Travel Blogs from Luoyang, China
A Kung Fu-sing day!
... contributing to the garden's activities. After another busy day we were happy to check in to Christian's Hotel in Luoyang. Sparkling and gleaming, the lobby exudes class and exceptional design. Each floor has a different theme and our room on ...
Down Memory Lane
... store our backpacks at our feet. Really good trip and we were amazed to arrive at a brand new railway station at Luoyang Longman. Outside was a brand new town, complete with 27-storey apartment blocks everywhere. It looked not many were ...
Oh! Preise, Suff und Ruhm in Luoyang
... bestuecken sollte. Das hab ich dann gemacht und ueberraschenderweise den ersten Preis gewonnen. Die MultimediaFirma, die zweitgroesste in China -also Radio, Fernesehen, Tourismus, Internet usw- lud mich und die beiden anderen Gewinner dann fuer 4 Tage ...
Luoyang
... path in a wood somewhere or another. On the up side though, a really nice ice cream was only 5Y (about 35p). Back to Luoyang and ate at the California Beef Noodle King Restaurant. It wasn't great but it was cheap. With nothing by Chinese characters and, ...
Halloween In China!!!
... it. Livia from across the hallway took me to a hairdresser in Wanda, which is the Mall. It is upposed to be the best hairdressers in Luoyang. There was a big fuss and much discussion as to what was going to happen. I had my own dye as I didn't want it to ...
Luoyang-Il Tempio del Cavallo bianco
... il pranzo e dopo ci dirigiamo verso il Tempio del Cavallo Bianco che si trova ad una decina di chilometri a nord est di Luoyang. L'attuale costruzione, risalente al periodo Ming (1368-1644) è abitato da monaci della scuola Chang, sorge sulle rovine del ...
"Tourism makes people cheerful" - we agree!
... – located scenically along the river and lacking the extreme crowds, queues and elbow-fights experienced elsewhere in China. Luoyang Mission Accomplished... westwards to Xian! Spirit rising: The central cave featuring a 17m high ...
"No Rest For the Wicked"
... teachers at other schools were. They all arrived back into Zhengzhou airport after midnight and then had to catch a bus back to Luoyang. Apparently there is a law which prohibits buses driving at the wee hours of the morning on the highways. So they all ...
Third day - leaving Xinxiang
We went to Lu farmland to have school teaching. Primary school children were very active and we enjoyed teaching them too. We taught the conversion between simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. Follow the teaching was the rural village. It ...
Long day at Longmen
... of relaxing! We had a quick walk around surrounding streets so we could get an admittedly limited idea of Luoyang. All the scooters/motorcycles parked on the footpath seem to have an alarm system, so when bumped by removal of the next ...
Luoyang and Longmen Grottoes
... caves, ranging from an 1 inch (25 mm) to 57 feet (17 m) in height." Afterwards, we toured a middle/high school. Luoyang No. 2 Foreign Language School. It was impressive school. The students were so friendly. Edward was a 6th grader who ...
Ancient Capital Cities Pt. 2
... each other. Needless to say I didn't sleep but watching Game of Thrones made the time pass very quickly. We arrived in Luoyang around 5:30 and checked in to our hotel at about 7:30. From there we just went to dinner and returned to the ...
3rd Day (XinXiang,LuoYang)
... each others and some of the students cried! After a two hours ride, we arrived at LuoYang. LuiYang is really a big city. There are many high buildings and big shopping malls. At that night, the teachers allowed us ...
Luoyang
Starry, Starry Night.
... school in the evening as I don't like coming home and facing the stairs. The other good thing that happened on this sunny day in Luoyang was that my lessons went well. So it was a very happy camper who walked home looking at the stars in the sky for ...
Domesticated!!
... knows what we will be doing and where we will be staying. It is the time of the year when there is a mass migration in China as everyone is encouraged very strongly to go home. We are supposed to be going toLijiang. I have been there before but I ...
Shaolin
Autant le signaler d'entrée: Luoyang n'a aucun intérêt touristique ! Mais c'est cependant un excellent point de départ pour Longmen et Shaolin. Nous réservons donc un tour depuis l'Hostel pour visiter en une seule journée ces deux sites. C'est un ...
hot day><
I hate hot weather really. It is really so hot that day. Almost all of us wear long-sleeved clothes. And the temperature was about 30 degree at noon. We went to the White horse temple and went to the Longmen Grottoes. I was in a bad mood that day since ...
Province du Henan (Grottes de Longmen et Shaolin)
Weekend, qui se voulait tranquille, loin de la mégalopole de Pékin....dans une province au centre nord de la Chine, la province du Henan. Mais la foule du samedi nous a surpris et a rendu ce voyage plus difficile. Trois lieux principaux : - le ...
Nearly the End
Nearly poisoned myself today. I drank some dishwashing detergent. Who in their right mind would put it in a container like a bottle of water.Who would be stupid enough not to check. Until that episode the day was going well.Went out to dinner last night ...
Longmen Grottos and overnight train
... thing to go and see - 120 yuen, compared to 60 yuen for the wall and likewise for the forbidden city. We travelled back to Luoyang, and had time for lunch, a look round a supermarket and showers. Most of the group opted for pizzahut but Panos and I ate ...
Train to Luoyang
... of you. Also had a strawberry yoghurt with black rice drink - it was itneresting! After lunch we boarded the train to Luoyang. The train took about 5 hours - probably because it didn't seem to be moving very fast. Didn't really see anythig interesting ...
18 March [Day4]
... ; We went to Longmen Grottoes on that day too. It was one of the popular tourist attractions in Luoyang. It was shocking to see that many of the heads of the Buddhist statues were cut off. ...
En route pour les Longmen et le Shaolin
... 5h00, déjeuné a 5h30, pris le bus à 6h15 pour prendre le meilleur train Chinois, le TGV reliant Xi'An et Luoyang, il roule a 300 km/h. On arrive à 9h20. Les bagages ont pris un autre train et nous les reverrons seulement ce soir à ...
Carnivores!!!
Our day off this week was spent at the Hot Springs, which are just outside Luoyang. They are actually closer than I thought, as it was only a 25Y taxi ride. We went on a roaddifferent to one that I have been on before, and I discovered ...
Doona or Duvet?
... they are very close and belching out smoke. I had seen a lot of factories on my train trip to Xi'an but nothing here in Luoyang. Maybe I am too busy keeping my head down watching where I step to notice. I have yet to see any of the at least three nuclear ...
sightseeing in Luorang
18/3 It was the first day we began our tour visit on ŒÃÖ in Henan. The first station was ”’”nŽ›. I am surprised because I have never though a temple would become a shop which was selling different souvenirs. There are lots of ...

