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This Chinese train service has to be one of the most comfortable I have ever travelled on, apart from the frantic ‘queue’ getting on to it and the packed lounges at the station. However, once we settled into our soft sleeper carriage the journey was a real dream, the rolling stock is new and the tracks level […]
Sightseeing in Shanghai There is enough to entertain you in Shanghai for more than the four days we had here, with the 30 day countdown ticking on our visa we had to get a move on. The things that kept us entertained for our limited time were: The Jing’An Temple is a fully restored (adorned throughout with […]
Getting to China on this trip represents a real milestone for us. China has always held a mysterious lure for me and I have been wanting to visit here since I was a child. With independent travel around China easier than ever, we decided to ignore some of the doom merchants who advise against travelling here. We just […]
I mentioned in our previous Jeju travel blog the different options for getting around the sights of Jeju, and why we chose to hire a car. Here we set out our own itinerary and the sights we managed to visit with a two day car hire. Our pace was very leisurely, and we did a fair […]
We took a flight from Seoul to Jeju with Jeju Air, the train and ferry options were a bit long winded so we took to the air instead. The Jeju Air cabin crew were very helpful, and as the flight was only around 45 minutes, there is little to report about the journey. Except that […]