Beiguan Hotel Pingyao

... Hee cute! <br> Our Hostel was only 50cent a night!! You'd find that kind of money in the couch! Same price as a pot noodle or an overpriced bottle of water! That of course gave us incentive to stay an extra night to help boost the budget! Now we're loaded :) <br> We ...

... so I took a short nap and had a shower and felt better able to face the day. I went for a walk to explore Pingyao and was immediately confronted with the staring again. In fact, I had a small group of people actually staring and laughing at me. I was so ******. I had had it with the down right rudeness of the people, the pollution, the garbage, the food and the noise people made when they ate! At least in the other countries I had visited ...

... aber das waere eine weitere Nachtfahrt gewesen, also doch wieder Bus! Wir musste dann ein bisschen Zeit totschlagen, weil der naechste Bus erst um 14.30 Uhr ging, aber irgendwann sassen wir dann wieder n einem etwas betagten Reisebus, der genauso durch den Stadtverkehr kroch, es hatte ein bisschen was von einem Dejavue. <br>Der Bus war ein Expressbus und als er dann endlich auf dem Highway war, konnten wir auch sehen warum er so hiess. Die Fahrer hatten anscheinend nicht ...

... besmetten door eerst anderen aan te raken en dan je mond aan te raken waardoor bacterien binnen kunnen komen. We hebben in onze hostels natuurlijk veel contact met backpackers die de hele wereld rond reizen. (onze tijdelijke Zwitserse "vrienden" in de vorige hostel kwamen net uit Mexico.) Pas nu kun je je goed voorstellen hoe snel ziektes zich kunnen verspreiden. We zijn voorzichtig, zullen nog meer gebruik maken van de desinfecterende zeep. We zullen zo snel mogelijk ...

... it. And then the plight of a little street dog stuck in a moat (no water, but still very cold with no way out) brought me down to rock bottom, partly with shame. I am pretty sure it was put in the moat by people and without somebody climbing down into the moat and carrying it out, it would die either of hypothermia, or dehydration. The point is I didn't have the courage to go into the moat to rescue it because I was worried I wouldn't be able to climb out again without help and that Mum was ...

... 2000 Olympics) so when I said; That is no way five or six kilometers! And he said something with a very thick French accent that sounded like Yes yes, how right you are! You have both strong legs and good judgment! I felt bloody good! Mr French wanted to ride around the exterior of the walls and as I had already done this by foot several days ago I decided it was time to purchase what is called ...

... birthplace of the Jin Businessmen, who were one of the two famous Chinese business groups during the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Owing to this, the first Chinese exchange shop was opened in Pingyao. Then, for the next hundred years, Pingyao was home to almost all of the large exchange shops in China. To a certain degree, Pingyao was to China during ...

... to assist us in finishing it. That night was spent the four of us, over this bottle of fenjiu, playing chess and badminton with the hostel staff. Sunday afternoon passed without event and was consumed by the pages of our books. Eventually we found our way to the bus station, bent on saving ourselves from the standing train car to Taiyuan. Regrettably, the bus lacked suspension and insisted on playing Chinese karaoke and Rambo so it proved to be less ...

... pile to do here even though we did buy tickets to visit the town sights. It's a bit like Bunratty park or something with historical sights preserved as the would have been in their original usage. Some of these, including the town walls, old prison and temples were interesting but a lot of the others started to blend into one another after a while, especially if you don't read Chinese.

Adam here, whilst casually walking along in a nonchalont manner :D an old chinese man, fell off his stool he was sooo busy staring at us instead of concentrating on the difficult task of sitting! Later on a young girl (8'ish) forgot how to walk at the sight of us and promptly fell over! We are having a strange affect on the chinese :) Pingyao has continued to be a really nice place if youre in china its worth popping in for a couple of days :D Oh yes lest I forget, Pingyao has ...