Nine Dragons Bathing the Prince – Baodingshan Rock Carvings, Dazu
Further to the previous post about the Dazu Rock Carvings, here are a few more photos showing the spectacular colours and details at the Baodingshan site
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Baodingshan Rock Carvings – Dazu
The Dazu rock carvings date back to the 7th century and are a series of sculptures depicting the Buddhist, Confucian and Taoist doctrines.
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Porcelain Port – CiQiKou Ancient Town, Chongqing
CiQiKou Ancient Town lies on a steep hillside, about 14km west of the centre of Chongqing. CiQiKou translates as “Porcelain Port”, and was the source of much of the famed Qing and Ming dynasty porcelain.
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Ma la tang : the numbing, spicy, super-hot dish – Enshi, Hubei Province
Má là tang (麻辣烫), meaning numbing spicy super-hot blanched, is the generic name for a variety of hotpots. These come in a number of variations, some more appetsing than others
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The Three Gorges Dam – Sandouping, Hubei Province
The Three Gorges Dam in Hubei Province is the largest construction project in China since the Great Wall, 2500 years ago.
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Driving a Japanese Car through Kaifeng – China
At the height of the Diaoyu Islands dispute between China and Japan we decided to go on a 5700km road trip through the backwaters of China with two Chinese friends and their Japanese car.
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Observations on London, after two years in China
Last November I travelled back to London after a year in China, and was intrigued by all the differences, in both the city and me. Here's an update after another year in China.
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Gold and Green : Flying Finnair from Beijing to London
Finnair generously flew me to London to attend WTM and the Social Travel Market. It's not a route I'd tried before, but in retrospect it makes perfect sense.
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In Photos: The leaning tower of Naxcivan – Mausoleum Xatun, Azerbaijan
Visiting the Mausoleum Xatun, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Naxcivan. Afterwards we were given an overview of Azeri instruments and tea in a hamam
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Salt and Crude Oil: The Alternative Health Spas of Azerbaijan
In Naxcivan, we skipped the usual hotels to stay at a couple of health spas, where the treatments were a little out of the ordinary.
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