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A run across to Rossland

With only a few hours driving to do to get to Rossland, we decided to spend the morning in Osoyoos. The area is known as a dry, shrub-grassland is one of Canada’s most fragile and endangered ecosystems. Given just over

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 14th September 2019
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Off to Osoyoos

Having not slept stunningly, we decided to make an early start and headed off about 6.30am. We decided to head for a place called Bridal Falls – just under a couple of hours drive to the east of Vancouver. There

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 14th September 2019
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Arrived in Canada

Well – we are finally off … First stop Canada, though it was nearly the last stop Heathrow as we had messed up with the ETA required for entry into Canada. When we tried to check in, they let me

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 12th September 2019
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Day 27 – Shanghai to Hong Kong

Our final train today ….. We spent the morning wandering around the area close to the hotel and found a lovely market area, so spent some time there indulging in some retail therapy. Around midday we headed off to the

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 15th March 2019
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Day 26 – Shanghai (2)

A full day of sightseeing in Shanghai today …. We started the morning with a trip to the Bund. The Bund is a waterfront area in central Shanghai and looks directly over the new financial district of Pudong. The word

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 14th March 2019
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Day 26 – Shanghai

Another day, another bullet train. This one was marginally faster with a top speed of 305 km per hour and took 6 hours and 10 minutes to do the trip from Xian to Shanghai. Once in Shanghai, we were bussed

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 13th March 2019
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Day 25 – Xian (2)

Terracotta day today – lots and lots of it ….. In fact, according to some estimates more than 8,000 terracotta warriors, 130 chariots and over 600 horses. The terracotta army is about an hour’s bus ride outside Xian. We started

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 12th March 2019
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Day 24 – Xian

Another day, another train …. This one, however, was different. This one flew at the speed of a bullet – well, a bullet train anyway! From having got used to clattering along and bouncing around at a maximum of 80-90

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 11th March 2019
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Day 23 – Beijing (2)

A second day in Beijing today and, being a Sunday, we got to watch the Chinese at play. One of the things the locals like to do is apparently to head out to the Summer Palace to the north of

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 10th March 2019
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Day 22 – Beijing

A day in the frantic, bustling (and smoggy) capital of China – Beijing – today. With a pollution warning of ‘high’ today, we took the complimentary face masks out with us for the day. How many other hotels in the

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 9th March 2019
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