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Day 5: Xi'an and Terracotta Warriors

The hotel is really great and the breakfast couldn’t be more varied. And really comfortably furnished with lots of wood. It reminds more of Tyrol or Switzerland, Since it is located in the center of Xi’an, the drive to the Terracotta Warriors takes about 1 hour. We pass the Xing Xing Park – it is […]

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Day 4: Beijing Hutong Tour and Trip to Xi'an

Today we check out of the hotel and spend the morning in Beijing.  The road in Beiluogouxian is right in the middle of Beijing. It was built in the Ming Dynasty. It all seems to be geared towards tourists. It is, but the old small streets could stay that way and were not modernized, actually […]

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Day 3 Tia'anmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven

Tia’anmen Square measures 880m x 500m, it is a huge area, you can well imagine how these parades work here. But first you have to come in, the controls are strict, everything is searched and scanned. In China, the passport is the ticket for everything, the tickets are registered on the passport. The mausoleum of […]

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Day 2: In China Summer Palace and Great Wall of China

Andy (Fei Yao) was already there on time this morning at 8:30 a.m. Today there is tomorrow’s program, because today is a holiday. We drive out of the city past a colorful mix of tall concrete buildings and low old houses. It is spring. The magnolias are in their full glory. Trees with small flowers […]

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Our China journey begins

In Kuala Lupur we take the grave to the airport at half past nine, for a Saturday evening there is not so much going on, we are at the airport in an hour. The check-in of the suitcases, departure and security check are done in 30 minutes. So we have a lot of time until […]

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Oops, one day too many planned

So this morning I looked at the planning again, oh MISTAKES in the planning !!!Shock! We’re flying tonight, so to be exact 20 minutes after midnight and that’s already the 29th. One day too many planned… Well, luckily still noticed. Then first install VPN for China, without which many sites on the Internet are not […]

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From Mauritius to Kuala Lumpur

Vikash picked us up on time as always, we got through everything well. When the flight took off punctually at 23:00, we were happy that it was finally starting after such a long preparation. The flight was very pleasant, even though neither of us slept much. There was a long queue at the immigration control, […]

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Travel planning with obstacles

Bang… the American poured us a special tea again.We booked a flight with Emirates via Dubai to Beijing, already last year. The current situation has urged us to compare our options.What if the airport in Dubai remains closed? Is there an alternative from Mauritius. Google and other helpers will give you the wildest routes. So […]

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