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Huangshan to Shanghai

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Vulcan MG — Leave a comment

Today was a driving day to get to Shanghai. We left our hotel at the foot of Yellow Mountain in the  town of Huangshan at 8.00am and filling up with fuel hit the motorway. Morning tea and lunch stops were…

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Hongcun to Huangshan

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Vulcan MG — 2 Comments

  A 6am departure from the hotel in this quaint world heritage village and a drive out of town. As today is May 1 and a public holiday in China, it was decided to beat some of the crowds to…

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Jingdeshen to Hongcun

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Vulcan MG — Leave a comment

Jingdeshen to Hongcun This morning started when we met Alexandra and Lee at breakfast. They are Australian friends of Tony’s and spend multiple weeks each year in Jingdezhen while Alexandra creates beautiful artwork on ceramic pots/vases. We drove in a…

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Yichang to Jingdezhen

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Vulcan MG — Leave a comment

A long day driving. Leaving Yichang at 7am we drove over 700 kms arriving at the hotel in Jingdezhen a little after 5. The first thing we noticed on the outskirts of the town were the blue and white ceramic…

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Henk and Maja's Eurasia Trip

28th June

27th June

26th June

Peter and Paula Return - Another Silk Road Shared

ART dream

Wine and more architecture

Wine and More Wine – OleBilbao OLD and NEW Monday dawned sunny and warm and we headed down to the Guggenheim Museum, even though it is closed we wanted to relish the slick titanium skin, contrasted against the smooth pale limestone blocks. Everything glistened in the bright morning sun, reflections of the curved surfaces bounced off the water surrounding the metal walls and the metallic sculptures in the forecourts around the Guggenheim. Did you know that every surface in the building is curved and there are no straight lines thus emphasising the organic flowing lines of this magnificent Frank Gehry masterpiece Tomorrow we’ll visit this amazing museum along with our Silk Road companions Pat and David who we are travelling with around Spain and Portugal in our trusty MGs. Hop on and off buses have always been a favourite and quick way of acquainting ourselves with a city. We cruised around the narrow streets enjoying the views from the top deck. We were diverted by police a few times into the back streets because of a rally of thousands of people marching along the main thoroughfare of the city. Red, white and Green flags and banners waving, fire crackers exploding, releasing clouds of smoke. How We hopped off a The Mercado de la Ribera one of the largest fresh food markets in Europe and we arrived just in time for some Pintxos which we enjoyed with a beer and Sangria. So many delicious sweet and savoury munchies to choose from – what a treat!

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