newcastle

I want to  posting some blogs to show my travel within the Australia.
Last year mid-term break i went to Newcastle with my friends, it is near to Sydney, we drove to there, about 3 or 4 hours.
The first day we went to beach side, i have to say Australian environment is pretty good!
I took picture for them.The fat gay is my boyfriend.

We bought seafood as ours dinner and took it to accommodation, cause we have a mini kitchen.That was a nice dinner!
Second day was a big day. We book a small boat for fishing!

Finally we didn't get any thing.-_- Whole day！
But we saw beautiful scenery,the photo i took like a picture lol

Third day, we rid horse.But we wore inappropriate clothes, like shorts or vest, so we were badly bitten by the mosquitoes.

And then, we drove karting ,it is an exciting and dangerous game. So we must wore   safety helmet, even that we hurt leg. And staff is really rude!! I don't want to go there anymore.

Anyway, that was a good trip.

Travel in Yunnan-Xishuangbanna

The other place I want introduce in Yunnan is Xishuangbanna.

Xishuangbanna is called animal and plant kingdoms; there are more than 20,000 types of plants and many types of rare animals.

In my memory, the most impressed place for me is a primitive forest park.

I still remember the feeling of the moment when I came into the park even I was just 10 years old. I never seen a forest which as huge as this one and covered by such rich green color. Every place you look is big lush crown and boundless. When I working into the forest, there are stones covered with moss, streams flowing under the single-log Bridge and smell of wild grass.

Not only the forest, but also the food, there is a famous food which called cross bridge rice noodles. The noodles are made by rice and are poured by hot rich chicken soup.

There are also other places and nice food, such as Meng hebron botanical garden, Banna Wild Elephant Valley or the Dai flavor barbeque.

xishuangbanna primitive forest park

Dai flavor BBQ

cross bridge rice noodles

West Lake

An old Chinese word says that, “There is heaven above, Suzhou and Hangzhou below.” My hometown is located in Hangzhou which is well known in the world for its beautiful West Lake and also attracts more and more tourists both China and abroad.

There are numerous historical sites and fascinating scenes around West Lake.

                                                               Viewed at Leifeng tower

West Lake Scenic Area in Hangzhou is located in the southwest of the city which is around 60 square kilometers. There are 4 sections around the whole West Lake, including the Outer Lake, North Inner Lake, Yue Lake and Little South Lake.

There are various names of West Lake, such as Wulin Water, Mingsheng Lake, Jinzhong Lake, Longchuan, Qianyuan, Qiantang Lake, and Shang Lake, etc. These names are taken before the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, a Chinese famous poet wrote a poem to praise the West Lake and compared it to Xizi who is one of the four ancient beauties of China. Therefore, the West Lake has another beautiful name—Xizi Lake.

Dawn on the Su Causeway in Spring

                                                      Fish Viewing at the Flower Pond

                                          

As we all know, there are ten scenic spots around West Lake, which are known as “Ten Scenes of West Lake" Ten of the most beautiful sites include: 1. Dawn on the Su Causeway in Spring. 2. Curved Yard and Lotus Pool in Summer. 3. Moon over the Peaceful Lake in Autumn. 4. Remnant Snow on the Bridge in Winter. 5. Leifeng Pagoda in the Sunset. 6. Two Peaks Piercing the Clouds. 7. Orioles Singing in the Willows. 8. Fish Viewing at the Flower Pond. 9. Three Ponds Mirroring the Moon. 10. Evening Bell Ringing at the Nanping Hill

                                                       Leifeng Pagoda in the Sunset

                                                            Orioles Singing in the Willows

                                                                           Music spring

I think if you plan to visit China, West Lake in Hangzhou is one of most beautiful place you would not like to miss.

Jiuzhaigou of China

The most breathtaking place I have been to is the Jiuzhaigou nature reserve which is an amazing natural place that gives me a deep impression.

There are the primitive ecological environment, the spotless crisp air and the snowy mountain. The forest and the lake combines wonderful the serene and beautiful natural scenery. There are five-character in Jiuzhaigo, including the peak of Jiuzhaigou, the color forest, the green jade sea, fold the waterfall and the Tibetan national minority character and style.

Jiuzhaigou is Located in the north of Sichuan Province, Jiuzhaigou County which is part of the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. Because the transportation is not convenient, Jiuzhaigou has become a secluded place from the world. In previous years, it had been difficult for visitors to get to Jiuzhaigou due to its isolated location. However, this is no longer a concern because of the construction of the Jiuzhaigou Ring Way which links the reserve with Chengdu and the Jiuhuang Airport, and makes easier access to the park.

Jiuzhaigou preserves the primitive style natural scenery and has own special landscape. There are some of the most beautiful and inspiring scenery on earth and some of the reserves scenic spots in Jiuzhaigou. A number of mysterious legends surround the wonderful landscape of Jiuzhaigou. Many people come to this area for these reasons.

Four seasons is all lovely in Jiuzhaigou. When spring comes with green, the waterfall flows livelily. When the summer comes, the hawk flies the swallow dance. When Fall comes, there are color forests everywhere; The winter comes with the snow, ices in the waterfall look like jade.

Jiuzhaigou has been praised as some of the most captivating landscapes on earth.

Travel in Yunnan-Lijiang

I travelled a lot of place with my parents when I was a young girl. After I went into middle school, I was busy for my school works and then have no time to travel around, but all these memories are keeping in my heart all the time.

The most impressed place for me is Yunnan province in China。

I went there with my parents and travelled in severe cities. My favorite top three cities are Lijiang, xishuangbanna and Dali.

Today I want to introduce you Lijiang first.

Lijiang is an ancient city which built in Song dynasty, and was protected during hundreds years. The unique ancient architectures, the streets of primitive simplicity, and the famous image” Bridge River Home”, all this brings me in a Chinese wash painting.


                                                                   this is “Bridge River Home”

                                                             this is Lijinag's ancient architecture

Not only the human landscape, Lijiang also famous for the landscape. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is another place you shouldn’t miss. The top of the mountain are covered by snow all the year, and green trees, grass growing around the bottom of the mountain. When seen it from afar, the view are just like a picture.

                                                                this is Jade Dragon Snow Mountain

WUHAN

I would like to introduce my hometown Wuhan. Wuhan is one of biggest cities in China and enjoys the good reputation of good weather and enthusiastic citizens. The most famous place is Yellow Crane Tower which built in year 223 AD. Tourists are able to enjoy a good vision of the Yangtze River when standing at the top of the tower.

               Yellow Crane Tower has great reputation as one of the Four Great Towers of China(I saw it everyday in the way to my high school ^_^)


Wuhan also famous for its delicious foods! Wuhan has been autumn already, In this time, I will recommended steamed crab!!

                                                                                                                               (Photo by my mum^^)
People who live in the middle and lower reaches of Yangzi River to be in the habit of eat crab in autumn.
In summer, we eat cray.It can braised or steam.

                                                                                                                                             It's spicy!

Trip Japan(by Ian)

Last year, I had a chance to travel Japan for a few days. Although it was a short trip, I was so excited and looking forward to it, as I had always wanted to be in Japan to feel Japanese culture, smell and taste Japanese foooood !!!(lol my favorite). So today I am going to take you for a glance around Tokyo, the capital of Japan.


The first place is Mi Ji temple where most people would choose visiting, if they were only allowed to visit one place in Tokyo. Mi Ji temple is located in a green corner of Tokyo. It has been standing there for 90 years. It has been well preserved, so what we see is almost its original look.

this is one column of the entrance bridge of Mi Ji Tample

                                                               

The stained wood arch with the ground covered by scree
give me a feeling that I am back in the time of 90 years ago

There is a residence in Mi Ji temple once in use by
the king who built Mi ji temple

What are they waiting for?

After one hour waiting, I finally get to touch the blessed spring. 

Washing your hands with this water will bring you good fortune.

Center of Mi Ji temple

Staff in a traditional suit

Wish wall, you can write your wishes on a wood board and hang on it.
One day, it will be your turn dreams coming true.

 Blessed water for you to drink

 Traditional Japanese wedding ceremony

What I found very interesting was I noticed a feeling of quiet and peace, as soon as stepped through the front gate, despite it is Tokyo city right out side of temple, busy and noisy.Mi Ji temple is a good illustration of a typical traditional Japanese building design which have a lot of elements of paper, wood, granite. As you may have noticed in the photos above, there are two distinctive features from other Asian architecture designs.There is an absence of hand-crafted columns and eaves, and gently curved roofs extend far beyond paper-thin walls. The design with those neutral colors and elements gives a peaceful and august atmosphere.


I am one of some people who believe "local food" plays an dominant role in culture experiencing. With having mentioned about local food, we don't go to any restaurants at tourist spots and central city, because their cuisine tend to be internationalized. In the four days of my stay, 12 meals, every restaurant I picked was always a result of research and in person observation and I enjoyed every single one. Here I am going to introduce a bit of raman and bbq, two of my favorites. What do we expect for a good raman? First is the soup. It is always cooked in a way that boiling chicken or pork bones and some other veges such as sweet corns and cabbageswith a lot water for hours to bring the flavors of chicken or pork and the veges into the soup. This is a natural way to have the soup rich of taste and flavors. However, it costs money and effort to do so.A lot of restaurants therefor use heaps of seasonings instead. Although seasoned and not-seasoned soup can taste quite similar, there is a few ways to tell. First, thy massively seasoned can make you thirsty, because the additives are always chemical and it requires hydration when digesting them. Second, some of these seasonings stay on tongues, we can feel our tongues covered by wired flavors. Moreover, in Japan, vending machines are everywhere and providing a variety of products such as instant noodles with "hot water", cigis, beer and "dining tickets". "dining tickets are something very interesting. In Australia, we order food when we have meals with a person in restaurants. In Japan, in a lot of cases, we order food with a vending machine for dining tickets then we give tickets to the chefs for our meals.

                                                 A vending machine for tickets

A very small local Japanese raman restaurant

What you see it is the whole restaurant.

Its outlook