Monthly Archives: July 2011

Yesterday I went on my first train adventure, which can only be preparation for the upcoming train journeys in the months ahead! So we decided to go to Tianjin, I have no idea why since we actually had no idea … Continue reading →

Putuoshan is a small Buddhist island that can be reached by boats from Shanghai or Ningbo. It has numerous temples and I guess you can actually walk around the whole island in just about an hour. We were led around … Continue reading →

The Three Gorges Dam is a huge project that is very controversial. It is the largest dam in the world and the largest project undertaken by China since the construction of the Great Wall. The completion of the dam is … Continue reading →

At first glance Chengde, appeared to be every travellers nightmare. Standing at the train station we were concerned that something had been lost in translation and we had ended up in the wrong town. Scores of unfinished buildings, rubble and … Continue reading →