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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 […]
29 August 2007
From our base in Toulouse, we had the day for tripping around the area. We chose to drive out to Carcassonne, over an hour outside the city. We started our drive with a look through the fence of the Airbus factory. Having captured no worthwhile photos yesterday, we felt compelled to swing past the factory […]
28 August 2007
Condom I never thought I’d see Catholicism and contraception come together! But it kinda did at the pretty little town of Condom, about an hour from Marmande, which had the Cathedral at its centre. By the way, the French call the rubber thingey preservatif instead of condom, and there is no relationship between the name […]
27 August 2007
Lunch by the Atlantic From Nantes, we needed to head south to Toulouse by tomorrow, which was over 5h away. More with rest and sightseeing stops. Because our pre-booked accommodation in Toulouse starts only from tomorrow night, we decided to play it by ear and see where we end up for the night. Less than […]