This is not going to be a post with lots of pictures. Actually none at all. I am writing this from an Internet cafe – and thus not photo editing and sharing. For that you have to wait a bit…
Found a pretty good offer to fly to China (Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong) from Finnair for 1655 ron, which translates to 396 euro. The offer is a special deal, so it is available only to June 3rd. The biggest problem…
This is the second post in the series about sights in China which I did not have the time to write about when I was still in there. The first post was Along the Great Wall – a description of…
This post was long overdue, always in the making and always left for “another time”. Well, what with the weekend around the office corner I finally found the time to write about one of the “must-do” visits in China: a…
Before I write a more consistent blog post, probably with some photos as well, I wanted to share these 3 short video clips I had around. The quality is not great, but they are somewhat interesting. prayer wheel at the…
Well, all good things must come to an end. Tomorrow at 11:40am I have a flight for Amsterdam then Bucharest. And I do not really hate the fact that I will fly for almost 19 hours (huge layover in Amsterdam)…
This is the second part of the post I have written regarding moving around in Shanghai, Beijing and in-between. If you are more interested about the trains and planes you can get to get from city to city you should…
The post today is going to have more of an utilitarian purpose. I know when I started to plan for the trip to China I was definitely looking for this kind of info. And while it is true that usually…
In case you are wondering what the hell is that in the title, it is the name of a small water village near Shanghai. These are old villages that now survive in large part on the buses full of visitors…
This short post is going to be a mere continuation of Lost in Shanghai, mostly bringing a few more pictures. Yesterday, because of the very late hour I couldn’t complete the photo album, so now this can be seen as…
As I wrote in a previous post, last night was to be spent on the train from Beijing to Shanghai. And this is exactly what happened. I traveled “soft sleeper” and slept like a baby. Or a tourist who walks…
Well, tomorrow I am leaving Beijing to go to Shanghai. I am already panicked that I missed a lot of the sights – some really beautiful like the Summer Palace, some just for the experience of it like Mao’s pickled…
Today brings you a largish set of photos from an excursion to the Temple of Heaven. This is a very nice temple in southeastern Beijing, with different pagodas, pavilions and gardens scattered on a pretty big area. While it is…
This post, until I put my brain back on track, is going to be a mix of impressions and thoughts regarding Beijing. It also has some photos, but there is no real connection. Just something for everyone. So, without further…
Still fighting an awesome jetlag, I try to post a bit more on what I did yesterday. Also this time – there are some photos. Taking up where I left in the previous post – at the hostel. I am…
Today I will try to catch up with last two days events – mostly arriving to Beijing and first day spent here wondering at the strangeness of this city. But first things first: the flight from Bucharest to Amsterdam (by…
Yesterday I picked my passport back from the Chinese embassy in Bucharest. It was a bit strange that I had to have hostel reservations (I am used to make those as late as possible), but in the end it all…