Jan 20, 2010 - Nanning

20 jan: We vetrekken 's ochtends uit Yangshuo en komen 's middags in Nanning aan. ... Nanning bestaat uit een oud en een nieuw gedeelte, we lopen door beide. ... In het oude gedeelte, op een foodmarkt, zien we een hond en een kop van een hamerhaai, heerlijk! Wij eten toch maar ergens anders.20 jan: We vetrekken 's ochtends uit Yangshuo en komen 's middags in Nanning aan. ... Nanning bestaat uit een oud en een nieuw gedeelte, we lopen door beide. ... In het oude gedeelte, op een foodmarkt, zien we een hond en een kop van een hamerhaai, heerlijk! Wij eten toch maar ergens anders....

Dec 22, 2009 - Day in Nanning

Had a great day here. Met an American expat who lost his job in USA and found his way to Nanning, got married and has lived here for 3 years now, talked each others ears off. ... Took us to a great Chinese fast food place.Had a great day here. Met an American expat who lost his job in USA and found his way to Nanning, got married and has lived here for 3 years now, talked each others ears off. ... Took us to a great Chinese fast food place....

Dec 21, 2009 - Midnight Train to Nanning PRC

As I write this I am laying on the middle bunk, left side of a six compartment sleeper train from Guangzhou to Nanning, China. ... It was a hard day, we went to bed last night without knowing if we had passage to Nanning, if we had a room the next day and with the knowledge that no one could speak English in the area (except the hotel clerk who spoke very little). ... We finally decided to continue as we had a room in Nanning and there were none available back in HK (at our old hotel where we were comfortable). ... We won , we’re cruisers! Now back in Nanning we bought our tickets to Hanoi and are now set to arrive on Christmas eve. ...

Jun 2, 2008 - Nothing in Nanning

We boarded a nice A/C bus in Hanoi en route to Nanning, China. ... After passing through Chinese entry immigration, another golf cart was waiting to take us to a second nice A/C bus in order to continue our trip to Nanning. ... We arrived in Nanning at around 2:30 pm. ...

Jan 19, 2008 - Nanning, China

We headed towards Nanning, which is the first big city after the border. ... ) The flight to Beijing doesn't leave until tomorrow, so we have been exploring Nanning for the last few days. ... Nanning's specialty is dog hot pot -- So we are trying to stay away from the meat. ...

Dec 4, 2007 - Day 70 - Bus to China

We headed back to our previous hotel in the Old Quarter and negotiated use of a room for a couple of hours before heading off to the bus station to catch our bus through to Nanning in China. ... I do recall Alessandra patting me on the arm a few times but god knows what she wanted! What I did see of the trip from the border through to Nanning was most impressive. ... We arrived at the bus station in Nanning at 5pm. ... Nanning is a city of 3. ...

Sep 6, 2007 - Nanning

We arrived into Nanning at 4. ... Finally we got our passports in for our Vietnamese visas and had a chance to explore Nanning a bit. ... Actually I think Nanning is the cheapest place we have stayed so far! It only cost us $15. ...

Feb 21, 2007 - China

Hello everyone. We are now in Nanning where we have been adopted by a very friendly and generous and well all around nice guy called Son!! He has found us a nice hotel, fed us like a king and queen and generally shown us the best of Nanning and of chinese people. ...

Sep 18, 2006 - Yangshou

As soon we arrived in Xi'an I booked my ticket to Nanning for the following day. ... Thanks to my great sense of timing I would have arrived in Nanning on Saturday morning anyway, with nothing to do until the consulate opened on Monday. ... I went to Nanning and got my visa, and jumped the border into Vietnam with hours to spare on my Chinese visa. ...

Sep 4, 2006 - A Fortunate Occurrence

It has been awhile since my last update and I will fill in the blanks soon, but first a story: Today I woke up in Nanning, China. ... I was sure I was screwed because I was having bad luck using my ATM card with the local Chinese banks -- how was I going to find a Chase Bank in Nanning at 7:30 in the morning? I was pretty steamed by the time I got downstairs to check out and I started to take it out on the poor guy who had told me it would be OK, then had written the note, trying as he had in his own way to alert me as soon as he found out it would be "quite impossible" to change money. ... But then, I stopped and collected myself.It has been awhile since my last update and I will fill in the blanks soon, but first a story: Today I woke up in Nanning, China. ... I was sure I was screwed because I was having bad luck using my ATM card with the local Chinese banks -- how was I going to find a Chase Bank in Nanning at 7:30 in the morning? I was pretty steamed by the time I got downstairs to check out and I started to take it out on the poor guy who had told me it would be OK, then had written the note, trying as he had in his own way to alert me as soon as he found out it would be "quite impossible" to change money. ... But then, I stopped and collected myself....

Mar 24, 2006 - border crossing to china

Still we were lucky to get on a bus straight to Nanning some 250km from the border. ... First suprise: state of the art 4 lanes motorway (with very little traffic), clean confortable bus, Electronic tolls, and Nanning itself a totally modern city. ... Bienvenue!!! une fois passee la frontiere, surprise Autobus de luxe super moderne avec films hongkongais Autoroute de luxe a 4 voies toute neuve Nanning premiere grande ville frontiere, tres moderne, pleine de boutiques/hotels/restos Nous respirons. ...

Feb 9, 2006 - Nanning

Yes, the Never-ending New Year puts a wedge in the travel plans, as we found out. We're in Nanning for the night (and must confess that we went to Pizza Hut for normal non-noodle-smack food) and did a little shopping, and now must go, as we have a nine hour local bus tomorrow. ...