Grain Bureau Hotel Lanzhou

... planning to go to Xinjiang, advising me not to go, or at the very least expressing concern. My biggest personality flaw is that I am incredibly stubborn. Sometimes to the point where even though my decision might not have been the best and I have chances to turn back, I will still soldier on. If it is a moral matter and I did the wrong thing, I won't do this. It is more to do with travel decisions, career choices, boyfriends... mostly just things that inconvenience or hurt myself as ...

... says no! La resposta es curta pero ferma, no hi ha bitllets cap a aquesta destinacio per als estrangers. A mi no em sobta gaire. Als demes motxillers amb qui coincideixo doncs si. Al final, agafo la Lonely Planet i en uns minuts em construeixo una nova ruta. La destinacio la mateixa, Jiuzhaigou, un parc natural al nord de la provincia de Sichuan, encara que per una altra ruta molt menys conflictiva, encara que tambe molt menys interessant.

... or in the west we know it as Won Ton Soup)) on this day. It's said that in the Han Dynasty, when Hun tribes attacked China's borders, two tribal leaders were the fiercest. One was named Hun and the other Tun. So when people made food to offer to their ancestors and celebrate the festival, they called the dumpling soup they ate huntun to show their hatred for their enemy. In other parts of northern China, such as Henan ...

... __________________ The soundtrack to this entry was once again by a huge assortment of bands! The album was 'Channel V - Music Television China!' Strangely it seems as if they are replaying last nights. Is all music television like this? Has it not changed at all? _______________________________________ ___________________

... simply because I liked the name of the mountain. I had not a single piece of information on either the mountain or how to get there. And without either that makes one hell of a ************fusing journey ahead here in China! Luo Wei and I headed to the 'advanced train booking office' the other day whilst we were still in Kaifeng and there we found out I had to catch ...

... rip off tourist trap. You'll have to deal with the Terracotta Tourist Trap Army: ranks upon ranks of souvenir stands, subpar and overpriced snack joints manned by aggressive shills and wheedling vendors. Xian is, like other Chinese cities, generally quite safe. Just watch out for pickpockets (usually children) in crowds. I recommend to compare hotel ...

... toya.....shane (that is still happily here!) PS: if you look intot he distance in each photo you will see 'another' village there. _______________________________________ ________ The soundtrack to this entry was by The Church The album was 'The Best Of' Gotta love The Church! _______________________________________ _________

... thought that the chimney is the original group of towers, view maps, in Songgang village to village straight wave between the river valley plain, Xiakou, the Peak, the distribution of stars Luo Built group, this is enough octophylla River (upper reaches of the Dadu River) and spindle formation of Tama River valley plain angle, it guarded Barkam the west gate, from the towers intact group, the age should be established not long ...

... the souvenir shops, get our tickets and make our way about 500 metres to the cloak room and entrance, possibly 15 minutes late for the English language tour, but by the time we check the bag, but not the camera or Palm Pilot, there is an "English Speaking" guide ready for us. His English is pretty ordinary, but he gets most of the picture across. A lot of the presentation involves lament and accusation about the scrolls and documents knocked off by the various ...

... langer te blijven. Ze kan dan even wat aansterken in geciviliseerd gebied. Wel kopen we vandaag nog bustickets. In tegenstelling tot wat de Rough Guide zegt moeten we niet op het west busstation zijn maar op het zuid station. Uiteindelijk lukt het allemaal en gaan we Daan naar bed brengen. Al met al gaat het verplaatsen en het kopen van tickets allemaal redelijk soepel. WEl is het even goed opletten dat je een zogenaamd PICC ...