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Dirty Mining Region to Paradise under the Heaven

Date: 2008-3-31 20:51:00 by gina Tags: China Tour China travel

Suzhou Picture

This trip was full of contrasts – from the rather dirty areas of Datong-Pingyao to the very scenic sections later.

Datong

Very smoggy, in a huge coal area with around 10,000 coal mines, poor and dingy miners villages with the remains of ancient fortifications just dotted around, eg old beacon towers, or bits of old wall, built of rammed mud, crumbling now

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My Lifetime Tour to China

Date: 2008-3-24 20:26:00 by Chinatravel Tags: China travel

Suzhou Garden

Our tour was based on 'classic' China. My trip was not always a standard tourist experience, and of course I am one ageing Aussie female.

We visited Beijing, Xi'an, Yangtze River Cruise (Chongqing/ Yichang), Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou.

Our tour was excellent. I had received excellent hospitality from time to time from some of the local Agencies, which certainly made my tour a wo

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The French Authority

Date: 2008-3-19 2:56:00 by Chris Tags: China travel

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It was about six o'clock in the evening (Beijing time) on a cold Wednesday night.  Although the rest of the nearby restaurants were filling up with diners, this place didn't usually see a crowd until nine or ten.  Only one of the four stools in front of the tiny bar was occupied.  In it sat an American guy bundled in a fur lined jacket and wool-knit hat.  He looked quite occ

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