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Winter wonderland at Yunmengshan, Beijing
Saturday, 16. January 2021 Up in the northern part of Beijing, some 90km or 1.5 hour drive from the city’s center, lies Yunmengshan, a scenic area very close to the Miyun reservoir. In summer, visitors can “hike” the stairs up the mountain, past waterfalls and steep mountain cliffs. In winter, it becomes a frozen fairytale…
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Beijing revisited – Temple of Heaven
Inscribed on the UNESCO world heritage list in 1998, the Temple of Heaven is the first of several iconic sights in Beijing we plan to revisit in 2021.
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Jiumenkou Great Wall
Jiumenkou 九门口长城 – Discovering the only section of the Great Wall built across water。
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Old Dragon’s Head
Only a few hours by car away from Beijing the Old Dragon’s Head leads into the Bohai sea.
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Driving west into the Tibetan heart of Sichuan – Garze and Kangding
October 4th, 2020 It’s a very interesting experience to drive from Chengdu halfway across the province to reach Sichuan’s Tibetan roots in the west. Starting in an urban metropolis most of the route goes merely along highways and speedways. If you pay attention, you may notice the ever so slight climb in altitude, but truth…
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Liujiang Old Town
Saturday, 03.10.2020 – Sunday, 04.10.2020 On our road trip from Sichuan’s capital Chengdu to the autonomous Tibetan region farther west we made a stop at the ancient town of Liujiang where we spend a night at a beautiful traditional courtyard hotel. At night we sat on the veranda on the second floor outside overlooking the…
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Wannian temple & Mount Emei
Visiting one of the four holy Buddhist mountains in China.
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The Big Buddha, Leshan
During the 2020 national holidays we decided to go see the Sichuan province and discover China’s Buddhist and Tibetan roots.