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21 March 2024
Flying to Haikou Today we return to Haikou to begin our stay in Hainan Island. There’s a gap in the airline’s schedule with either somewhat early morning flights or one mid-afternoon. We had chosen an 0840 departure and had to wake at 0500. The Didi driver ordered by the hotel for 0600 was super-friendly. He […]
20 March 2024
Guangzhou Metro Today, we explored the sights of Guangzhou that were further afield, requiring some form of transport. I had set up my WeChat to include Guangzhou metro and to my great surprise, it worked perfectly! I only had to scan the metro sub-app barcode at the turnstile and I was let in (and […]
19 March 2024
Yongqingfang area I woke around 0700 and I met the others around 0800 to go around the corner to a “hole in the wall” place to get some dimsum items for breakfast. We ate them in the hotel lobby, accompanied by complimentary coffee. We set off around 0900 to explore the Yongqingfang old area near […]
18 March 2024
Arriving and transit in Haikou We arrived 15 mins ahead of the scheduled time of 0500 into Haikou. Immigration didn’t take too long and we were in the quiet landside area around 0530. I had a note in Google Translate explaining to the immigration officer that I needed the 15 day “All China” visa […]
29 October 2015
After a leisurely breakfast fruit, yoghurt and muesli in my room, I went out for a 2h+ exploration of the old town. It was more of the same as what I had seen yesterday. I think I’m feeling a bit jaded as I didn’t feel like paying money for the entrances. There was the Zhangfei […]
28 October 2015
What bliss it is to wake naturally without an alarm. Even better that I had a good night sleep without altitude complications. After a very leisurely breakfast and prep, I checked out around 1000 and taxied to Beimen bus station (which was new to me). I managed to get myself on the 1100 bus to […]
27 October 2015
I had a perfect night sleep last night. Kangding at 2600m / 8530ft is a breeze after Tagong which was higher than Lhasa. I made some muesli and yoghurt for breakfast before heading downstairs to meet the Swiss. We shared a taxi from a nearby bakery (where they bought breakfast) to the bus station. We […]
26 October 2015
Yep, another bad night sleep due to altitude. But it will soon be a distant memory as we descend down to Kangding today which is “only” 2600m / 8530ft. Together with the 3 Swiss, we shared a minivan to Kangding. Pulling into the town of Kangding, we saw a very large church. Mathias noted that […]
25 October 2015
I had a bad night sleep due to altitude last night; the half sleeping pill I took didn’t help much. Max recommended that I wake around 0800 because they start breakfast around 0830. It’s too cold to get going before that. I set off around 0930 up to the viewpoint, then headed to the big […]
24 October 2015
Getting to Tagong I had trouble getting to sleep last night; it must have been the altitude at around 2600m / 8530 ft. I took half a sleeping pill and had a good night sleep, waking up well before 0600. I got ready and taxied to the station for the 0700 bus to Tagong. Actually […]