Best Western Byronn Hotel Tianjin

... to the context and results of their logic as opposed to the “why” and “how” that we are more accustomed to as Westerners. But even Chinese experts have difficulty in dissecting the Chinese rationale, because most of their ideologies date back to ancient time, and since then a lot has evolved and been purged of any concrete factual basis. So you can only imagine my dilemma in facing these difficulties as a college-undergrad from the states ...

We chose to visit the nearby port Town of Tanggu where is located the economic location stimulus known as TEDA (basically a lot of westerners and big companies who are drawn in by paying less taxes).

I always like to see anything new, but I found that Tanggu really has nothing to offer and is quite boring. In fact, it was really a comedy of errors one after the other on the Saturday.

First we visited the very famous "Exotic ...

A couple of months have past since our last little adventure and the throes of a day to day job have enthralled me for the moments. I do feel, however, the often little tug to wander streets I haven't walked and to places I have not yet gazed. And so, for this weekend, the two of us decided to go to the close coastal city of Tanggu to see there what it had to offer. Of ...

... at my elite chinois skills yo?). All kinds of ZhongShanMen ensues. Don't think I'll settle for the road. Naw, the bridge doesn't look like fun. No more ZhongShanMen. Half hour's almost up. But lo and behold, here's Anr (two) thingy that looks like a pagoda? GM indicated is would just be a short but confusing walk from here, rock it! But the bus don't stop. O the humanity. How will I reconstruct those confusing directions? Well ...

... location, them with 'meter is broken, 25rmb?'. Of course, it only costs 10rmb to get back to her apartment from the bus station, but why should they assume we know that. Very annoying of course, we ended up taking one of the nu-rickshaws, with the motorcycle front.

That night we spent in the town center, searching for sushi - which we eventually found and was both delicious and too ...

October 1 I had the day off for the Celebration of Chinese National Day. It was the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China. I used this time to explore more of Tianjin. I did a lot of walking and sweating but it was worth it. Enjoy the Photos.

Blake

... time off so it's not really that much time off, but great for a trip.

For this trip I traveled to Chengde county to stay with my gal's parents and see the mountain's of China.

Wednesday night after work I took the bus out to Tianjin city and we went out to dinner and packed for the trip.

... these 2 guys came to our table and spun the noodles in the air to stretch the dough and then they put them in your pot. It was pretty cool. The pics from dinner only include about half the group cause some ditched out because of the rain and they had to ride their bicycles home.

And yes we had a private room at no extra cost for dinner.

Blake

I went to dinner at a pretty nice seafood restaurant. I picked the food from aquariums on the main floor of the place and they cook it and bring it to your table which is upstairs. I went with a JV (joint venture) Team member and the Mexican team.

We had Chicken, Pork, Green beans, 2 kinds of shrimp, fish, and a crab. It only came to about 10 US dollars per person.

Enjoy thee Pics,
Blake

... otoyol yapiliyor. Buradaki apartman insaatindan cok daha fazla sayida da gokdelen insaati var. Olimpiyatlar nedeniyle cok heyecanlilar. olimpiyatin futbol ayagi da bu kentte yapilacakmis. Bakalim Tianjin 2008 de gorucuye cikinca nasil gorunecek dunyaya? Bu kadar kisa surede alistim kente, benimsedim burayi. Turkiyeye donunce bu ilginc kenti ozler miyim bilmiyorum.