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Tiger Leaping Gorge
I had to scurry to Tiger Leaping Gorge to do an overnight hike staying in a hostel half way. Extremely nice views on par with some of Nepal I saw, and the weather mostly cooperated this time stopping as I …
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Finding Shangri-la
The north of Yunnan is host to an interesting mix of ethnic Chinese groups, most famously the Naxi (who were featured in a textbook I taught from in Japan) and Tibetans.
The city Zhongdian changed its name to Shangri-la after …
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Yunnan Province
From Guilin it was an overnight train to Kunming in the Yunnan Province. Yunnan borders Tibet and the mountains begin to rise.
I came right to Dali and stayed two nights in the old town. There is a large lake …
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Yangshuo!
Yangshuo really does live up to the hype. Granite spires arise from otherwise flat rice fields and rivers in one the most spectacular environments I’ve visited.
I’m couchsurfing at an English school, so at night I spend 2 hours in …
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Huangshan
A night spent in Hangzhou introduced me to a rather popular Chinese drinking game. Popularly played with a local beer called Snow, you have a cup with 5 – 8 dice in it. You roll yours, not letting the opponent(s) …
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Shanghai-ed
The smog and hazy skyline heralded the arrival of Shanghai. I quickly caught hang of weaving in and out of the masses and master the public transportation. I was supposed to meet with someone I know in Japan from Shanghai.. …
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Slow Boat to China
My last week in Japan I filled in for a private school in Oita City and made some good cash before I set out. The year’s biggest festival, Tanabata, was raging and the weather was hot.
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Tangula Luxury Train to Tibet Delayed
Awhile back I wrote about the Tangula Luxury Train to Tibet. In the build up to the Olympics, the Chinese government has severely limited access to Tibet, closing it for months, and heightening regulations making tourist visas hard to get.…
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Trekking in Nepal: Episode 11 – Return
In the last episode, Steve and I return to Kathmandu and reflect on the trip. I hope you’ve enjoyed the series and I had a blast making it. While it is hard to edit your own footage, I intentionally cuts …
