I have finally gotten round to blogging; we would have written along the way, but China blocked our every attempt! No facebook, no youtube, nothing! But, better late than never I say! Of course that means I'm back already, but Yusi's still over there! Instead of describing every intricate detail of our trip, I'll post up a few dozen photos, and save the story telling for later!
We used the planes, all kinds of trains, buses, coaches, cars and even a golf cart to get around! And our travels took us to: Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Wuzhen, Suzhou, Wuxi, Guilin, Yangshou, Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Dengfeng, Mount Hua, Xi'an and Hong Kong!
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| As we set off on our travels from Beijing, this picture was coincidently was in the paper that morning! It pretty much sums up our Summer Travels. |
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| The Great Wall of China, Badaling- simply breathtaking; never seen anything like it! |
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| Bear & Great Wall |
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| Forbidden City, Beijing |
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| Forbidden City, Beijing |
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| West Lake, Hangzhou |
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| Tea education! |
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| Coco&Bear tea pickers! |
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| Wuzhen |
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| Spot the Yusi! |
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| Wuzhen's sunset |
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| Someone's (Not So) Private Gardens |
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| Jichang Gardens, Wuxi |
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| Jichang Garden, Wuxi |
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| I <3 SHANGHAI....Nanjing Road, Shanghai |
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| Nanjing Road, Shanghai |
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| Super awesome amazing seriously good dumplings!!!! |
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| Coco&Bear At the Bund =) |
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| There is no greater truth.... I LOVE SHANGHAI! |
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| Shopping in Shanghai |
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| More amazingly good dumpings |
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| KFC DELIVERY =D |
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| Elephant Trunk Hill, Guilin |
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| Guilin |
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| Bear shopping; Guilin style! |
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The View from our hotel in Yangshou
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| Yangshou- Beauty personified!!! |
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| Yangshou |
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| Sun and Moon Pagoda's- Guilin |
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| Back to Beijing for some home grown veggies |
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| Coco&Bear <3 PANDAS |
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| Summer Palace, Beijing =) |
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| It was so hot, I sort of wish someone had pushed me in! |
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| Yovna the Explorer! |
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| Yovna the Pensive Thinker! |
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| Spot the Yusi! |
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| The views from Longevity Hill! |
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| Temple of Heaven, Beijing |
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| Out of all the dumplings we tried- THESE WERE THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Back on the road, first stop: MOUNT SONG- HOME OF SHAOLIN AND SHAOLIN KUNG FU! (for those that are interested, you HAVE to watch this film called Shaolin (2011)- It's frikkin awesome!!!!!) |
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| My money making monk friend! |
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| Longmen Caves, Luoyang |
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| Wild Goose Pagoda, Xi'an |
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| My fave pic hahahaha.... Yusi and her love |
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| Hotpot time =D |
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| Yusi with our mutual love- Peter!!!! The nicest man in the world! |
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| Bear taking a jog along Xi'an's old city wall! |
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| Terracotta Me! |
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| Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an- most amazing experience ever! |
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| Dear World, meet the love of my life, Kneeling Archer man! |
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| Mount Hua |
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| Bear's ascent of Mount Hua |
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| I can't put into words the amount of love I have for Yusi for bringing me here- Duck lovers, you have not lived until you have been here! THE BEST MEAL IVE EVER HAD! We have like 50 photos of us eating and i would've posted it to show my love for this place, but i guess nobody wants to see us stuffing our faces! |
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| Owner of the restaurant- what a legend. |
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| HELLO HONG KONG! |
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| Hong Kong |
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| Victoria Peak, Hong Kong |
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| An An the Panda =) |
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| Yummy sushi!!! |
In short, I can honestly say China is an amazingly beautiful and inspiring country- It most definitely reawakened my soul! The people, the places, the food.... what an adventure... =)
I guess that's Summer 2011 over and done with folks, so sadly...
Until next time,
Big Love
Coco<3Bear
