About Eggplants and Scorpions – My Experience in China 6 Everything Eggplant or what? Week one in China – and what an interesting one, too!!! Let me tell you about how I got scammed by Art students on Wangfujing Street, how I lost my Chinese...
Temples in Beijing – My Experience in China 6 I really must say that Beijing is getting better every week so far. This week I had a few first-timers of some things that were mentioned in my previous blog. And on the weekend, I went on a little tour...
Exploring Chengdu Sichuan Province Day 2 in Chengdu Sichuan Province: I got up early and went shopping (I am a girl after all). I bought a nice outdoor jacket and some great outdoor pants to get ready for my exposure to nature. I did not know at that time,...
Le Shan – Biggest Buddha in the World A rude awakening I should have known from the start, that this trip to Le Shan and Emei Shan was doomed to failure⦠But let me start from the beginning. Yesterday I booked a 2-day trip at my hostel. The first day...
Temples in Chengdu After this strenuous and a little disappointing day yesterday, I decided to sleep in and have a little more relaxing day today and visit some of the famous temples in Chengdu. I also took hundreds of pictures that day and below, you can find a...
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