Books

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan: The perfect book for China. A mother – daughter story told from the…

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Climbing the Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is a monument that can be seen from space and I think every first-time visitor to…

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Walking around the Hutong in Beijing

I slept forever on this Saturday. It was so nice to not get up and go somewhere. Babsi and I…

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The Three Visitors Cave

The next morning dawned bright and sunny again, just not in my room. With no window to see I still…

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Yichang 

From the train station it was easy to get a taxi that knew the way to the Yiduo Youth Hostel.…

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Cruising on the Yangtze

My cruise on the Yangtze was a four day three nights tour. Since you board very late on the first…

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Chongqing

After a good night on the train I arrived at my destination at 7:40 in the morning. It took me…

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Xi’an to Chongqing

After walking around the food market for ages we finally had dinner at the hot pot place next to the…

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Food market in Xi’an

On the way to the hostel we decided spontaneously to look for the mosque. We had a map and a…

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Terracotta Army

My first night on my own passed without incident. I was ready to face the world and after a coffee…

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