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		<title>DIY travel aboard the Trans-Siberian railway</title>
		<link>http://chrisandjodi.net/2009/08/24/diy-travel-aboard-the-trans-siberian-railway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most folks seem to think that buying tickets as you go on the Trans-Siberian railway is way too complicated for them. Well, we&#8217;re here to tell you it&#8217;s not. We traveled from Beijing to Moscow, but buying your tickets the other way around should be the same.
Visas
First of all, you need to get your visas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trans-Siberian railway: Beijing to Ulan Bataar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When planning our trip, the mystique of the Trans-Siberian railway captured Chris&#8217; attention. I was a little less enthused after watching the movie Transsiberian on our flight home from Argentina. Filled with murder and mystery, the movie did little to make me want to rush out and take the Trans-Mongolian train. It was something akin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hiking the Great Wall of China: Jinshanling to Simitai</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi</dc:creator>
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When the alarm went off at 4am, we groaned and debated whether we should hike the Great Wall of China from Jinshanling to Simitai another day. Begrudgingly though, we dragged ourselves out of bed and made our way to the Dongzhimen bus station. Most folks doing this hike book through a tour group. But to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tour of Beijing</title>
		<link>http://chrisandjodi.net/2009/06/23/tour-of-beijing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Xian we took the deluxe Z train to Beijing. The Z trains are highly touted for their speed and luxury, but we didn&#8217;t see much of a difference between these trains and the others in China despite the fact that the ticket costs an extra US$15.
We shared our compartment with two Chinese aviation engineers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The mud army</title>
		<link>http://chrisandjodi.net/2009/06/19/the-mud-army/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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Visiting the Terracotta Army was one of the attractions that I was most excited to see on our tour through China. I still remember going to the Pacific Science Center in Seattle when they displayed an exhibit on China. There were wax and metal artists creating miniature statues of lions and an exhibit on how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mountain of a Billion Steps</title>
		<link>http://chrisandjodi.net/2009/05/18/mountain-of-a-billion-steps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 13:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi</dc:creator>
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While in Chengdu, we decided to do a training hike for the Great Wall of China. We should know by now that our training hikes are always far more difficult than the actual hike. But, alas we never learn. Emei Shan or the Golden Summit Ascension of a billion stairs as we now refer to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We ♥ Pandas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 10:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Lijiang to Chengdu, our transport options were limited. We could endure a 20 hour to 5-day(!!) bus ride; we could backtrack 13 hours to Kunming and catch an 18 hour train; or we could take a 1hr flight. We chose the latter, but not without a few discussions about our options. I eventually convinced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trekking the Tiger Leaping Gorge</title>
		<link>http://chrisandjodi.net/2009/05/11/trekking-the-tiger-leaping-gorge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 13:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi</dc:creator>
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We enjoy China for all its exotic names. How can a traveler pass up sights with names such as the Dragon&#8217;s Backbone or Tiger Leaping Gorge. And thus, after our stay in Lijiang, we made our way to Tiger Leaping Gorge. A legendary tale, the gorge gets its named from a tiger that leapt the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ancient Cities of Dali and Lijiang</title>
		<link>http://chrisandjodi.net/2009/05/08/ancient-cities-of-dali-and-lijiang/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 11:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On our way to the ancient cities of Dali and Lijiang, we set off by train once more. We booked soft sleeper berths again, but this car was a bit different. It was a double decker with soft sleeper compartments down below and VIP cabins above. The VIP cabin consisted of a double bed and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wanderings of Kunming</title>
		<link>http://chrisandjodi.net/2009/05/03/wanderings-of-kunming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 11:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For us, Kunming served as a transit point to reach the ancient cities of Dali and Lijiang but we spent a few days there just the same. We made our way to Kunming by train from Guilin. For this train ride though, we secured ourselves soft sleeper berths. In truth, they&#8217;re not much different than [...]]]></description>
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