China Travel Stories

China Cuture Tour, Nanjing

Date: 2008-4-28 1:34:00 by John Tags: Nanjing

We were spending a few days in Nanjing, capital of eastern China's Jiangsu province last year.

Little did I know that the train stopped at a different railway station. At the west station rather than the main station. So cannot find the bus and resort to a taxi. There seems to be an abundance of westerners here (although this is probably relative...), but everything is still Chine

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Experience old China in Datong and Pingyao

Date: 2008-4-16 3:25:00 by Teacher Lee Tags: old china

It's perhaps their surroundings of the dust shrouded mine region of Shanxi province tarnishs these two places' fame. They are less known to foreigners despite the impressive possession of the unique historical facades and ancient Buddhism carvings that many travelers are seeking. Honestly speaking, when my colleagues offered Datong and Pingyao to me for a three day short break to central C

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My Tibet Train travel experience

Date: 2008-4-10 21:46:00 by Yourguide Tags: Tibet train travel

I took the newly operated Chongqing-Lhasa train along the Qinghai-Tibet highland railway and reached Lhasa the third day.

Scenery along the rail track is unbelievably beautiful with vast lakes, views of snow-capped mountains, foothill grassland among which flocks of yak and sheep are leaping and skipping.

The train condition is very good, better than most of the trains I ha

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