The Great Wall 长城 Marathon 2013 (2)

Grab your walking boots and climb up over night (there are lights) to be ready for sunrise. Also featured is the famous 'Plank Walk'. HuaShan is one of China's Five Sacred Mountains; it lies in ShaanXi province, about two hours from the city of Xi'An, in central China. Hike above the clouds (at over 2,000 meters). Sometimes people talk about 'things to do before you die' - a trip to HuaShan (or HuangShan, EmeiShan, CangShan, WuDang or TaiShan) should be one of those .

Begiining with three songs in English : Mad World - Cui TianQi (崔天琪), Yellow - Li WenHui (李文慧), and Still Loving You - Tan XuanYuan (谭轩辕). Plus, Zhang JingYi (张婧懿) - "玫瑰" (Rose - no votes, but beautiful imo); Yao BeiNa (姚贝娜) - "也许明天" (Maybe Tomorrow), July 2013 ### and Taskyn (塔斯肯) - "Dudarai" (Дударай).

KāiFēng was once the capital of the Song dynasty, and is one of the Eight Ancient Capitals of China. Located along the southern bank of the Yellow River, it borders the provincial capital of ZhengZhou to the west.

With Insider TV. Each film includes both the famous places and also interesting places that are less well known, including dining and nightlife.

1 minute in Phoenix ancient water town ...

In AnHui province.

Only begun in 1995, the Shanghai metro now has 12 lines with 268 stations over 420km. Already the world's longest metro system, by 2020 it will double in size to comprise 22 lines with a total length of 877 km.

As the mini ice-age begins to engage (and the 'global warming' hoax lies in tatters) - a reprieve of our much-loved 'Winter in China' mix; with great music, including ColdPlay and much more ...

The beautiful LongQing Gorge is just 90 km north west of the city and a great day trip ...

Scenes from the Great Wall Marathon 2013 ...