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China 2015 (part XV): Chengdu

December 17, 2015by matt-travels 12 Comments

Chengdu, Sichuan: After spending the morning with the pandas of the Chengdu Panda Base, we returned to the city centre to visit some more sights of the capital of Sichuan. […]

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Chengdu, China, China 2015

China 2015 (part XII): Tagong

December 8, 2015by matt-travels 10 Comments

Tagong, Sichuan: Our next destination after our days in Litang was the tiny village of Tagong (click here for a map). This sleepy, little settlement is quite popular with backpackers […]

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China, China 2015, Tagong

China 2015 (part XI): Litang

December 6, 2015by matt-travels 12 Comments

Litang, Sichuan: Situated at an altitude of more than 4,000 m, Litang is one of the highest settlements of the world. In contrast to our previous stop Ganzi, the town […]

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China, China 2015, Litang

Video: Bus journey from Ganzi to Xinlong (China 2015)

December 6, 2015by matt-travels 3 Comments

After our days in and around Ganzi, we took the minibus to Litang. The journey followed a narrow river gorge towards the south (for a map of the trip click […]

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China, China 2015, Ganzi, videography

Video: Bus journey from Xining to Yushu (China 2015)

November 21, 2015by matt-travels 3 Comments

In the last post, I have written about our 14-hour bus journey from Xining to Yushu. This trip brought us to altitudes exceeding 4,800 m and let us experience the […]

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China, China 2015, videography, Xining-Yushu

China 2015 (part VIII): Xining-Yushu

November 7, 2015by matt-travels 9 Comments

Xining-Yushu, Qinghai: Because our first experience with the high Tibetan altitudes at Qinghai Lake led to a pounding headache, I was expecting worse during our bus journey from Xining to […]

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China, China 2015, Xining-Yushu

China 2015 (part VII): Qinghai Lake

October 28, 2015by matt-travels 20 Comments

Qinghai Lake: The morning following our visit to Kumbum Monastery, saw us on the road to Qinghai Lake. The bus journey took around 3 hours one way and led us […]

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China, China 2015, Qinghai Lake

China 2015 (part VI): Kumbum Monastery

October 20, 2015by matt-travels 6 Comments

Kumbum Monastery near Xining, Qinghai: On the day following our arrival in Xining, we took the bus to nearby Kumbum Monastery. This complex of ancient and modern temples constitutes one […]

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China, China 2015, Kumbum Monastery

China 2015 (part V): Xining

October 17, 2015by matt-travels 15 Comments

Beijing-Xining: One day after visiting the Great Wall of China outside of Beijing, my girlfriend and me took the train all the way through Mainland China to Xining, the capital […]

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China, China 2015, Xining

China 2015 (part IV): Beijing

October 16, 2015by matt-travels 6 Comments

Beijing: The first couple of days in China went by real fast as we visited the major sights within Beijing’s city limits. But although we enjoyed touring the capital, we […]

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Beijing, China, China 2015

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