Lynette and I at sunrise on top of Emei Shan!31-Jan-2010 01:07, Panasonic DMC-TZ6, 3.3, 4.1mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 80
Arriving in Chengdu after a 26h marathon train journey the air was still nippy but we’d slept OK on the train, bar the 0730 wake up call when we didn’t get off the train til 1530. Train snacked out and still disbelieving how so many people eat the giant pot noodles, we were looking forward to more adventures with the sights promised here. Would the pandas prove as cute and cuddly as we anticipated? Would People’s Park show us many crackers Chinese? Would we see more monkeys at Emei Shan? Continue reading Gallery: Pandas, Mountains, Monkeys and Wacky People! Could only be Chengdu……
Lynette and I in front of the Dragon's Backbone Terraces.25-Jan-2010 09:22, Panasonic DMC-TZ6, 3.5, 4.1mm, 0.01 sec, ISO 80
Packs on backs, we’ve arrived in China with a slight chill in the air and lots of rain in our socks. Our destination for the next week is the tourist hotspot of Yangshuo, characterised by huge limestone peaks spearing out of the ground, followed by the Dragon’s Backbone Terrace – a crazy network of valleys and hills swamped in ‘silver ribbons’ of paddy fields. Our timing was terrible, the weather was grey and drizzly, but we didn’t care – we’d arrived in China! Did the rain ever stop? Were the Chinese as unfriendly as we’d been led to believe? Had we said goodbye to our last mosquito? Continue reading Gallery: The beautiful limestone karsts of Yangshuo and the Dragon’s Backbone Terrace!…
Entering one of the fishing villages of Ha Long Bay, evidently I'm trying to flap away somewhere…15-Jan-2010 08:52, Canon Canon EOS 400D DIGIT, 14.0, 28.0mm, 0.067 sec, ISO 100
Having meandered our way slowly North we finally arrived in its capital, Hanoi, our last stop in Vietnam. From here we planned to take a trip to Top Gear’s finishing line, the beautiful limestone peaks of Ha Long Bay. We also didn’t have long on our Visa… and didn’t plan on finding out what happened to those who were never allowed to leave… who is the famous dead body in Vietnam? Would we make it on the final leg into China? Continue reading Gallery: Hanging in Hanoi and boating in Ha Long Bay!…
It is only now I chastise myself for knocking at least one more grain of rock from these sculptures.13-Jan-2010 08:24, Canon Canon EOS 400D DIGIT, 3.5, 28.0mm, 0.01 sec, ISO 200
Our final straight in Vietnam had only places left beginning with H – and of the first two to be knocked off one is famous for bargain tailor made clothes and the other for being the site of a major battle during the Vietnam war. Geographic necessity forced us down Vietnam’s famous shopping centre first… just how did we go from planning on buying absolutely nothing to having a $96 shipping bill? What does the Perfume river actually smell of? How does a glass of beer costing just ten English pennies actually taste? Continue reading Gallery: Resisting the urge to shop in Hoi An and Battle History in Hue!…
We'd had a few drinks by this stage….seconds after midnight!31-Dec-2009 18:03, Panasonic DMC-TZ6, 3.3, 4.1mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 100
Christmas shenanigans out of the way, we were moving onto Nha Trang where New Year mayhem would occur. Following the festive period with a bit of plant life at the flower festival in chilled out Da Lat, surely we would cover all bases of cultural, social and natural wonder over the next week? Would we find some New Year buddies to party with? Do glowstick flowers or real flowers make better photo material? Would Lynette get on a scooter with Steve…and if she did, would she survive? Continue reading Gallery: New Year’s Eve in Nha Trang and dallying on scooters in Da Lat…
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