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After the 12 hours bus ride, I went along for the Tibet dinner (60yuan pp) with much reluctance. There was another lady who came alone and two brothers from Germany. Both of them don't understand Chinese and they looked scared and lost. When the Tibetans started the karaoke and forced them to drink, they took off lol. We were served some Tibetan snacks...

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茂县叠溪海子/叠海湾 茂县叠溪海子/叠海湾 ...

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I never knew much about Taoism till I attended a lecture on Taoism in March. I was rather impressed and enlightened with the teachings of Taoism (compiled in the book 道德经); profound, philosophical and full of paradoxes and contradictions which are applicable to our daily life. The teaching of Laozi is based on a great underlying principle, 道, or the Way, which is...

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My trip to Mt Qing Cheng can be summarized as “Nothingness” (from the English translation of 无为) as I learnt almost nothing from the trip. The money-spinning tourism industry has lured the local community to jump onto the bandwagon by offering a “cheaper alternative” to tourists. We were “coaxed” into entering Mt Qing Cheng via the “back door” route which would enable us...

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服务员: "总共是两百零七块..."(Starts examining and folding the 100 yuan Mao red notes)"Here everywhere also check counterfeit notes..""Ya lor very cham leh got this kind of thing..""Ya lor I kenna before leh. I put the 100 yuan notes in the deposit machine then got rejected..!""Huh!""Then how?""Then I take back and use lor. Give cab driver. They dono. Heh heh.""Eh I kenna before also leh...""Is it??""Yar...in...

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乐山大佛 Entrance ticket: 50yuan (student) Directions: 2hrs bus (50yuan one-way) from Chengdu Opening hrs: 7.30am-7.30pm Hard-rock abs Can't see the Sleeping Buddha anymore I'm going to put this on the big lotus! 连心山 十年修来同船渡,百年修成同心人 I finished the 173 narrow steps in one shot as it was almost impossible to stop or look down given the steepness and there were no railings to hold...

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25小时后, 我将抵达刘备蜀国的首都.10天后见. ...

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Wangfujing is a bustling pedestrian shopping mall and a place where the old and new blend. As one of the oldest shopping streets in Beijing, it features many Time Honoured Brand stores, most of which are more than 100 years old. Since the middle of Ming Dynasty there have been commercial activities. In the Qing Dynasty, 8 aristocratic estates and princess residence were...

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