C H I N A
Friday 28th November 2014 - Tuesday 9th December 2014 (12 days in China)
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HISTORY Mongolia tried to overtake china. French concession for a while. Diplomatic, republic, federation, communists, democrats, independent, China. GEOGRAPHY china shows its seasons. The most common tree that droops. Cobble stones, Bricks & wood
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CULTURE Serve hot water (been boiled to kill bacteria) and also better for you to drink warm water. They use rice paper sheet to do paintings and silk to support the paper behind. Old antiques. Acrobatics use fans, umbrellas, outfits, dancing, music, ladders, strength, bikes, motocycles, spinning wheel,. Kung fu. Opera. Chinese musical instruments. Bottles of of water with tea leafs. Shisiuan cicine and boa chicken.
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LIFESTYLE Factories. Large traffic lights, countdown on green & red lights. Cars don’t stop for pedestrians. No road rules just merges like bali. Eat chicken feet, pig feet, all animal intestines, livers, tongues, heads, gizzards, ears and trimmings. Everything is more expensive in China - esp apple items & electronics $160 for 1T hard drive. Eat sweet pop corn. All taxis have a small tv screen with love games with barcode to get details. Speak really loud & make strange sounds. Everyone spitting. All public toilets squating and have no toilet paper, besides huangshan airport had paper. Starr and take photos of white/western people.
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IN A FEW WORDS Communists - Mao Zedong - modernisation & development - Ming Dynasty - Buddhism - Architectures- Poetry - Pagodas - Kung fu - Temples - Hutongs - Martial Arts- Rickshaws - Tai Chi - Pekking Duk - Great Wall - Olympics - Opera - Night markets - Skyscrappers - Mountains - Rivers & lakes - Watertowns - Monastries - Gardens - Villages - sunrise and sunsets - mist - tai chi - tea - massages - ride bikes - boats and canals - local work - chinese tea - confucious - tibet - dalai lama - tao - silk - ringing of the bells. - fishing - RICE TERRACES One child policy -FIRE WORKS, KITES, SILK, Gun powder, paper, printing, other Inventions, markets Terracotta army Panda -Feng Shui- Luck and Fortune Century eggs -Population Calligraphy Chopstick
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SLEEP
East side |
EAT & DRINK
On the street Noodles, soups, dumplings, rice, meats, fried bread dumplings, noodle broth, |
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West Side Do this at night time, the whole place lights up its beauiful. Everything is built around the canels, there are restaurants and bars that are lively at night, bridges you can cross over to either side of the canels. East Side This is where we stayed. In the day there are boats that you can take to show you around the ancient town. Former Residence of Mao Dun - Guan Qian Street Aged Ginkgo Tree Soy Factory |
TRANSPORT
To get here from Shanghai need purple line 4 subway to Shanghai Stadium Inside i think, and its a big nformation centre terminal you need to walk inside the building , about $17 and 2and half hour ride. local HOUSING QING DYNASTYEither walk, hire bucycle or take a short cheap taxi. |
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Longjing Tea is one of the most famous tea grown in china, also known as dragon tea. Dragon well tea - Meijiawu Tea Village Leifeng Pagoda Sunset at Sunset Linan - West Tianmu - Mountains & Bamboo Forest Su Causeway Bai Causeway Hefang Street Felai Feng (Flying peak) Lingyin temple XIHU LAKE Jiefang east and Yanan road NE of the lake. Remnant Snow on Broken Bridge. Qinghefang Ancient Street Hu Qingyu's TANG Traditional Pharmac |
TRANSPORT
Taxis are almost the only way, there are local public buses but we got taxis everywhere or roade our bikes. |
SLEEP
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EAT & DRINK
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Emerald Valley Yellow Mountain - Hot-spring, Cloud Valley Scenic Spot, Pine Valley Scenic Spot, North Sea Scenic Spot, and Jade Screen Scenic Spot, to name the famous spots. 150YEN to walk up the top 18RMB from Huangshan city to Tangko (Base of the Mountain) 15-50 bus-taxi To get to the Cable Car 230 MB to Park Entree 80RMB CABLE CAR each way (or 7km short walk up about 4hrs) Xidi and Hongcun Ancient Village: 104CYN for each Village entry. Huiyuan bridge and 2 streams |
TRANSPORT
Transport: Huangshan FM9268 2230, 7th Dec 2014, Seat 52C Huangshan - Shanghai Flight $125 10;35pm arrive 11:15pm/ or Train @ 8:45pm for $45 arrive Shanghai 8:50am |
SLEEP
The Bund River Side 398 East Beijing Road - Room No:1012 |
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TRANSPORT
3 day subway card for $8.40, subway gets you everywhere |