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049 – The Elusive Muxiyuan Ticket
Posted on on 11/06/201222nd Apr 2012, Beijing, China This entry is also known as the Muxiyuan debacle. It all started with me trying to buy a train ticket that would take me to... -
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048 – Getting Used To Beijing
Posted on on 10/06/201221st Apr 2012, Beijing, China Now I’ve been in China for the last one half months, the bulk of which has been outside of the big cities. Along the way,... -
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047 – Back in Beijing: Temple of Heaven
Posted on on 10/06/201220th Apr 2012, Beijing, China Ah. Beijing again. It is good to be back in somewhere familiar, and just shift one gear down. Here in Beijing, I do not have... -
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038 – Tiananmen Square
Posted on on 21/04/201211th Apr 2012, Beijing, China The uniformed military soldier stood unmoving, guarding the Monument to the People’s Heroes, an obelisk right in the middle of the square. Scattered throughout the... -
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037 – Entering The Forbidden City
Posted on on 20/04/201210th Apr 2012, Beijing, China Located in the centre of Beijing is the imposing Forbidden City, back then home to Ming and Qing emperors and their families. The name came... -
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036 – Hutong alert!
Posted on on 20/04/20129th Apr 2012, Beijing, China Beijing’s hutong areas are a dream come true for me. Narrow alleyways flanked by brick one-storeyed residential houses on either side, these hutongs come alive... -
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035 – Sampling Xintiandi & Tianzifang
Posted on on 20/04/20128th Apr 2012, Shanghai, China I leave for Beijing tonight on the sleeper train. That is a 13 hour trip. There are super-speed day trains that take 5 hours to... -
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033 – The Bright Lights of Shanghai
Posted on on 18/04/20126th Apr 2012, Shanghai, China I took an ultra-fast “Harmony” train from Suzhou to Shanghai. After coming off a 34 hour train ride, this 20 minutes blitz was a nice...
