Beiguan Hotel Pingyao
The Parking Area, Outside of North Gate Pingyao, Shanxi, China
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Claustrophobia, Coal and Pingyao…
... the ash from all the coal burning might change the flavour of the corn…
We walked the full length of the wall, before descending and walking through the streets. Many of the buildings were in rough shape, but this really added to the feel of the city. So many places you visit as a tourist are 'done up’ its nice to see a quasi-authentic place (although I don’t kid myself into thinking that every ‘small’ Chinese city is like ...
Red-lantern-hung-streets
... is the China I had imagined on my trip from Russia, Not the modern Beijing, but this ancient walled town. Red lanterns hug the streets, there is elegant courtyard architecture, ancient towers facing the north China sky and creeking temples and buildings. The city is full of local people, cycling a delivery of fruit to a shop, hanging washing on the street, playing cards in a ...
Caves,the Yellow River &Golden Week/ Matera cinese
... del nostrio Lonely P. e ci mettiamo in cammino sotto un sole coccente...da un estremo all'altro, sempre.
Riassaporiamo pero' il colore blu del cielo e, camminando lungo un impervio sentiero (per circa 45 minuti), arriviamo finalmente (sudati, distrutti e graffiati) a Lijiashan che letteralmente significa "la montagna della famiglia Li" e il cognome "Li" significa "albero delle prugne'. Tra i vari richiami tra una collina e l'altra (gli ...
Saying Cheese in Chinese
... reception all share the same space, which is decorated in the usual traveller chic - maps, posters and scrawled grafitti on the walls from thousands of previous visitors. After a welcome coffee we are shown to our room. The hostel is a typical single-story "courtyard" house - two open yards with rooms leading off each. Ours is at the very back of the building. At first glimpse it is a nice room with a huge bed that takes up half the space. There are rolled duvets and pillows ...
4 Nights in the Best Ancient Walled City in China
... sleeper bus that was coming through town soon for the rest. The other two couples deferred to us and let us take the train bed while they reserved space on the bus. We were given a slip of paper with our ticket info on it and put in a small motorcycle taxi to the station with another couple who did buy their own (hard seat)tickets for Xi’an at the station. For the 8 hour night time ride to Xi’an we hadn’t even ...


