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Month: September 2013

Posted on September 30, 2013February 6, 2014

Yangdi, Xianping, & Yangshuo

Red sign in Chinese on a turquoise door.

Trip through Yangdi and Xianping before arriving in Yangshuo

Posted on September 29, 2013February 6, 2014

Guilin City

Coach buses parked in front of apartment buildings.

Frustrating taxi drivers, fish spas, caves lit with colourful lights, massages, and a lost watch.

Posted on September 29, 2013February 6, 2014

The Night Bus to Guilin

morning commuters on scooters

We took the night bus to Guilin. Neither of us had ever taken a night bus in China before, so we didn’t know what to expect. However none of us could imagine what in entailed!

Posted on September 28, 2013

Dongguan Tailors & Gardens

pagoda roof and Chinese garden

Our day’s venture to the tailors, market, Keyuan Gardens, and residential streets in Dongguan.

Posted on September 27, 2013February 6, 2014

First Night & Day

Pastel coloured and white box-like buidlings, row upon row against a grey sky.

My first night in China was far from what Nicole and I had planned. However, it all panned out the following morning.

Posted on September 26, 2013July 4, 2015

Flying to China

River, mountains, and cloud as seen from the plane

My voyage from Toronto to Vancouver and Vancouver to Hong Kong by Air Canada.

Posted on September 18, 2013February 6, 2014

Packing for China

Blue paper lanterns alit in the darkness

Like Girl Scouts and Scar from the Lion King, I like to “Be Prepared!”

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