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• Phreaky Essays: Hangzhou - the West Lake City

  
  Melancholic and picturesque, cloudy and rainy, this place was the next destination for us, the Long Jing tea lovers.
  May 15, 2009 5 comments 3 likes

• Phreaky Essays: Shanghai Has It ALL!

  
  The best city (so far) we've liked in China. Too much to tell, even more to experience! Please dive in for the full story :)
  May 09, 2009 3 comments 4 likes

• Phreaky Essays: The Flowing Poetry of Suzhou

  
  Read about the latest destination of breakphreaks China travels!
  April 13, 2009 1 comment 2 likes

• Phreaky Essays: Wuxi - because of the Teapots!

  
  The train does not stop for Mr. Phreaky Essays, read up about the latest adventure in China!
  April 01, 2009 3 comments 3 likes

• Phreaky Essays: Xi'an

  
  Breakphreak's next stop on his travels through China took place in Xi'an. Read on to find out more about this wonderful city, and learn a bit of Chinese while you are at it!
  March 06, 2009 8 comments

• Phreaky Essays: Kung-Fu and Dragon Gate Caves

  
  Today let's start for looking at the compass: the well-known fact is that Beijing (西京) is translated as "Northern Capital" and that Nanjing (南京) was "Southern Capital" (and still carries the name). If we'll continue to turn upon we'll find Tokyo - Dongjing (东京), which is "Eastern Capital" (the name also belonged to Kaifeng once upon a time). What is missing?
  February 13, 2009 3 comments

• Phreaky Essays: Kaifeng - The East Capital

  
  Before the story about this really important Chinese city comes the part on how we've got there. And we did it by train. Every tourist goes by train, but not by that kind of train. Since there were only hard seats available on Taiyuan-Kaifeng route, we took the challenge.
  February 01, 2009 4 comments

• Phreaky Essays: Because Of The Snow!

  
  You are reading right: We've even tried to buy some old Chinese Red Army jackets in the local outlet store. We wanted to be very prepared for the well-forgotten kind of weather. We wanted to see the snow. Not one that holds on mount Hermon in Israel for
  January 15, 2009 6 comments

• Phreaky Essays: Datong - Buddhist Caves, Hanging Monasteries and New Friends

  
  After the big crowded Beijing (and we've liked it) we've jumped on a 4-hours train to the small town, named Datong. We've took the simplest hard seat tickets and tried to communicate with the other passengers as much as we can with nearly zero vocabulary (still succeeded to learn some Chinese card game that should be played very fast).
  January 11, 2009

• Phreaky Essays: Hong Kong - the International Cozmoport

  
  Hong Kong - the starting point of our journey hit our subconsciousness before we've completed our headZ turnaround. I I never soon so many different kinds of people in the same elevator: Hindu, Muslim, Europeans, Asians, pale-skinned, black-skinned, all talking about all the subjects in the world in different languages, sometimes including English :) Just like in the "Fifth element": each floor - another alien (and peaceful) story.
  December 29, 2008 4 comments