China Travel Stories

My Chinese Time Machine,Longsheng

Date: 2008-3-5 0:47:00

Longsheng, Guangxi, China. Backpack. Good friends. Majestic mountains. Inspiration. Timeless. Perfect! I sat in the back of a bus with 19 of my Chinese friends wondering what would await us. As I looked out the window, I realized that my home town in sunny California was far behind me, in what seemed like another world. This world that I was currently gazing upon seemed untouched by the violence ... View Details

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Olympic Sands

Date: 2008-10-19 8:04:00 by jamon919; Tags: Olympics Beijing beach volleyball chaoyang

It's starting soon! Come on! My partner yelled to me as we rushed out of the gate towards the road, as part of a mad rush to get to the Olympic beach volleyball semi-finals in time. As luck would have it, cabs were nowhere to be found in our time of need. The usual snaking lines of red cabs with overly passionate drivers seemed to have disappeared overnight. Damned! I thought to myself. ... View Details

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Longsheng Terraced Fileds

Date: 2008-9-19 3:12:00 by chinatravel; Tags: Guilin

It is hard to imagine anywhere in the People's Republic untouched by civil engineers, the levelers of history. But truly nowhere else in China has life remained perfectly intact - culturally and naturally - as on the Dragon's Backbone in the rural villages of Longsheng county is southwest China. While Guangxi Autonomous Region's one-two punch of geological wonders are provincial sites that s ... View Details

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