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21 November 2007
Based near the Cheng Yang Bridge, I walked to the a nearby Ji Chang village today. While I enjoyed the scenery, the highlight was the market scene in Da Zhai village along the way. I was lucky to have struck market day. It is relatively unspoilt here and the village was unpretentious and authentic, down […]
20 November 2007
I walked down the hill and said goodbye to the rice terraces of Ping An. My first ride was to Longsheng, connecting to Sanjiang and then a further connection to my final destination. Three bus rides later I was at the Cheng Yang Wind and Rain Bridge, outside the town of Sanjiang. It is pretty […]
19 November 2007
Exploring This morning I woke to the sound of dripping on my backpack. Then it became a torrent. I think the family owning the hotel sleep in the loft and baby did a wee wee, or hopefully a glass of water fell over. Fortunately I managed to leap out of bed to move my pack […]
18 November 2007
I woke early and left Guilin for my next destination by bus. Two buses in fact. I lucked out with the first one for Longshen, catching it a couple of minutes before it departed from Guilin station. Less than two hours, I changed at Longshen for a smaller bus to Ping An rice terraces. It […]
17 November 2007
I woke to a cool grey day. Maybe even brown. Very often the sky in China is brown due to pollution, desert dust or whatever other reason. I only have today at Guilin and wanted to take in the various sights. First up, I climbed up to Solitary Beauty Peak. The Peak is one of […]
16 November 2007
Kim and I spent the morning in Hong Kong looking for his model car shops. Nothing opens till about 1100 so it was fruitless. After a nice buffet lunch at his hotel, I left some of my luggage at the hotel reception and made my way to the airport for my 1 hour plus flight […]
15 November 2007
Our flight arrived into Hong Kong slightly after 0600 and it was about 0800 by the time we go to the Novotel in Wanchai. We showered and slept till 1100 when I rang Rosalind, a friend from school for our catch-up arrangements. Rosalind and another school friend, Mary turned up and we walked a few […]
6 October 2006
Maternal great grandfather’s home Breakfast at the hotel was a repeat of the greasy fare from two days ago. I skipped the greasy rice and noodles and settled for congee and greasy vegetables. Even the pickles were greasy but they went quite well with the congee, as did the very fine ikan bilis. We had […]
5 October 2006
Getting to Zhao An Step-dad woke me up at 0510 because he thought I should have been up for my daytrip to Chan Village in Zhao An. But I had taken care of my wake-up time with an alarm for 0545. I took a taxi to the bus station. With the ride only taking five […]
4 October 2006
Gulangyu gone wrong The Chinese breakfast at the hotel was very greasy. But it didn’t put off the domestic tourists from filling up big-time on the food. After breakfast, we headed out to try some change SGD to CNY at the Bank of China across the road. I was surprised it was open being a […]