We Blog The World http://www.weblogtheworld.com The Global Voice for Travel & Events Sat, 18 May 2013 14:36:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Whiz to China’s North on High Speed Rail at Over 300 Kms http://www.weblogtheworld.com/formats/videos/whiz-to-chinas-north-on-high-speed-rail-at-over-300-kms/ http://www.weblogtheworld.com/formats/videos/whiz-to-chinas-north-on-high-speed-rail-at-over-300-kms/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 14:36:53 +0000 Jonny Scott Blair http://dontstopliving.net/?p=6507 Train travel in China is always exciting but Chinese high speed train is even more scintillating! With an influx of new routes, super clean, and might fast trains, the age of smoky, shaking Chinese carriages are fading out. In the last 18 months   On my first high speed train in China, I took a rare route, the Shenzhen North to Shaoguan route, which was my first experience of the new high speed trains in China. The trip presented an opportunity to see the mountains and rock formations at Danxiashan. How to book your train in China Don’t book anything in advance. Since…
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 “Yes,” he grumbles. We get up to embark upon a day of celebration of motherhood. Incomprehensibly, how they celebrate in Guatemala is by waking up mother’s with fireworks and blaring music, before dawn begins to crack. How this honor mothers, I do not know… Mother's Day Chaca - 016 The music and fireworks continue until I finally pull myself out of bed at 5:45 a.m. to study. Greg has already been up for almost two hours. But…
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Artuur is a natural storyteller as he tells us about Karaim heritage, history and culture. He teaches us a few words in Karaim, including Tabu (hello) and Savuka
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