Entries from 'China'
2009-05-11 to 13 Hangzhou
2009-05-11 Hangzhou What a bright hot day, we carry all our luggage and continue our China trip to Hangzhou – an hour and a half train journey southwest from Shanghai. Upon arrival, We take a wooden public bus to Mingtown Hangzhou Youth Hostel. The room is very nice with Chinese touches, especially the transparent window…
2009-05-07 to 10 Shanghai
2009-05-07 Shanghai Today we go to the 1933. It’s a former slaughter House which is now used as a big Art exhibition / Gallery function sort of thing. The Architecture is very interesting. It’s a four floor building with heaps of different stairways and bridges. Looks like the cattle had to go this way before…
2009-05-01 to 06 Beijing
2009-05-01 Beijing Today we walked around in Beijing. Had a look at the New Modern Style Library. 2009-05-02 Beijing We entered the Forbidden City through the Meridian Gate. The dimensions are huge. It’s a real wide open space between the different Buildings and Gates. Each Place and Building has a funny name. Like “Gate of…
2009-05-30 Beijing
Today we visit the 798. It’s a former Industrial area. Now it’s full of Galleries and Art Exhibitions. Mostly modern chinese Art. Many young people and “western” perople come here. It’s a very interesting Place. At around sunset we go to the Nest. The Olympic stadium of 2008 in Beijing. Next to the Nest is…
2009-04-29 Beijing
We’ve been in the Temple of Heaven. It’s a large area with a round temple. One of Chinas manny minories was also visiting the Temple in their traditional cloth. They became an attraction themself even if they are just visitors. At the night Sin Sze’s friend Xiao showed us the modern drop shaped Opera House…
2009-04-28 Beijing
Today Sin Sze and I are flying to Beijing. We are exited to go to China. The Flight, Security Procedures and Immigration Check were easy. The Headphones provided in the Plane were interesting as they worked like a Doctors Stethoscope. It’s a bright sunny day in Beijing with just one cloud covering the whole sky….
2008-04-08 China
We get up at about 9am. It’s a nice warm sunny day with some wind. At 11:30am the bus tour continues. We stop at a small old town – Kaiping Diaolou. Some of the balconies and most of the windows are behind some fences or metal bars. The tour guide tells us to be careful…
2008-04-07 China
The day starts very early for us. We go to the meeting point in Hung Hum for the Chinese tour. After crossing the border to China, we drive two hours through the country and make our first stop at a museum for traditional clothes from the Tang and Qing dynasties. They have a show with…
2008-04-09 China
We get up so early today that after we have breakfast at 7am, we sleep for 2 hours on the bus until we arrive at a fruit plantation. Guess what – sponsored traveling again. We pick a fresh piece of blueberry-like fruit named mulberry from the tree and it tastes good. There is also this…