Travel around the world

26Dec 2009

Taiwan (14/21-Dec)

As a friend of mine was on vacations in Taiwan, I decided to go there and visit this island outside mainland China.

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25Dec 2009

Guilin (05/11-Dec)

After having been a tourist around Shanghai, I decided to head for the warm weather of the south, and more especially the province of Guangxi (广西), so famous for Guilin.

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03Dec 2009

Shanghai (25-Nov/02-Dec)

Last stage of my eastern China tour, Shanghai. This 18 millions inhabitants modern city is often considered as the jewel of China, a showcase for the foreigners.

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01Dec 2009

Hangzhou (17/25-Nov)

After the cold Suzhou I headed (under some light snow) to the train station to catch a train to Hangzhou... hoping to find a warm hotel there to recover from my cold :)

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01Dec 2009

Suzhou (11/17-Nov)

After Nanjing, I took the train direction the chinese Venice... Suzhou, famous for its canals and gardens.

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01Dec 2009

Nanjing (05/11-Nov)

I decided to start my tour in China by going to the region around Shanghai... well region is probably too small compared to the area really covered, probably the size of Italy.... but well this is China :P

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01Dec 2009

Hong Kong (24/27-Oct)

So after Qingdao, I had to spend something like 10 days in the lovely Hong Kong to renew my Chinese visa. Visas are easy to get there and much cheaper than from France.

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01Dec 2009

Qingdao (4/24-Oct)

It's been a very long time since I last wrote on my blog, but first I had lost of problems accessing it... seems like China is filtering my hosting company, and second I was extremely busy studying Mandarin.

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29Sep 2009

Sendai (28/30-Sep)

After leaving my mom to the airport I departed to Niigata (nono... there's no mistake, the title of this post is Sendai but I said I was going to Niigata, you're right :P )

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29Sep 2009

Takayama (23/26-Sep)

After visiting many big towns, we finally decided to see something else from Japan... a littl town in the Japanese Alps named Takayama, very famous and touristic.

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