Hu'S Farmhouse
Travel Blogs from Lin'an
Away for the weekend
Decided to get out of Shanghai for the weekend. Headed for the fresh air and bamboo groves of Moganshan. It was very relaxing until I decided that it would be a good idea to bike to the top of the mountain. Then it turned into a work out. Some serious hill climbing. 1.5 hours to the top, and only 5 minutes back to the bottom. Watch out ...
Tratando de llegar a las montañas amarillas…
... clima y podríamos subir a las montañas. No, lluvia sin parar. Decidimos dormir, bajar fotos, escribir en el blog… descansar. Seguro que al día siguiente podríamos subir. No señores, mas lluvia! Comíamos en el restaurante del hostal que prácticamente era la dueña cocinando para nosotros porque no había nadie más quedándose ahí, dormíamos y cuadrábamos las fotos. La comida era muy rica y el sitio no estaba tan mal pero no podíamos esperar toda la vida. Con ...
A water village
... who live on house boats. So there are about 10 million.
Once in Tongli we saw the big lake one of the biggest in China and canals. We had to get on an electric golf cart to get into the town as buses and cars are not allowed though bikes are! The ladies drove very fast and took us into the centre. We walked along and saw pig's knuckles and pig trotters for sale. They smelled very nice and they were barbequed. ...
Pingyao
... I have given up trying to squat in the toilet and hold the door as there are never any locks..
We visited the Terracotta warriors the next day which was amazing I had no idea how huge the archeaology find was, the farmer who discovered it in 1974 while ploughing his field is at the museum to sign the brochures, he only learnt to write his name since the discovery! When President Clinton came for a visit he spent ...
National Treasure
... mountains and the word "tourist" in English, we were on the right track.
As we started up a mountain on a winding two lane road we came to a rangers station with a sign for the National Park. Mr. Zhao spoke with the ranger and I could tell he was trying to get out of paying the fee so I took out my wallet and paid the 50 rmb, got my ticket and we continued. He called the inn keeper on his phone and got the final directions. We kept driving up and ...
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Mt. Daming Tu Nationality Farmhouse
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Yijiaju Farmhouse
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