Our big trip
A few thoughts and photos from our travels
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Day 92 – Crisp autumn wanderings
26th November: Shanghai, China The temperature has dropped in eastern China with the overnight rain and cold front. The next…
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Day 91 – Magnetic levitation
25th November: Shanghai, China Dodging the morning showers to grab coffee, it was much warmer today. This isn’t to last,…
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Day 90 – The disappearance of old Shanghai
24th November: Shanghai, China Another day of the Shanghai chilled sessions. We did get out a bit earlier today though…
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Day 89 – Private sufficiency, public luxury
23rd November: Shanghai, China This is actually a lovely neighbourhood after all. We popped out to get some snacks and…
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Day 88 – Settling in to Shanghai
22nd November: Shanghai, China Today was the first day of our chilled week in Shanghai. We bought a haul of…
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Day 87 – The morning market
21st November: Hangzhou, China to Shanghai, China It was our final morning in Hangzhou, which has proven to be one…
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Day 86 – Longjing for a good cuppa
20th November: Hangzhou, China Not quite 13 hours but I’m starting to gradually feel a bit more rested. The sun…
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Day 85 – There is Heaven above and Hangzhou below
19th November: Hangzhou, China According to Marco Polo, the Hangzhou of his day was “without a doubt the finest and…
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Day 84 – The world’s greatest bore
18th November: Hangzhou, China No, not me! The Qiantang River in eastern China has the largest tidal bore in the…
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Day 83 – All aboard the snack train
17th November: Hong Kong SAR, China to Hangzhou, China Once we’d crossed back into China, we both relaxed. That’s not…