Golden Wheel Hotel Lanzhou

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... it is this road we will follow all the way to the border and beyond, but we will take a motorway alongside when we can. We aren't that keen! If you could see some of the holes in the road we experienced on our three hour jaunt between motorways, not to mention the 'no road surface at all' bit then you'd be joining us on the smooth stuff. Besides, the standard of driving makes it that much safer on the motorway. But I transgress. We can't ...

... that I would need for later in my trip), which I'd slipped into the back of my camera case as I hadn't been able to leave it in the hotel safe that morning. I was gutted beyond belief, especially in the knowledge that once the camera battery had died, the acquisition was going to have been of no financial gain to the thieves at all. Our local guide explained that it was of little importance to return to the shop, as the staff would deny all knowledge of the event ...

... this very afternoon and I am now free until the middle of February 2009. I will head to Xian with Luo Wei on Friday and sadly we will part there and I will head to the very south east of China to Guangdong Province where I will have my passport renewed. I was going to fly but the ...

... lunch noodles were from a really greasy noodle bar down the road a bit. The place hasn't been cleaned for a million decades but the noodles they serve are so delicious. Along with my noodles I had a little bag of crispy beans and other assorted 'good for you' things in a garlic sauce. For dinner it was soup full ...

... the door using the door lock, the swingy arm thingy and the slide lock thingy. It wasn't until I had shown them I knew what to do that they were happy enough to leave. I then went down stairs to get a beer and found two security staff sleeping on the couches in the foyer. They weren't there when Luo Wei and I where here at the beginning of July. I would say they will be here tomorrow night and ...

... fun to walk through and neat to se all the different types of trees. After the garden we went to our new hotel. It was in a cute little area of downtown Suzhou where we were able to do a little walking around and exploring the city. This is becoming our favorite thing to do because we feel like we are too touristy on this bus and moving on and off the bus and herded form place to place. Erin, Christina and I saw this little bakery and there was a huge line for these doughy ...

(Amy) We have commented frequently over the past ten months about how travel makes the world a smaller place. The kids have noticed how people around the globe have more similarities than differences-- most people basically want to create a comfortable life for themselves and their families, and to live according to their beliefs and values. The feeling of connectedness, of course, also makes you more aware of others ...

... walking the streets for several hours into the evening all the while dodging the usual million man holes without covers we headed back to our happy little beer spot on the edge of the overpass out front of the big hotel. We were greeted with happy smiles and a couple of beers were brought to our table. It's great to be recognised! Breads Beers and Noodles to you...Shane

... side leading back to the ticket office and car park. Near the barrage is a raised boadwalk on our side leading up the canyon, presumably to where there are some Buddhist caves, but we only walk as far as some good shade, and sit down to recover from the heat and have a drink. Walk back over a bridge across the stream at the barrage, along the boadwalk, which also has timbers to prop up the crumbling soft rock shelf over our heads. Walk back through a ...