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Spring Festival Trip Day 5: Going home to Beijing
There’s not a lot to say about travelling home other than I love taking…
Spring Festival Day 4: The Four Peaks of Hua Shan
Hua Shan (Shan is mountain in Mandarin) is a mountain I have seen posted all…
Spring Festival Trip Day 3 (Part 2): Muslim Quarter
After our donut break, we arrived at the Muslim Quarter. This, apparently, was where all…
Spring Festival Trip Day 3 (Part 1): Xi’an City Wall
After a great breakfast at our hostel’s sister hostel (about 1 minute down the road.…
Spring Festival Trip Day 2: Xi’an and Those Warriors
We arrived in Xi’an at 7.45am on Friday (slightly ahead of schedule. Good job we…
Spring Festival Trip Day 1: Xi’an to Beijing Overnight Train
No sooner were we back in the swing of things at school post Christmas vacation,…
Finally
I am finally going to start updating this little blog. I had planned to write…