Kong at about 2am, and as you can see it’s never quiet. Hong Kong sits at the south eastern tip of China adjoining the province of Canton also known as Guangdong. Hong Kong is about 1080 km², comprising of Hong Kong Island […]
2Jun2006 | Alex | 6 comments | Continued
The Great Wall of China, Simatai
Simatai is most definatly the best location to travel to, to see the Great Wall of China. It is just east to the Janshanlang part of the Great Wall. Simatai is also very quiet compared to the other parts of the wall, especially Badaling. There is an excellent hostel near the Simatai section of the […]
28May2006 | Alex | 5 comments | Continued
