Photos from my travels. (Lots)

WallaceGlanza

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Right I've finally got round to sorting through the 4000 odd photos from my travels in Asia earlier this year.

I went off in March with the girlfriend to Hong Kong first, then meandered up through China hopped on a ferry to South Korea randonly dotted about there then got another ferry (well hydrofoil) over to Japan travelled about there then finally flew home. We spent 2months in China then a month in both Korea and Japan.

It really was an amazing experience and one I'd definately recommend everyone to do, it really does open your eyes to things. Everyday was like an adventure not knowing what we were gonna do/see/eat/sleep etc etc I really miss being away and doing different things everyday and not knowing where your gonna be, I can't beleive it was only a few months ago that I was seeing all the amazing sites and meeting new people and trying so many different things, remembering it all now it really feels like it was just something I watched on TV, anyway pics....

First off Hong Kong:

This was one of our first nights in Hong Kong, it was taken on Lama Island a little island reached by ferry with no cars on it and a very small population, the main attraction is the amazing fresh seafood and this was the view we had whilst enjoying our dinner!
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This is just a random tall building that looked cool!
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The entrance to Ocean Park, an aquarium merged with a theme park,awesome btw!
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The view from a rollercoaster at Ocean Park, not taken whilst I was on the ride though!
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Live show at Ocean park
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As above
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Sunset at Ocean Park
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Just a random roadway showing the hustle and bustle of HK
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The light and sound show of Hong Kong harbour (the largest outdoor light and sound show in the world)
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As above
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The huge bronze budda at the po'lin monastery
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The view down fromt he big budda
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A view inside the monastery
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The prayer room in the monastery
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The largest outdoor bronze budda in the world
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Just a nice park
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The day view from Victoria out over Hong Kong
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The night view from Victoria Peak
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As above
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Just a busy day in HK
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WallaceGlanza

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China:

The amazing Karst scenery of Yangshuo
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A washer woman in Yangshuo
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Moon hill in Yangshuo
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The view from moon hill
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Again the amazing karst landscape
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This is the famous "Dragon's Backbone" in Ping'An, the terraced slopes are man made paddy fields
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Truly stunning landscape of the "Dragon's Backbone"
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As above
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A random pavillion at the zoo in Kunming
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The amazing "Shilin" which translates as Stone Forrest for obvious reasons
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As above
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This is Feng Huang a really nice riverside town with a brilliant atmosphere
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The houses perched over the river on stilts in Feng Huang
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Feng Huang again
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This is a walk in the very remote little village of Dehang
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In the village of Dehang
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The "Heaven Questioning Platform" up a valley in Dehang (very high up!!)
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As above
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Another little riverside town, this is Little Likeng
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The night view across to "The Bund" in Shanghai
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Day view
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The current largest building in Shanghai (Jinmao tower on the right) next to the one which will supercede it once construction is complete
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The busy shopping district in Shanghai
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Shanghai at night again
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A random dragon made entirely of umbrellas (there were all sorts of animals the same) in a park in Nanjing
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Another view of the park in Nanjing
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The food street in Nanjing
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The HUGE Three Gorges Damn on the Yangtze river
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The amazing boat/ship lift system at the damn
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On off the cruise ships heading up the Yangtze
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A monk banging a bell (duh) at a temple in Xi'an at the Big Goose Pagoda
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The fountain show and big goose pagoda in the background again in Xi'an
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The stunning views from the top of the Hua'shan mountian in Xi'an
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Again up Hua'shan, the padlocks represent the love of couples being sealed
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The very narrow staircase (dragon's ridge) up Hua'shan
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The amazing Terracota Warriors in Xi'an these are life size dolls which were burried in a tomb for when the emperor died so he could be protected in his afterlife
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Terracotta Warriors again
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The innards of the "Forbidden City" in Beijing
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Forbidden City again
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As above
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Outside the Forbidden Cityand a guard not happy of pictures being taken!
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Scorpions on a stick anyone? Theywere still alive too... no I didn't try them nor the seahorses!
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Sunset at the Sumer Palace in Beijing
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The Great Wall at Badaling
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As above
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WallaceGlanza

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South Korea:

The view from our condo near Sokcho, this was on the east coast near the border with North Korea, at night we could watch search lights scanning the beach for spies from the North!
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The view over Sokcho city
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A large Budda at Seoraksan National Park
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Someone's house in the national park
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A rather large set of stairs in Seoraksan
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The bat cave! A cave museum in Samcheok (surprisingly interesting)
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Cave expo centre in Samcheok
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Haeshindang (Penis) park near Donghae
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Rockin out with my cock out!
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Funny phalesces
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A bunch of nobs
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A huge cave... erm somewhere (there was lots of caves in Korea!)
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As above
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Bacon flaps (seriously) in another cave
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Crazy limestone formations in another cave, really looked like an alien world!
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Huge temple complex hidden in a forest (can't remember where)
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The main temple
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Guardian statue outside the above temple
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The stone figure of Jeju Island,a holisday island off the south coast of korea formed by volcanic eruptions under water, the figure and whole island is formed from volcanic rock and the island is now the holiday and honey moon island for korea
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A hint in a huge maze in Jeju
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The maze
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Some idiot looking a little lost
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A waterfall straight into the sea in Jeju
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As above
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Another waterfall into a river... somewhere
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Sunset at Jeju
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The sunset view over Jeju, this was taken on my birthday from the summit of an extinct volcano, we spent the day on a roasting beach (shared with nobody) then climbed the volcano in the evening,not a bad birthday!
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As above
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Back on the Korean mainland, a view over the busy port city of Busan
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As above
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The beach at Busan
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A little sculpture we did in our spare time
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Dave.

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Just seen this on UKSC!

Awesome photo's, what an experience it must have been mate. I'd love to do this... If I ever win the lottery, I'll be doing nothing but this kind of stuff :D

Nice post

Dave
 

CMR

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Looks awesome mate, how much did you budget for the trip if you don't mind me asking? I'm looking at doing something similar in a few years :)
 

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now those are some really breathtaking pics!!

ur really lucky bud! u had the dream experiance that most of us wish to partake on!!

cant decide wether i love china or japan more lol.. the views in china are amazing... but then japan is seriously somethin else!!!

kon
 

WallaceGlanza

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Cheers guys it really was an amazing experience,everytime I think about things I miss it so much! Each country was different but each one amazing.

@CMR I think I spent about 4k on the trip with the flights costing £800, china is dirt cheap,in the two months there I spent less than £1000 on everything.
 

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Super Mod (極度の調整器)
Waaah! I was only there last week! :(

Amusingly though, you seem to have the same photo's as me! :p Suppose I'd better get of my arse and post up some too... ;)
 

WallaceGlanza

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Waaah! I was only there last week! :(

Amusingly though, you seem to have the same photo's as me! :p Suppose I'd better get of my arse and post up some too... ;)

Yeah it sucks being home! I thught you might have some similar as you seemed to be in the same places I was. You can take your time with the pics though, it took me months!
 

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Super Mod (極度の調整器)
Indeed it does... I've just thrown up a few of this trip to Japan... Can't be bothered to do my last trip to Japan as they're on a different computer, and as for all the other countries I went to, I'd be here for ever!!! Besides, it would be too depressing...
 

Paul-GlzV

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you lucky sod! looks brilliant mate wud love to do somethin lik this. things lik that u'll neva forget. japan looks class i wanna go now:(
 
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