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China as backpacker
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China as a backpacker

Wauw China! I’ll never forget you. When you are in China as a backpacker it is easy to travel. Trains, subway, busses and airplanes are good. The local bus is only one or two rmb. The subway is also 2 RMB. The long distance busses are not realy expensive and have…
Train Xian Chengdu
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Train from Xian to Chengdu

When you’re lucky the people who sell the traintickets speak English. The best way to arrange a trainticket is with a note from the hostel. Every hostel will write a note for you. It’s way easier with this note. Check before you go if there are traintickets en write the number…
Plankwalk Xian China
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Xian to Hua Shan mountain and plankwalk

Named as World’s Most Dangerous Hiking Trail Last days I spend wit two Swedish guys on Hua Shan mountain near Xian. We took the train early and walked up the mountain to the West Peak. On that point we booked a hostel an visit the real West Peak. The hostel was…
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Walking and sightseeing Xian

After a week of tours and sightseeing yesterday it was a day to chill. Went with my roommates to the trainstation to buy a ticket eated some new streetfood walked trough Xian to see the birdmarket. For lunch we tried another local restaurant. I like the dumplings! Mike learned me some…
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See the terracotta warriors near Xi’an

Because of the beers last night this morning a had a few terracotta warriors in my head who hammered my head so I had to bring them back 😉 From Xi’an we took the subway and bus to get there. It’s amazing to see how many of them there are and…
Cycle Xian City Wall
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Cycling the Xian citywall

After arriving I just relaxed and met three new travelmates from Germany, Australia and the UK. We biked on the citywall of Xian. Its touristic but defenitly something you have to do when you’re in Xi’an. After getting hungry from biking we had lunch. We tried a lot of streetfood (even…
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Summer Palace Beijing

This morning I had to wake up early again, the kind French friends asked me to join them to the Summer Palace, sure! It was amazing to see. It’s created around 1370 or something. But that big! Unfurtunatly we couldn’t rent a boat becouse of the hard wind but the environment…