Tara's Top 10's
Tara's Top 10's
Travel Stories
Travel Stories

  • Guilin and Yangshuo, China

    / 25/06/2011

    After thankfully getting a sleeper bed for my 22 hour train ride, I was well rested upon arriving to Guilin, South China. Too bad I still couldn’t tell my left from my right and…

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  • First Time Squatter

    / 25/06/2011

    I just had probably the worst toilet experience of my life! and this beats Cuba… My first time using a “squatter” was not by choice, however on a 20 hour train journey there…

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  • Hangzhou

    / 18/06/2011

    A brief stop in what the Chinese call heaven on Earth.  Located an hour South West of Shanghai, I was told not to miss its beautiful scenery on my way through the area.…

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  • Shanghai

    / 14/06/2011

    Once again, nothing as I anticipated….a very international, clean and liveable metropolis. It was interesting to visit a city that does not boast one tourist attraction after another; rather the neighborhoods and markets…

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  • The Wall

    / 11/06/2011

    Ancient structures amaze me, and the Great Wall of China is the main reason I wanted to visit China. Its scale and age make it nearly unbelievable, but then its setting and difficulty…

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  • Made it to China!

    / 11/06/2011

    I am now in Beijing, where anything and everything goes! I am slightly overwhelmed, not of the mass population or language barrier, but of the scale of the city.  I am told Beijing…

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  • On The Asian Continent…

    / 05/06/2011

    …The Korean peninsula to be exact. I thought it would be best to ease myself into the asian culture by visiting a friend who can show me around and introduce me to some of…

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  • First Stop: Paradise

    / 02/06/2011

    So I have left Canada once again, this time I am heading West in hopes of getting to Europe via Asia!  My first stop is Hawaii. Ahhh paradise! I never saw myself going…

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