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Who wouldn't want to see the World Largest Stone Buddha Statue - Leshan Giant Buddha, Sichuan - China

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  Chengdu was one of the highlights of our China tour. It is a major city in Western China and the provincial capital of Sichuan province known as the " Country of Heaven ". Yes! it is absolutely true. Chengdu is the most attractive and most beautiful city we visited in China.  Our kids had many interesting reasons to visit there. Because Chengdu’s most famous residents aren’t human, they’re pandas. The other main reason is visit Giant Buddha statue called Leshan Giant Buddha. As first, we intended to visit this Buddha statue as part of our visit to Chengdu . The Buddha is located to the east of Leshan City, Sichuan Province about 126km(78miles) from Chengdu. High speed Bullet Train Tour Currently, you can take a high speed train, long-distance bus or use local agency's private tour to visit Leshan Giant Buddha.We thought to book high speed train journey because we haven't traveled a high speed bullet train before. It was easy to get there from Chengdu. We ...

Absolutely magical day in the mountains - Jenolan Caves -Australia

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    About 340 million years old Jenolan Caves are the worlds oldest caves and it is one of Australia’s national treasures. Yes... 340 Million years old !!! It is one of our favorite places to enjoy a day tour. My family is still like Jenolan caves scenic drive and cool weather even though we have been there many times.    The Jenolan Caves were once part of a seabed millions of years ago . After that the whole area was lifted into mountains. Shells and Corals fossils are found in the rocks of the caves, which are the most remarkable limestone cave system in Australia.   This spectacular showcase located in the beautiful Blue Mountains World heritage area and only a 3 hours drive (175km/ 109miles) from Sydney Airport and from Canberra make a great day or overnight excursion.   Most visitors drive to the Jenolan Caves from Sydney and Canberra. It is the common and easiest way. But several privately owned coach companies come to Jenolan Caves, from Sydney,...

A place must visit in lifetime, The Great Wall -China

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Another wonderful perfect tour started in April school holiday in 2017 to China.It was a 20 day long trip with my family. We landed in Beijing midnight and went to our Beijing hotel by a taxi which hired at the airport. We did a day trip to Great Wall -Jinshanling section from Beijing as part of the 3 week trip in China. Way to Jinshanling There are several ways to Jinshanling. The easier of which is to take the tourist bus from Dongzhimen Bus Station or can get a rental car. We took the bus from Dongzhimen bus terminal  at 8.00 am to Jinshanling.One way to get there is by taking the subway to Dongzhimen station and took about 2 1/2 hours to Jinshanling. The price is 50 yuan. Once you get on the bus, except a toilet stops at Miyun highway service station, the bus has no other stop before you got to Jinshanling highway service station. The bus stops at the service  area and there's a sign for Jinshanling Great Wall  west entrance is 5 km. Got the shuttle bus...