China Travel Stories

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Date: 2008-9-29 8:47:00

I have contributed many travel stories to this website. Several are available here: http://www.chinatravel.com/my/megan/story/ ... View Details

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Beijing, Xian and Yangtze Cruise

Date: 2008-9-28 1:28:00 by lucia; Tags: Beijing Xian

We were walking downtown Xian. It's so hot you could fry rice on the pavement, which only intensified every dirty, rotten smell, which managed to emanate from every building and alley you passed. The odors were enough to gag you. Running from each building under a grate in the sidewalk, is a drain with god only knows what it contains. Hope you have a visualization . . . . . As we stepped over one ... View Details

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Olympic Sands

Date: 2008-9-27 23:30:00 by jamon919; Tags: Olympics Beijing beach volleyball chaoyang

Its starting soon! Come on! My partner yelled to me as we rushed out of the gate towards the road, 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. No ... View Details

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