( Day 8: Hesei (West of River) Corridor, Jiayuguan Pass )

( Itinerary and route guide with maps to help with the geography )

Am still alive and reading livejournal, though mostly skimming these days. :| I have been back in Melbourne for more than 2 months after my travels to China in September, but for reasons unclear to me, I have been very apathetic towards LJ and a lot of things. Was not depressed much, laughed at TV quite a few times actually, but part of why it took ( Read more... )

Last few days passed by quickly and it's time to go tomorrow. I will be AFK for 2 weeks. Spent more time with relatives, but nothing particularly eventful. Will be pic spamming when I come back, but here are some random shots of HK so far.

( Pic spam )

Got here ok this morning, the flight wasn't too bad, had a personal screen and could select movies/tv you want to watch, so time pass by quite quickly. Very hot and humid here compared to Melbourne, hopefully I will get used to it soon and not be tired much by the heat. Saw my grandfather and aunt, I was a bit worried that I might get a grilling ( Read more... )

So, later today, I will be heading off to Hong Kong and then China on organized tours with Mum. Plans have changed since my last post, we are now going on 2 tours to China instead of one each to Europe and China. Reason being prices and the China tours may be a bit more physically demanding. I was thinking of sending postcards again, so if you ( Read more... )

Just got off the phone with Mum, who is in Hong Kong for her 40th year secondary school reunion. On Saturday, they went to visit St Paul's (their secondary school). Some of these people she haven't seen for probably 40 years, she sounded really happy (more so than in a long time) and she said everyone talked a lot, about their experiences, where ( Read more... )