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Shangri-La 最後的香格里拉Yunnan province.
In this hurried world,
Where is the dreamland?
Life is like a journey -
Where the heart is always on the way.
Every short stay marks
The beginning of the next journey ...
In the end, though, while travel is as sunshine and rain for the soul, paradise is not a far away place, but the journey itself; a change of heart, and lies within us all the time ...
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With Rafa Goes Around! ...
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Chinese technology company Tencent, the driving power behind instant messaging apps WeChat and QQ, is planning to build an entire mini-city off the banks of the Pearl River in ShenZhen, where the company has its headquarters.
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With Walk East ...
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JiangSu province ...
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This ancient town lies south of ShangHai in ZheJiang province.
A great film by Sticker Travel ...
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Filmed in August 2010.
Includes the famous 'plank walk' at the end; this is perched precariously on a cliff face that is well over 1000m above the valley below, in a sheer drop. The plank walk is on the east peak, which is about a 15km walk / climb from the north peak.
HuaShan ('Flower Mountain', or 'Splendid Mountain') lies in southern ShaanXi province, about 120km east of Xi'An; it is one of the five sacred Taoist mountains, with four main peaks. There are hiking trails to all four peaks and a cable car to the north peak. The south peak is highest at 2155 meters.
There are a number of hotels and hostels around the base.
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With Amazing Places on Our Planet ...
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Near DaTong, ShanXi province.
The Hanging Temple (XuanKong Temple 悬空寺, XuánKōng Sì) is constructed on a vertical cliff face, 75 meters (245 feet) above the ground, at the foot of the HengShan mountain.
The temple lies about 64 kilometers south east of the city of DaTong. Together with the YunGang Grottoes, the Hanging Temple is one of the main tourist attractions and historical sites in the DaTong area. Built more than 1,600 years ago, this temple is notable also as the only surviving temple combining all three Chinese traditional religions/philosophies: Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism.
The structure is kept in place with oak crossbeams slotted into holes chiseled into the cliffs. The main supportive structure is hidden inside the rock. The temple is located in a small canyon basin, and is situated under a prominent summit that helps protect the temple from rain and sunlight.
The YunGang Grottoes are located at the southern foot of Mount WuZhou, 16 kilometers west of DaTong. There are 250 caves here containing many thousands of carvings and statues.
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