Our big trip
A few thoughts and photos from our travels
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Day 102 – Dam(n) that is big
6th December – Yichang, China It was surprisingly sunny as we looked out over the construction site that is currently…
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Day 101 – The taming of the Yangtze
5th December: Wuhan, China to Yichang, China On the train west, citrus trees and rice whizzed past. Remaining in Hubei…
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Day 100 – The (actually) suspended railway
4th December: Wuhan, China It was cold, cloudy, and damp today in Wuhan. We spent the morning catching up on…
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Day 99 – Wuhan, the setting of forgotten history
3rd December: Wuhan, China Music out of the window caught our attention this morning and it turned out to be…
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Day 98 – Five years on since the world changed
2nd December: Nanjing, China to Wuhan, China We wandered around the corner to Nanjing South high-speed station. The weather was…
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Day 97 – The hero, the villain, and the monk
1st December: Nanjing, China We had a slow start today. It was a tricky balance as Kaja wasn’t well but…
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Day 96 – The southern capital
30th November: Nanjing, China Nanjing was the capital under at least ten dynasties, intermittently from 220 to 1864. This included…
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Day 95 – Inland to autumn
29th November: Shanghai, China to Nanjing, China It was time to leave Shanghai! Our journey to Nanjing began at lunchtime…
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Day 94 – The mouth of the Yangtze
28th November: Shanghai, China Shanghai is an enormous, sprawling city. I think if this was your first every point into…
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Day 93 – The town on the water
27th November: Shanghai, China We set off on the metro for the nearest water town to Shanghai, having abandoned plans…