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14 June 2025
Yehliu Geopark Today we hired a car and driver to cover a few places that are part of a common tour itinerary. Two of three were places I had been to, but it’s a good way to spend the day with friends. The car was organised through the hotel rather than online as we had […]
13 June 2025
Dihua Street MH & WL had woken up at 0330 and been out for breakfast before sunrise whereas I had some muesli in the room. We took a taxi out around to Dihua Street. The street is lined with nice character buildings, some from the Japanese era, selling traditional dried foods. MH was looking for […]
12 June 2025
Above: My Indonesian lunch. The weather turned as I prepared to venture out today, with intermittent drizzle continuing through the day. It wasn’t forecast and even when it was raining, the forecast said it was currently cloudy! That’s so unusual as forecasts show a rainy icon with the slightest showers. I had thought of going […]
11 June 2025
Flying to Taipei I woke at 0330, way ahead of my alarm at 0500. That meant only 5h of sleep but that is somewhat enough for me. I lay in bed for quite a bit before preparing to head to the airport. Leaving the room at 0527, I called by reception to return my keycard […]
20 April 2025
Final sightseeing It’s my last day in Xian and China today before a flight out after midnight. I had they day to kill and I chose to do that with E & BW. Kim went out with Dennis instead, to do car “things”. KL & M had departed this morning for Penang. The morning was […]
19 April 2025
Transport to Huashan Today we have a trip to Huashan. I had booked the entrance and cablecar tickets as a combo with return transport from the city to Huashan which is about 2h away each way. We had the choice of meeting at a set pick-up point or from our hotel. But because our […]
18 April 2025
Main site Today we revisit the Terracotta Warriors outside town, combined with the Huaqing Palace near to the warriors site. It is possible to do it by public transport but some of us decided it would be eaiser getting a private car. It turned out to be a great decision as it was a long […]
17 April 2025
Moving to Xian Today we take the bullet train from Chongqing West to Xian North, a journey of less than 5h30. We took two taxis to the station for the 1057 departure. As it was a big station, getting there an hour before hand gave us less waiting time than at previous stations. Because […]
16 April 2025
Above: Chongqing skyline in the background. Yangtze River Cableway We wanted to take the cable car across the Yangtze during our stay in Chongqing, to get a good overview of the city. To avoid the crowd, we started early and was aided by the fact we were 5 mins away from the cable car […]
15 April 2025
Sleeper train to Chongqing After four nights at Wulingyuan (or six nights at the Wulingyuan and Zhangjiajie area) we depart for Chongqing. Our now regular driver picked us up after breakfast at 0930 to take us to Zhangjiajie West station. It was our sixth time at the station having done trips from there to Furong […]