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Beijing Planning Exhibition Center – My China Experience 19

Posted on15. Oct, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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I had visited all the major sights of Beijing on a previous visit, but all of them in 2 days, so yes, I can say I have been at the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Ming Tombs, and the Summer Palace, but have I seen them? Not really… So when I returned to Beijing [...]

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Farewell Nir – My China Experience 18

Posted on14. Oct, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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Tuesday was Nir’s last day in China, so he had to go find some nice souvenirs for his friends and family. While I was at work, he went to the Silk market and one last time to Tiananmen Square. He was supposed to come to my office at 5.30 PM so we could go home, [...]

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Exploring Beijing, Acrobatic Show – My China Experience 17

Posted on12. Oct, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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Today, I had to go back to work, so Nir went off on his own to see the Great Wall at Badaling. I would have loved to go with him, even though I did not like Badaling very much the first time, so I was getting a little bit frustrated at work because they did [...]

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Exploring Beijing, Summer Palace – My China Experience 16

Posted on10. Oct, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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The next day, we went to the Summer Palace and actually planned to get there very early, but traffic was so bad that it took us almost 1 ½ hours to get there. It was a beautiful day and the weather was just perfect, blue sky and not too hot or too cold. We wandered [...]

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Exploring Beijing, Forbidden City – My China Experience 15

Posted on06. Oct, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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On Saturday morning Nir, one of the Israelis I met in Chengdu flew in from Xi’an and I met him at IKEA. It was really nice to see him again. Nir planned to stay in Beijing from Saturday until Tuesday, and of course he wanted to see all the major sights. But first, he had [...]

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Tibetan Quarter in Chengdu – My China Experience 14

Posted on04. Oct, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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Sunday was my last day in Chengdu, but my flight left at 8:00 PM, so it was almost another full day! After checking out of Sam’s (luckily I could leave my suitcase there) I went to Starbucks and had a nice cafe latte and a chocolate croissant!!! Then I took a cab to the Tibetan [...]

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Panda Bears!!! My Experience in China 13

Posted on01. Oct, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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On my 6th day, I finally had a chance to visit the Pandas!!! I had decided not to go to the large Panda reservation in Wolong, but to the closer Panda Research Station directly in Chengdu. I have heard that you might not even see pandas in Wolong and I wanted to be sure to [...]

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Exploring Sichuan Province – My China Experience 12

Posted on28. Sep, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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I really have to say that day 5 was the absolute highlight of the whole week. I had booked another tour with the travel agency at Sam’s, which was supposed to take me out of the city to see the countryside and a more rural China. Actually, I was a little afraid, that this tour [...]

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Tempels in Chengdu – My China Experience 11

Posted on25. Sep, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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After this strenuous and a little disappointing day yesterday, I decided to sleep in and have a little more relaxing day today. I went to Starbucks for breakfast and some real coffee and then I had a nice time walking around the Mao square, with a hugh Mao statue in front of the Natural Science [...]

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Biggest Buddha – My China Experience 10

Posted on20. Sep, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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I should have known from the start, that this trip was doomed to failure… But let me start from the beginning. Yesterday I booked a 2-day trip at my hostel. The first day was supposed to take us to Le Shan, the largest Buddha in the world. Day 2 should go to Emei Shan, one [...]