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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Long drive to Hangzhou
It’s a long slog today going east to Shanghai, where I will meet the East China Sea. My last couple of days have been a history-fest on the dynastic past of this great nation, but I have had many conversations over … Continue reading
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North to Nanchang
Leaving Ganzhou, I head out on the G45 along the east of the Luoxiao mountains and into Jiangxi province. The highway travels along the great plains bordered by three mountain ranges, and the rice grown along here are the dominant … Continue reading
Paying my way through China
I have a reasonable journey today that takes me initially north on my way to Shanghai to the north east. I’m a little nervous heading into China, as my current understanding is from my western/British point of view. Communist rule, … Continue reading
A little bit of Hong Kong culture
Back on the metro, I make a change at Prince Edward and head up to see the Wong Tai Sin Temple. It’s a little hemmed in between some very tall buildings all the way round, but it’s actually very easy to … Continue reading
Day 54: Hong Kong
Hong Kong is situated south of Shenzhen City and covers a number of islands, the largest being Lantau Island. My hotel is in Shenzhen, between Lichee Park and the Shenzhen railway station and when I venture out in the morning … Continue reading
The G15 to Shenzhen
China has a population of about 1.4 billion people. That’s almost 20% of the world’s people in one country. I do like a good statistic, and I find that China is three times the size in area of India, but … Continue reading
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Heading into Guangdong province
This morning I plot the route from Dongxing, on the Chinese side, to Maoming in the Guangdong province, which Google maps tells be will take about five and a half hours, but is more likely six to six and a … Continue reading
Mong Cai
I arrive in Mong Cai at three twenty-five in the afternoon and park up to the side of the bus station off the Quang Trung road. The border here turns out to be only open until 16:30, (I thought it … Continue reading
A pass by Ha Long Bay
Today, Google maps plots a route across the Cau Long Bien Bridge out of Hanoi to the east and directly across the Red River. Out of the three routes offered by the map, I choose Route 2 to stay near … Continue reading
Day 50: Hanoi
I will spend today in and around Hanoi, visit some famous places and sample the culture and style of the city. Hanoi has always been the centre of Vietnam and was established in 1010. The city was the capital of … Continue reading