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Backpack Odyssey – My China Experience 22

Posted on19. Oct, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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Due to the strange regulations of my visa, I can only stay in China for 60 days at a time. As I will be in China 60 days on November 5, 2007, I have to leave the country before or on this date. Foreign expats with the same kind of problems usually go to Hongkong [...]

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Fragrent Hills – My China Experience 21

Posted on18. Oct, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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On Sunday, the weather was absolutely gorgeous, and Sabrina and I decided to postpone our tour through the Hutongs for two reasons: First, we could do that on a rainy day as well, and second, her friend, a German-speaking tour guide invited us to go to Fragrant Hills. Fragrant Hills is North West of Beijing, [...]

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Bell & Drum Tower – My China Experience 20

Posted on16. Oct, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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Another week at work passed much too quickly, and time is flying by. I cannot imagine that I have been here for almost 2 months already. 2 weeks ago, Nir and I went to the Visa administration office, because he had to check something about his visa. When we were there, I also used this [...]

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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 [...]