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Well China was definitely the land of beautiful, amazing and jaw-dropping scenery. But it was also full of other great stuff too.

I had a great cultural week hanging around in Beijing - saw the Art loft, Forbidden City, Summer Palace and did a lot of biking around.
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I had the most fun on the Great Wall of China with the super trooper Michelle.
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Saw the Terracotta lads at Xi'an.
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Had numerous fun encounters on sleeper trains.
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Saw the Mighty Three Gorges and did Karaoke and drank shite with some Americans on a River Cruise on the Yangzi River.
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Saw the most epic scenery at AVATAR LAND.
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Saw Pandas and the Big Buddha with 2 awesome Swedish lads in Chengdu.
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Had some great musical nights with Joao, Stef, Chen and Soh in Lijiang.
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Epic scenery and a great laugh with the lads and gals during the Tiger Leaping Gorge.
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Fell around the roof laughing in Shangri La with a few mad yokes and saw some amazing examples of Tibetan Culture (Without actually going to Tibet)
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HItchhiked from Shangri La to Lijiang with an awesome Dutchman.
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Rofl'd at the lads on stage in the Kingdom of the Little People in Kunming.
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Played drinking games in a hostel in Guilin.
No pictures! Too hot.

Cycled up and down the amazing scenic hills of Yangshuo & Xingping.
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Zai Jien China! It's been EPIC! :)

Posted by squeakylee 03:34 Archived in China

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