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China is one of our favourite countries.  We had a great time traveling around, we were treated very well as independent backpackers, and really enjoyed the sights.  The food was wonderful and the prices were low.

 

 

Photo Galleries of China

Beijing

Beijing Opera, Forbidden Palace, Great Wall, Lamasery, Other, Prince Gongs Mansion, Summer Palace, Temple Of Heaven, Tianamen Square, Shanghai

Shanghai (2 albums, 60 pictures)

The Bund, Canals Of Suzhou

Suzhou (6 albums, 118 pictures)

Humble Administrators Garden, Jinji Lake, Lion Forest Garden, Shopping, Tiger Hill Pagoda, Chongqing

Chongqing, China (3 pictures)

Chongqing is a big, modern city that is the jumping off point for a lot of Yangtze Cruises.

Guilin (Guillin), China (15 pictures)

Hong Kong SAR, China

Our first stop in China was Hong Kong. It was very different than we expected.

Longji Rice Terraces - Longshen - Dragon's Spine Terraces Terraced Rice Fields, China (22 pictures)

Longshen, or Dragon's Spine Terraces, is known for terraced rice paddies that stretch as far as the eye can see. ...

Xi'an, China

Xi'an is home to the Terracotta Warriors. However, it is also a beautiful city in it's own right.

Yangshuo, China (18 pictures)

We visited Yangshuo, just a short bus ride from Guillin. The scenery here is beautiful - it was also the ...

Yangtze (3 Gorges) Cruise, China (31 pictures)

We took a cruise down the Yangtze river for a couple of days. Although the boat we took left a ...
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The Silk Alley Market, Beijing

August 31, 2014
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Our final stop of the day was the Silk Alley market. Our guidebook described it as a tourist trap outside market. What we found was different – an indoor multi-level market.…
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Summer Palace, Beijing

August 31, 2014
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Summer PalaceThe next day, we took a taxi to the Summer Palace outside the city. It’s a huge site, and would take most of a day to cover. Unfortunately, we only had a couple of hours.…
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Watching the Chinese Opera at Huguang Guild Hall, Beijing

August 31, 2014
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BeijingOperaNext up on our whirlwind tour was the Chinese Opera. We returned to Qianmen by metro (so fast. Forget taking a taxi in Beijing during rush hour, which appeared to be most of the day!).…
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Prince Gong’s Mansion and the Lama Temple, Beijing

August 31, 2014
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princegongs2We returned to Beijing, and visited Prince Gong’s Mansion. Although quite picturesque, it was packed with tourists, which made it hard to enjoy (and get good photos of!). There’s some tourist trap thing where you can pay to get in to a building and drink tea an
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A couple of days in Hong Kong

May 30, 2014
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After flying in from San Francisco, finding our hotel and checking out the bird market, we wandered down and around Nathan St. back towards our hotel, picking up a large plastic box to ship our new birdcage home in.…
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Terracotta Warriors

March 20, 2009
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Terracotta WarriorsTerracotta Warriors In the morning, we headed out to the star attraction of Xi’an, the Terracotta Warriors. A bus leaves from right outside the hotel and took us directly there, comfortably.…
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Shopping at the Yuen Po Street Bird Garden and Flower Market, Hong Kong

April 10, 2008
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Early the next morning, we took the subway (couldn’t have been easier!) to the Yuen Po Street Bird Garden, where old men walk their birds and socialize. We bought a bird cage, and set off to explore the flower market.…
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Cosmic Guesthouse, Kowloon, Hong Kong – Great cheap hotel

April 10, 2008
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Cosmic Guesthouse hotel room - you could just about touch both walls at the same time! Almost all backpackers stay in either the Mirador Mansion, or the Chung King Mansion. These ‘mansions’ are in fact just large buildings, with various floors owned by different guesthouse
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Getting from Hong Kong Airport to Kowloon

April 10, 2008
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See our Hong Kong slideshowHong Kong Skyline from the Walk of the Stars We flew from San Francisco to Hong Kong. Our experience as we arrived in Hong Kong couldn’t have been better.…
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