Xinchang Xinchang Ancient town is around 20km from Shanghai Pudong Airport and is one of the smaller of Shanghai’s Ancient towns with well-maintained old streets. buidings and stone archway bridges over the rivers. It is far less touristy than the other of the Ancient Towns and it was very quiet when we visited. We concentrated […]
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The fast train from Shanghai Hongqiao Station to Changsha took just under 6 hours but the time flew in the business-class carriage which had lie-flat seats and a personal concierge. We caught a taxi upon arrival to our modern hotel – the W Changsha Hotel at the Yunda Central Plaza which was within the same
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Wuxi is about a 2hr drive west from Shanghai and about a 1hr from the more renowned Suzhou. Both Wuxi and Suzhou sit on the shores of Lake Taihu which is part of the Yangtze Delta. With a population of around 8 million Wuxi is still not that well known as an international tourist destination
This is an activity blog penned by Geoffrey. Please contact me if you are interested in knowing more about anything related to walking the Milford Track. Over to Geoffrey … After 35 years of tramping in New Zealand I finally got to tick-off the Milford Track – dubbed the “finest walk in the world”. Two reasons why
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We visited Chengdu for 3 days during the Spring Festival holiday. It was cool but not too cold with the 2 major attractions being the Panda Base and the Dujiangyan Scenic Area. We stayed at The Temple House – a beautifully architect designed hotel combining elements of old and new. It was one of the
