Boon Mee's Trip To China & Beyond

[Bobcock]

I think I was at Laem Chabang the day that ship rolled in a few weeks ago.

How did you get between Beijing and X'ian? How long did it take?

[Boon Mee]

I think I was at Laem Chabang the day that ship rolled in a few weeks ago.

How did you get between Beijing and X'ian? How long did it take?

We flew and it took a little over 2 hours.

Beijing to Zhangjiajie is 2.5 hours and there's only 2 flights per day - we went in the 'off season. One flight in the morning and another around midnight from Beijing & Shanghai. A little inconvenient so that's why I'm trying to find those alleged Tour Operators here in Bangkok who put together charter flights in April. No luck so far and I've written to >30 of them.

[OhOh]

You're right - thanks for the correction.

No problem. I thought the other side looked like the more ancient architecture. I walked the bund on many an evening. Go half a mile into the old city and you are back a hundred years.

Beware of the ladies who "only want to practise their English".

[Loy Toy]

Absolutely fantastic thread mate.

[SEA Traveler]

Sounds/looks like a wonderful Boon Mee. Brings back memories of places where I've been, lived and worked. Lots of fantastic sights and food to experience. Thanks for sharing.

[reinvented]

here's s few more of zhangjiajia; i dont want to be seen as hijacking boonme's thread as we ghave discusssed it but since he had bad luck with the weather i'll fill in
ive a thread over on sub zero so i'll just do the highlights here
apologies if youve seen em before

zhangjiajie really is a magnificrnt bit of god's own real estate; its also in the arse end of nowhere basically 6 hours northish of changsha
we'd gone overland from Macau to Canton then by train to Changsha
stopped in a fantastic little town called Feng Houang which is also well worth a trip
forgive the piccies but were taken with an olympus point and shoot

feng houang by night; would be spectacular with a good camers

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absolutely chokka with chinese tourists too

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not too shabby in the day time really

some tatty flats
down by the river



better than bangers klong water

then off to tienmenshan

[Imminent]

Amazing pics, BM. That socialist system seems to be working well over there.

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the worlds longest cable car; abput 7k apparently
thats tianmenshan in the background

going up

and up
past heavens gate

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view to the side

and looking down

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pretty nasty cues at the top so it was down to the heavens gate

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at the bottom of ythe mountain they have a big dhow at night; based on some hunnanese legend
all tidddly of course but with english subtitles

quite impressive as its all outdoors

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real star of the area is wulingyuan park; so called inspiration for pandora if you believe it or not

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outstanding area

[Cujo]

Amazing pics, BM. That socialist system seems to be working well over there.

Define 'socialist system'

[Boon Mee]

Cheers for adding to the thread K. reinvented! The pics are just fine and I hope to add some more when me & the missus go back up there in April. Rather spend Songkran where it's a little cooler!

'Socialist' system is China's own flavor of Communism which, as K. Immenient says and I concur, seems to be working.

[Rural Surin]

Amazing pics, BM. That socialist system seems to be working well over there.

Define 'socialist system'

Fascism light.