Kim arrived a week after Ian's departure! We took a short 2 day trip to Chengde, 4 hours north of Beijing..
Date: 06/13/2007
Owner: Miao Wang
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Kim's first meal in China!
Kim's first meal in China!
Date: 06/08/2007
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the long bus journey to chengde - the adventure begins
We left the day after Kim's arrival for Chengde - BiShuShanZhuang, 4 hours outside of beijing. it's the "imperial escape from the heat mountain resort." it had been a stifling over 100 degrees week in beijing and i was ready for the imperial esc
Date: 06/09/2007
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no escape from the heat..
well.. it wasn't much of an escape from the heat. chengde was just as hot as beijing, and while i had wished for a relaxing escape from the hustle bustle the trip turned out to be more touristic than relaxing. we climbed a mountain in the heat and visited
Date: 06/10/2007
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seal your fate with these locks
on top of most mountains in china, there are vendors selling these golden locks. you can engrave your names on there, and lock your fate to some wish or some one.
Date: 06/10/2007
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get that call
getting that call before climbing through the hole that's supposed to ensure good health for a lifetime.
Date: 06/10/2007
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burn some incense so you will never have backache.
burn some incense so you will never have backache.
Date: 06/10/2007
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we climbed from this side of the hill down and back up to that big thumb mountain twice.
we climbed from this side of the hill down and back up to that big thumb mountain twice.
Date: 06/10/2007
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a daoist temple - guandi si.
a daoist temple - guandi si. the temple elder saw me with kim and had some thoughts about my fate, but she wouldn't tell me what those thoughts were.
