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Day 110 Xian, China

The hotel/apartment complex we were staying in had an adjoining restaurant.  Here they served a good buffet breakfast. Our room came with one breakfast – yep, one. Useless for a family of four so we...

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Day 111 Xian to Beijing, China

We walked the 500 metres to the bus stop down the street from the Citadine at the Melody Hotel in Xian.  The bus goes directly to the airport and stops at the two terminals. We got off at the wrong...

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Day 112 Palaces and Pandas in Beijing, China

We woke to our first full day in Beijing and enjoyed a leisurely breakfast in the hostel’s serene courtyard.   We used the common room as a study for the boys to catch up on some school work and got...

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Things I’ve seen on a motorbike by Harris

I’ve been in Asia for 4 months and have been to Indonesia,  Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. There are millions of people on motorbikes in these countries because they are...

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Day 113, You can’t fly a kite in Tiannamen Square!

We had to see Tiannamen Square and the Forbidden City as they are both must do attractions in Beijing.  Our day started with a lovely breakfast in the hostel courtyard and then we were off again to the...

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Day 115 Peking Duck Day!

Our day didn’t start with Peking Duck but certainly ended with it.  How could we come this far and not try the signature dish?!  We asked at the hostel to recommend somewhere local to eat duck and they...

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Day 116 Great Wall of China Day!

We woke early to get ourselves ready for a 7.10 am pick-up by the tour driver at the hostel.  We were joined by a number of other people from our hostel and the other YHAs in Beijing.  We had thought...

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Day 117 Children’s Day, Beijing, China

The 1st of June is Children’s Day in China.  We were due to fly to London today but changed our flight plans so that we could experience Children’s Day in China.  We had no idea exactly what Children’s...

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Day 118 Last day in Beijing

Our last day in Beijing and I had a girl’s morning.  I had needed a haircut for months!  I meant to get a cut in October last year before going to the USA but couldnt’ get into my local salon so it had...

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Day 119 Beijing to London

Finally the day had arrived when we would say goodbye to Asia and hello Europe.  This was going to be the very first time that any of us had set foot in Europe and we were most excited; although not...

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