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| ====== China 2000 ====== | ====== China 2000 ====== | ||
| - | Finally managed to dig out these pics from a trip to China that I had the privilege to go on in 2000 right before I met Anne. I have been meaning to get them back up for awhile now. We had an amazing journey through some amazing scenery. The highlight of the trip was the Tiger Leaping Gorge hike. | + | Finally managed to dig out these pics from a trip to China that I had the privilege to go on in 2000. I have been meaning to get them back up for awhile now. We had an amazing journey and a lot of fun. |
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| - | {{tag>Travel}} | + | ===== Highlights of the trip ===== |
| + | * Fresh Pulled Noodles in the Xi'An market | ||
| + | * Pow Mua (sp?) soup in the Muslim quarter of Xi'An (More garlic and broth please) | ||
| + | * Shopping for silk | ||
| + | * Watching people dodge traffic | ||
| + | * Wearing my winter jacket indoors | ||
| + | * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta_Army|The Terra Cotta Army]] | ||
| + | * Peking Duck | ||
| + | * Riding in a swarm of bikes in Kunming | ||
| + | * Seeing the sun for the first time in a week in LiJiang | ||
| + | * Crashing a funeral outside of LiJiang while on a bike ride. | ||
| + | * Naxi Pancakes | ||
| + | * Pork cooked in bamboo, black rice served in a pineapple | ||
| + | * Evading officials and finding refuge at [[http://www.tigerleapinggorge.com/enter.html|Sean's Guest House at Tiger Leaping Gorge]]. | ||
| + | * Taking the upper trail at Tiger Leaping Gorge | ||
| + | * Spending the night at a Naxi farmhouse whose gracious occupants put us up for the night | ||
| + | * Taking a bath at [[http://english.hotels.ctrip.com/Domestic/showhotelinfo.aspx?hotel=12150&|Jim's Peace Cafe in Dali]] | ||
| + | * Eating a Tibetan feast prepared by Jim's mother (including Yak meat) | ||
| + | * Watching a 3 year old girl shoot a mortar at a bus during chinese new year | ||
| + | * Dinner with the Swiss | ||
| + | * Riding in a sleeper car on a train | ||
| + | * Lizards on a stick | ||
| + | * Sharing this experience with 3 of my favorite people on earth, Arnon, Leo and Jasmine. | ||
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| + | ===== Complete Gallery ===== | ||
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| ~~DISCUSSION~~ | ~~DISCUSSION~~ | ||
