Tagged With "Guangxi Province, China"
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Nov. 26, 2013: Zhangjiajie National Park, China
Avatar was one of my favorite movies! Now I've another reason to go to China (besides the awesome food!)
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Re: Sri Lanka: A Land Like No Other (Part 8) Hill Country
This is the chapter I've been waiting for, DrF. I 'm a lover of all things tea, which includes stays in tea growing places. I've made pilgrimages to the hill countries of various parts of India, China and Malaysia and now I believe "Ceylon" must be the next target. Many thanks for the fine introduction.
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Re: Name Your Favorite Restaurants for Atmosphere, Past or Present
For the sake of the memory I'm going to add another place here where I had possibly the best meal of my life. I cannot tell you the name of it or if it had a name or even where it is exactly, somewhere along the country road between Jinghong (Yunnan, China) and the Burma border. I'd hired a guide/driver to take me to the tribal market, famous in those parts, and on the way back suggested we stop for lunch. I'm one of those who believe regional Chinese is the best food in the world and this...
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Re: Name Your Favorite Restaurants for Atmosphere, Past or Present
DrF - I'm sure that's what they were, or whatever the version is that grows in China. Young & tender. Sigh... But this place, as I mentioned, was out in the countryside, not even in a village, as close to wild growing things as you can get so no surprise.
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Re: Where in the World is Gumbo? (11/14/13)
Don't think it's China or Wales. Reminds of some of the small islands around Venice, maybe Burano or a side street in Murano, where they walk you over the canals on bridges lik this. If I had to guess, I'd say side street of Burano But I think PortMoresby might be right about Paris.
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Re: Walking the Buffalo
Thanks! this is fascinating; most people I know who have gone to China have been with organized groups, or on teacher tours, so their experience was very different from this. What drew you to that particular area? I'm also curious to know whether the farms you encountered were individual holdings, or whether there is still an active collective agriculture in areas like this.
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Re: Walking the Buffalo
I really enjoyed these beautiful photos -- especially the one of the woman cooling down her buffalo! -- and your story of this place. What a great destination! I do enjoy rafting, but don't believe those rafts were made for me. I'll take the inflatable American variety, thanks very much.
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Re: Walking the Buffalo
Pheymont, it was the iconic landscape that attracted me to the area. The tulou in Fujian were the impetus for the trip and when I realized that the area I'd admired for so long, originally in scroll paintings, was relatively close to Xiamen and between there and another intended destination, the cross-border overnight train from Nanning to Hanoi, it was on. As you've likely surmised, my trips tend to be longer than the average tour-traveling visitor and my curiosity such that packages are...
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Re: Help Celebrate Gumbo's New Year: Pick Your Favorite Pictures!
Yes Dr. Fumblefininger,i too liked Mac's Photo.I have to say though it's a recent Pic of the Day that is my favorite.I guess this would go under the animal classification as well as overall. Dr. Y's nursing bird. Unbelievable how good these pics of the day are. https://www.travelgumbo.com/blo...-town-hangzhou-china
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Re: Help Celebrate Gumbo's New Year: Pick Your Favorite Pictures!
Here's another one from Dr. Y that makes me want to go there. https://www.travelgumbo.com/blo...ational-park-china-1
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Re: Chinese visitors shop the USA
Chinese tourists like branded luxury items. With stitched in brand tags. They can buy fake goods that are made in China - but they want originals that look good ! They love English made goods with our Flag stitched in. They want Store bags that have recognisable names and Logo's to carry them in. And they want their photo with big name stores in the picture !
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Re: A visit to Saudi Arabia: Part I
Originally Posted by Travel Luver: What a bureaucratic nightmare! I wonder if there are countries that make it harder to visit than this one? My wife and I have visited 119 countries, with China, Bhutan and Saudi Arabia the most challenging to enter.
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Re: Chinese Airlines Looking for Bigger Share of Int'l Service
I have, indeed, noticed that Chinese airlines (China Eastern, China Southern) that I've used domestically or from other Asian countries to China, appearing on fare searches lately, usually with very competitive fares. I intend to pay closer attention. Thanks P.
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Re: Gallery: Details, Guangxi Province, China
Thanks for a wonderful exciting but calming start to the morning. The play of subtle colors and contrasts draws me right in.
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Re: Gallery: Details, Guangxi Province, China
Nice pictures! PortMoresby Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Gallery: Details, Guangxi Province, China
Beautiful details, so simple and just beautiful. China inspires me so much
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Re: Where in the World is TravelGumbo? #68
Looks so European it tempts me to doubt it. Could this be from one of those villages in China built to copy European towns?
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Re: Will the first class cabin disappear?
I wonder how much of this is just the re-branding of first class as business class ? In the case of China Southern Airlines, as government officials were banned from flying first class, they did exactly that by renaming first, business Read More : http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0...0.html#axzz3BeevNu00
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Re: ZHANGJIAJIE Visit
Hi Tahir, If you are not a local, join a guided tour is the easier way of visiting. There are many choices of packages from abroad or from the Zangjiajie, depending on how many sites you would like to visit, as well as hotel, meal and transportation selection. At least three days are needed to visit the area. "C-trip" is a very popular and reliable web site to book the China trip, I have done few times. Enjoy and have fun. Dr. Y
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Re: Expect to pay more for travel in 2015
It appears then that, in a way, nothing is changing. Those of us with larger curiosities and smaller wallets should head to those places considered iffy by well-healed tourists, such as Egypt and Thailand with political stability a question, places in recession like China, and avoid those where big events will take place, like Brazil. Personally, I see nothing to worry about, DrF.
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All the Tea In...Charleston?
Tea gardens, as the farms are traditionally known, no matter the size, have been seducing me for over a decade. In Yunnan and Guangxi Provinces of China, Himachal Pradesh and Darjeeling in Himalayan India, in the Cameron Highlands of...
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Left Bank of the Tiber
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$560.00 Round Trip Seattle to Beijing on the Dreamliner
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American adds DFW-Beijing and Asia mileage bonuses
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O'Hare, Atlanta share 'busiest airport' honors
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1.138 Billion International Travelers in 2014
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US-Int'l Air Traffic Sets New Records
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Road Trip, Day 4: Fort Mason, San Francisco
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Road Trip, Day 5: My Birthday in Chinatown
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Books That Sent You Packing (your bag, that is)
The book I always think of in this regard is ‘The Sheltering Sky’, by Paul Bowles. And the subsequent movie, with the devilish John Malkovich as, guess who, Port Moresby. It inspired me to take the plunge and travel outside Europe, to Morocco, a place I’ve returned again and again, sure that would be so as soon as I read the book. But there have been others - ‘The River’s Tale: A Year on the Mekong’, by Edward Gargan, added Yunnan Province in China to my first round-the-world destination...
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Tough Trains
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Flying Round-the-World with no fuel!
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Are airline alliances costing you $$$ on flights to Europe?
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Britian's Famous Attractions Get Literal Chinese Names
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NY to DC in 40 minutes by train? Maybe!
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A Busy Weekend in Philadelphia
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Air Canada adds Montreal to its China hubs
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Lan Su Chinese Garden, Portland, Oregon
A full block of Portland's city center, turned into a quiet oasis in cooperation with its sister city in China.
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Australia's cruise market booming
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French History theme park has Spain, China plans
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China's new take on medical tourism
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Chinese visitors vault to #2 in New York
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What the new Cuba rules will mean
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Panda-monium in Germany as Chinese visitors arrive
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Chinese travelers set records for tourism spending
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Apr. 20, 2017: World's Longest Train Journey?
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In Bordeaux: World's biggest wine festival opens
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U.S. tourism taking a "Trump slump"
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