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| 58 days: China and SEA | |
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| Topic Started: Apr 29 2017, 04:31 PM (1,868 Views) | |
| blizzard | Dec 4 2017, 01:40 PM Post #91 |
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One camera, one iPhone, one iPad and one laptop later. I took too many photos. Back to China: Hanoi to Nanning and beyond After agonizing over whether to go south to Malaysia then Indonesia my with my daughter I chose to stick to my original itinerary of taking the train to Nanning – a city in southern China where I lived with my daughters for just under one year. It was time to return to my ‘going home’ portion of this trip. https://unattendedgrandma.wordpress.com/2017/12/03/back-to-china-hanoi-to-nanning-and-beyond/ |
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| sooty | Dec 4 2017, 06:14 PM Post #92 |
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Great photos and descriptors as always. |
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| blizzard | Dec 7 2017, 06:08 PM Post #93 |
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Thank you Sooty! I am trying to catch up. So far technology is great for deleting everything. However, I think Yangshuo is finally online. I took a chance and went directly to the train station to buy my ticket from Nanning to Yangshuo rather than ordering it ahead of time. I was curious to know how close to West Street the Yangshuo Station could be. Not very. Yangshuo had mushroomed into an ugly, widespread, mass that undulates through the valleys of the karst hills. As it had never had a train station one was built about an hour from the once popular backpackers delight of West Street, the Li River, and the surrounding hills. The hills are still stunning, shrouded in mist, jutting from the green like toys scattered by young giants. https://unattendedgrandma.wordpress.com/2017/11/28/yangshuo/ |
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| blizzard | Dec 10 2017, 05:24 PM Post #94 |
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I am on a mission to complete my blog entries, with photos, before the end of the year. Luoyang: Longmen Grottoes It was fortunate I had enough sense to record some of how awestruck I was by these magnificent, ancient carvings as, even after going through my very few photos and my notes, I cannot adequately describe what was coursing through my senses. As for pictures, they barely do justice to the majesty of the workmanship – I put my phone and camera away to just enjoy the legacy left behind after the carvers, monks, adherents, royalty and commoners had turned to dust. I spent seven hours marvelling, discussing, pondering, searching, with a young man from the Netherlands I had met at my hostel. It was nice to spend time with someone just as inquisitive as I am about the history of a place. A bonus was how quickly he could look up the meaning of a character – sometimes writing it on his phone with his finger (I need an app for that). https://unattendedgrandma.wordpress.com/2017/12/08/luoyang-longmen-grottoes/ |
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| Kahu | Dec 11 2017, 04:23 PM Post #95 |
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Are the Longmen Grottoes are a World Heritage site? The Bamiyan Buddha statues that were blown up by the Taliban have been reconstructed with a coloured 3D projected image. Certainly not the same as the original ... https://youtu.be/JI4ozg4iEEw |
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| blizzard | Dec 11 2017, 05:58 PM Post #96 |
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KAHU, Yes under UNESCO and the protection of the Chinese government. I had not set out to specifically visit UNESCO sites on this trip. I am happy there is more protection though. One can only hope more countries can maintain such heritage sites. The destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha was terrible. |
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| blizzard | Dec 12 2017, 03:19 AM Post #97 |
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Here Be Dragons Travelling in China and Vietnam one cannot miss a beast of myth the countries share. Dragons lurk above, rear up from fountains, wind along stairwells. Dragons control rainfall, typhoons and floods. They symbolize power and good luck. In ancient China the dragon symbolized the sovereignty of the emperor. Images of dragon decoration in architecture, furnishings, monuments, musical instruments, tools or war and clothing were common. https://unattendedgrandma.wordpress.com/2017/12/10/here-be-dragons/ |
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| blizzard | Dec 23 2017, 05:42 AM Post #98 |
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Xi'an: So Much more than warriors The timing seems right, all about the food! After finally finishing this I was rather surprised i did not have more photos - I guess I was busy eating everything. unattendedgrandma.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/xian-so-much-more-than-warriors/ |
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| sooty | Dec 23 2017, 06:50 PM Post #99 |
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Can't get the link but will try again later. |
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| blizzard | Dec 24 2017, 05:29 PM Post #100 |
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Sooty, it seems I am still having difficulty between two pieces of technology. If you go to the blog just using unattendedgrandma.wordpress.com you should be able to find it. Let me know? |
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| blizzard | Dec 25 2017, 04:58 AM Post #101 |
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For anyone wishing to read about the food in Xi'an I hope this new link works! https://unattendedgrandma.wordpress.com/2017/12/22/xian-so-much-more-than-warriors |
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| blizzard | Jan 1 2018, 07:26 AM Post #102 |
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Oh my, so far behind. It seems unlikely I will finish about my adventures by the end of the day. Here are two more entries about my adventures in Xi'an. The first isof course the famous Terracotta Warriors; the second the Ancient Xi'an Wall. I know some of you have already one of them and I appreiate your comments and interest! https://unattendedgrandma.wordpress.com/2017/12/24/xian-terracotta-warriors/ https://unattendedgrandma.wordpress.com/2017/12/31/xian-hitting-the-wall-and-finding-a-temple/ |
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| blizzard | Jan 5 2018, 05:18 AM Post #103 |
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Xi’an: Guanren Lama Temple & Little Wild Goose Pagoda One advantage of travelling solo is having the freedom to make choices to delay, speed up or take a different fork in the road. Xi’an managed to provide all of these options. Despite having already seen so much I knew I had barely scratched the surface. I decided to stay another two nights, thinking this would still give me time to revisit some places in Beijing and spend time with friends without overstaying my visit. Considering, yet again, the mishmash of directions I was glad I made that decision! https://unattendedgrandma.wordpress.com/2018/01/04/xian-guanren-lama-temple-little-wild-goose-pagoda/ |
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| agate | Jan 5 2018, 05:37 AM Post #104 |
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You certainly are braver than me Blizzard. I have seen the terra cotta figures many time on TV and that will be the only way I will ever see them. I definitely would not be able to handle the crowds & pollution. |
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| erka | Jan 5 2018, 07:04 AM Post #105 |
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The picture of the warriors holding your 2 pandas is my smile of the day (i.e. in the Terracotta Warrior link) |
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