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Xishuangbanna

Posted on 21. Mar, 2010 by yoyo.

Xishuangbanna is the chinese Thailand. Or maybe the Thai frontier. It’s more like an outpost of south east Asia, set in southern Yunnan.
Walking the streets of Jinghong, the region’s capital, you notice the difference immidiately. People are darker skinned, they wear shorter cloths, tree-tops shade you from the sun and different cuultures show their presence. [...]

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Yangshuo, Yangshuo

Posted on 13. Mar, 2010 by yoyo.

We spent more time in Yangshuo (Guangxi province) than in any other place during my hole trip. Buying all the gear in Hong-Kong, we were able to go rock-climbing everyday, without renting anything. Everyday the weather wasn’t too cold or rainy. Yangshuo was like a brake, a timeout from travelling, but still on the go. [...]

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Yossarain Lives!

Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by yoyo.

Yossarian Lives!
It’s the first and last thing I wanted to say in this post.
Why? Because he does.
The first time I ran into Catch 22 was when I was still in high-school and a good fiend gave it to me in an old edition. After just a few pages about letters censorship I decided it was [...]

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Ala Kul Pass… Retrospective

Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by yoyo.

Well, it took some time but I managed. thanks to my poor technical sills it took a long time, but still.
This was taken on the pass of Ala-Kul, in the Karakol trek (don’t remember- reminder). anyways, me and Nadav met a group of Polish travelers, who decided to go back down the mountain, because they [...]

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Hong-Kong. Not (Only) What You Thought

Posted on 04. Feb, 2010 by yoyo.

I think that if you’ll ask al the backpackers in Asia ‘what do you plan for Hong-Kong?’, 99% will probably answer ’shopping, new visa for China, and back to the mainland ‘caus it’s too expensive!’. well, Hong-Kong is so, so much more.
We ‘landed’ here with a bus from Guangzhou (Guangdong province) and you should have [...]

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Lantau Island, 4 Days Trek

Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by yoyo.

After another shopping frenzy we again needed some time off. we took the ferry to Fui-Wo. a small town on the West of Lantau island (First Ferry Services for info). from he we hiked the afternoon to Pui O, which is a laid back beach town, adjacent to one of the nicest beaches I’ve ever [...]

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Maclehose Trail. Hong-Kong Style Trek

Posted on 10. Jan, 2010 by yoyo.

After three days of very intensive shopping (mostly of a new camera for me) we decided to take it outside. and go trekking in one of Hong-Kong’s great parks. trekking in Hong-Kong is very different than in other places in China, or any other country I have ever been to (other, maybe, than Israel). you [...]

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Er-Hai Lake and Shaxi to Er-Yuan

Posted on 22. Dec, 2009 by yoyo.

 
Or: Dali- Shuang-Lang  -  Sha-Ping  -  Shaxi  -  Er-Yuan  -  Dali
Getting utterly bored of Dali’s old city, after spending 6 nights there as Dor was sick, we decided to make a change. Dali itself, the old city that is, is a big, extremely touristic (though Chinese more than foreign tourists), walled shopping area. but, on [...]

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Sleeping

Posted on 21. Dec, 2009 by yoyo.

Zhongdian (Shangri-La): we stayed at 3 different places: Youth Hostel, just outside the old city, 20RMB for dorm, extremely slow computers, extremely bad service, hot-showers only at particular hours.
Harmony Gusethouse, from the main square in the old city turn left and an immidiate right (coming from the new city), 20RMB per night, 1 slow computer, hot [...]

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Mekong to Nujiang. Almost…

Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by yoyo.

Yeah, I know this is December, and you’re not supposed to try crossing high mountain passes. but, it’s fun.
We took yet another bus to Deqin, arriving there for the 3rd time, and from there, the following morning a bus to Ce-Chong
(8:00AM, 28RMB, 3.5 hou rs). the bus

takes you along the Mekong river, which makes beautiful curves [...]

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