Our big trip
A few thoughts and photos from our travels
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Day 72 – Real-life Cities: Skylines
6th November: Chongqing, China Another day of exploring the layers of Chongqing. I caught the metro, drifting and still completely…
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Day 71 – The 8D Magic City
5th November: Chongqing, China A very short walk from our building, under the skywalk of the Raffles Centre, is the…
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Day 70 – First sight of the Yangtze
4th November: Chengdu, China to Chongqing, China We were up fairly early to jump on another fantastic train eastwards to…
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Day 69 – Laid low
3rd November: Chengdu, China Very little to say today. We got back from the hospital at 6:30am. I managed to…
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Day 68 – Ti jianzi and a trip to hospital
2nd November: Chengdu, China Looking down from our precipitous seating area felt as if playing a game. Kids showed off…
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Day 67 – The Giants of Sichuan
1st November: Chengdu, China For the first time in what seems like weeks, I had an even temperature night! No…
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Day 66 – Pandas!
31st October: Chengdu, China We got up super early today for another one of those ‘must do’ sights. It was…
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Day 65 – The north/south divide
30th October: Xi’An, China to Chengdu, China For the final time on this trip, we leave behind the silk road.…
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Day 64 – The alleys at the end of the Silk Road
29th October: Xi’An, China I’m still not well, so still not a huge amount to report. Happily, Kaja is fine,…
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Day 63 – Terracotta Warriors
28th October: Xi’An, China Another rough night of fever and excruciating stomach cramps. I woke repeatedly shivering but sweated through…