Day 287: Drum Tower & Ancient City
17. September 2024 in China ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
Mid-Autumn Festival! We visited the Ancient City of Luoyang and the Drum tower. Very touristy but full of Mid-Autumn Festive atmosphere.
Day 288: White Horse Temple
18. September 2024 in China ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
White Horse Temple is a Buddhist temple in Luoyang. It is the first Buddhist temple in China, it is first established in 68AD in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Day 288: Ancient City Han & Wei Dynasty
18. September 2024 in China ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Ancient City of the Han & Wei Dynasties! It’s close to The White Horse Temple, around 3km walk. Nobody came here as it’s not well set up yet. They were still building a large museum for the ruinsWeiterlesen
Day 289: Luoyang Museum
19. September 2024 in China ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Best rainy day’s activity! Visiting Luoyang Museum to understand more about the ancient Luoyang. The most impressive part of the museum was the showcase of the three-coloured figurines (yellow,Weiterlesen
Day 290: Luoyang Longmen Caves
20. September 2024 in China ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Our highlight in Luoyang! The Luoyang Longmen Caves. We were advised by our friends in Dunhuang to come early and go straight to the Giant Buddha to beat the crowd. Very good advice! We had the placeWeiterlesen
Day 292: Lijingmen
22. September 2024 in China ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Lijingmen, another gate in the ancient city of Luoyang. It was built in the Sui Dynasty. It has been a place where hundreds of officials and people worshipped gods. The night view is amazing. Now, itWeiterlesen
Day 292: Luoyang National Heritage Park
22. September 2024 in China ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
National Heritage Park of the Sui and Tang Dynasty in Luoyang. There were a few heritage of the Sui and Tang Dynasty here, most of them were rebuilt though. Still nice to come for a visit especiallyWeiterlesen
Day 293: Luoyang Longmen Station
23. September 2024 in China ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Back to the train station again for the train ride to Ningbo. Another 7 hours train ride to go!
Day 293: Ningbo Train Station
23. September 2024 in China ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Welcome to Ningbo! Not many tourists will visit Ningbo but Chris wanted to finish Chapter 1 with the start of the Maritime Silk Road (that connects to the Pacific Ocean). Therefore, we made a stopWeiterlesen
Day 294: Silk Road Canal
24. September 2024 in China ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
The only goal in Ningbo, visiting the Canal! We saw a smaller part of the canal in Luoyang, but here we could see a bigger version, which connects to the Pacific Ocean. It looked like we haveWeiterlesen
Day 295: Moon Lake
25. September 2024 in China ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Tour around Ningbo! We walked around the Moon Lake area. It is a man-made lake in Ningbo. Quite pleasant and relaxing.
Day 295: Yongfeng Warehouse Site
25. September 2024 in China ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Yongfeng Warehouse Site, originally a rice warehouse in the Southern Song Dynasty, was renovated by the local government of Ningbo in the Yuan Dynasty. In the center
of the site stand two detachedWeiterlesen
Day 295: Ningbo Drum Tower
25. September 2024 in China ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Next to the Yongfeng warehouse was the Drum Tower. It was constructed during the Tang Dynasty. It’s the only remaining ruin of an d city gate tower in Ningbo.
The weather was not very good on theWeiterlesen
Day 295: Ningbo Cathedral
25. September 2024 in China ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Ningbo Cathedral! This was the first Cathedral that we have seen for a while since Europe. We went inside and it was very peaceful. It was very rare to see a large Cathedral standing in a city centreWeiterlesen
Day 296: Tiantong Temple
26. September 2024 in China ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
We discovered this hidden gem in Ningbo. It is a one of the five sacred Chinese Chan (JAPANESE: Zen) Buddhist temples. It is founded by the monk Yixing in the year 300. It is also the cradle of theWeiterlesen
Day 297: Ningbo Museum
27. September 2024 in China ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
Rainy day’s activities! We went to visit the museum. It’s free if charge and we learnt more about Ningbo’s culture and history here.
Day 298: Ningbo Train Station
28. September 2024 in China ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Ningbo Train Station! Our last stop in Ningbo! Another 10 hours train ride until our last stop (Shenzhen) before heading home.
Day 298: Shenzhen North Station
28. September 2024 in China ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
10-hour train ride ✅ here we are, Shenzhen! One step more until home, Hong Kong 🇭🇰
Day 299: Shenzhen
29. September 2024 in China ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
Our family visited Shenzhen to have a dinner with us before we headed back. So we stayed in the hotel in Shenzhen for one night. And we went back home together after dinner!
Day 300: Hong Kong
30. September 2024 in Hong Kong ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Very last of our Chapter one journey! Here we are, Hong Kong 🇭🇰🇭🇰 it marked the end of our 300-day journey from Toronto to Hong Kong. It’s time to take some rest and prepare for the next chapter :)
