Monthly Archives: March 2010

11th Feb 2010

March 9, 2010
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Greetings from Sunshine 3 Hotel, Hanoi. I touched down this evening at about 9.00pm and Hanoi turned out to be unexpectedly challenging. First challenge was trying not to get ripped off by the airport taxis. The guy in charge quoted …

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12th Feb 2010

March 9, 2010
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I thought I could beat the sunrise, but I was greeted by a bright, cloudy and someone hazy morning in Hanoi. I checked out of my hotel and boarded a taxi to the bus terminal where the bus to Lang …

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13th Feb 2010

March 4, 2010
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It was a cold and wet morning in Guilin on the 13th of February, Chinese New Year’s Eve. I could vaguely see the Sun and Moon Pagodas from the window of my hotel. The distant peaks were hardly visible at …

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14th Feb 2010

March 4, 2010
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Joining a tour group has always been the last thing on my mind, but I had little time and no choice. So on the first day of Chinese New Year, I paid Y150 for a Yangshuo and Li Jiang cruise …

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15th Feb 2010

March 2, 2010
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Guilin was cold but not so rainy on the second day of Chinese New Year. The entrance of Lixin Fandian was still littered with the remnants of firecrackers. Nobody believed in sweeping away their own fortunes. I checked out early …

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16th Feb 2010

March 1, 2010
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I’m surprised not many people have even heard of it, but Detain Waterfall has to be the most beautiful waterfall I’ve ever seen. Situated in Guangxi Province, right at the border with Vietnam, it is 200m wide and has a …

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