JABAROOTOO's Travel Journals (77)
Guiyang
November 6, 2003 - November 6, 2003
It's exam time so I'm off on the first of many visits to Guizhou. I took the overnight train to Guiyang with two days of organisized day trips before flying back to CQ.
Dali
October 6, 2003 - October 7, 2003
Dali sights included the Old walled city, a cruise on Erhai Hu and the new cable car up to Zhonghe Shan for a great panoramic view over Dali and the lake.
Lijiang
August 4, 2003 - August 5, 2003
After an overnight train to Dali we made several shopping stops on the afternoon bus trip to Lijiang. With only one day in this beautiful mountain town we spent most of it queing for the chairlift to the Yak Meadow.
Kunming
October 2, 2003 - October 3, 2003
Kunming and the Stone Forest was the first stop on this week long trip to Yunnan
Jiangsu
August 28, 2003 - August 28, 2003
Zhouzhuang - Not feeling well I got a late start for the day and barely had an hour for a flying visit to the famous canal village of Zhouzhuang before the last bus left for Shanghai. But this hasty visit was well worth it.
Suzhou
August 26, 2003 - August 28, 2003
Let Suzhou seduce you with her walled gardens, quaint canals and luxurious silks.
Wuxi
August 24, 2003 - August 26, 2003
Wuxi, on Tai Hu is well known but not so famous is Dingshan which is noted for it's caves and the pottery of Yixing county and produces masses of cute little teapots. It's also the place where one of my friends lives.
Shanghai
August 21, 2003 - August 24, 2003
Staying with one with one of my ex-pat friends, I was able to enjoy cosmopolitan Shanghai without busting my budget - Shanghai has so much to offer from the Bund to the French Consession and Nanjing Lu's shopping.<br>
Fujian
August 15, 2003 - August 17, 2003
And a visit to Longyan, gateway to the Hakka minority's mostly circular community dwellings of Yongding in the border regions with Guangdong
Fujian
August 11, 2003 - August 13, 2003
Wuyishan, famed for its tea and bamboo rafting on the Nine Bend River and so much more if you have the time.<br>