China
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At the very end of my time in China, I had a free day to go an explore a nearby location – I was deciding between Suzhou and Hangzhou, but ended up opting for Suzhou as I expected it to be a bit more laid back. I was up early in Shanghai, got the metro…
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Thursday Today was a long day of travel, after rising at 7.30AM we flew Guilin airport to Shanghai, then took a bus from the Pudong airport and arrived at our hotel at 4PM. In the afternoon we went to some markets in Yuyuan Garden, it was touristic but we had some fantastic food. Then we…
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Last night a few of us went for a couple of beers free the orientation walk, but we didn’t stay out too long. This morning I found my coffee fix at Starbucks Reserve around the corner, had a brief breakfast of eggs and a piece of toast, and today we set off for a float…
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Saturday Today I woke up a bit earlier than necessary, and as is custom for me – went out for a walk in search of a coffee that was going to taste anywhere better than instant coffee. Then with the group we hopped in a private bus to Leshan. We had lunch then visited the…
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Thursday We took the high speed rail from Xi’an to Chengu, and again it was impressively comfortable and efficient. In the evening we went out for a walk and had my first ever hotpot dinner. The most obscure ingredient being duck intestine, which tasted fine if chewy. Friday We ate such a large dinner last…
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Yesterday we took the bullet train from Beijing to Xi’an. It was about a 6 hour ride, but pretty comfortable overall. Once in Xi’an we took a walk around the city and markets, then went for dinner at a shop off the main drag of the Muslim markets. After that we had time to walk…
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Friday 11th October The start of the trip was a bit of a disaster – my flight from Perth was cancelled while I was waiting in the departure lounge, so I had to head back home to sleep for a few hours whilst I waited to hear back about when the flight was rescheduled. I…
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