China Travel Stories

24 hours in Zhejiang Province

Date: 2008-6-13 5:04:00 by nancy; Tags: Zhejiang

Having a rare common weekend off, my American friend and I opted to travel to a place we'd heard a lot about. Hengdian is supposedly the Hollywood of China, and we even went so far as to check out the website. In true Chinese form, it was impossible to maneuver with a lot of sparkly graphics that serve no purpose, and was frustratingly vague. The only information we managed to glean was that there ... View Details

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Tea Blooming

Date: 2008-4-21 5:11:00 by Megan; Tags: Chinese Tea

It's tea-time in Anji, the small town on the northern borders of Zhejiang Province that I have called home for the past year. White tea blooms roughly three weeks of the year, which makes this time of spring a little crazy around these parts. Vendors pop up in small shops everywhere, trying to peddle the first harvest of tea. Locals frequent markets to buy up the best picks of the annual crop ... View Details

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The Real Greatest City on Earth

Date: 2008-4-28 22:14:00 by Megan; Tags: Hong Kong

I am writing from a 13th floor, archaic high-rise hostel. It's hot and the door is ajar, opening out onto a small balcony housing the washing and the garbage, allowing the distant traffic, pounding construction, and life sounds of the city to float in. The room walls are lined in blue tile and the bed is hard, with grubby old blankets for pillows and coverings. Two ancient, dirty fans are wor ... View Details

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