Binhai Hotel Taiyuan

... crowd has gathered, someone will cry "Taiyuan" and the crowd will ooh and ahh in a "Oh you mean Taiyuan, sure you should have said" kind of way!

Ticket successfully in hand, we followed our Bus Lady across the road to our sleeper. (She had the most beautiful boots) The bus was filled with the tiniest bunk beds you've ever seen. Just about big enough for a short leprechaun to lie on his side and curl up his feet. (mild exaggeration only)

The bus ...

... br>Taiyuan mel byt pro nas jen prestupni stanice, ale nakonec jsme v nem stravili cele odpoledne. Taiyaun je vice nezmilionove mesto, prestavbu centra dokoncili pred 2 roky. Hlavni ulice je misty az dvanacti proudova dalnice. Nikde tu nikdy nedelaji nic maleho. Asi sem nejezdi moc turistu. Vsude na nas zirali a v obchodech se nas ani nesnazili moc natahnout, takze jsme tam vubec nesmlouvali. Zasli jsme na jidlo, do muzea umeni provnicie Shanxi a posedeli v mistnim parku.

... In some cases, taking part in a face-to-face class could be inconvenient due to scheduling, traffics, safety, etc, especially for those kids who intends to learn Chinese for Children. Online mandarin Chinese ...

June 12th- We got up early Friday morning to do some work before our flight to Taiyuan. After lunch we took a cab to the airport where we got our tickets and boarded China Eastern Airlines. It is a great airline, riding the plane here is extremely convenient and well-organized. I had my doubts, but this was one of the better flying experiences I've had. Our flight was only an hour or so and we got a nice little ham and cheese sandwich ...

We get dropped off at the Qingxu service station at 2:30am. There's a 24hr convenient store, we find a row of plastic seats and tries to make it until the sun comes up. We have been on the road nonstop for 18 hours, have to wait 7 more hours before we can find a bed.

... we would come to her house for dinner. We said yes and she wrote the place to meet in chinese. At 7pm we hopped in a cab then waited at the place until she arrived. She said that she had gotten a call to go back to the gorge after she left us and it was raining with no visibility. She made us a dinner which was fun to share in her small place. I'll blog more about this later. For now it is time to catch a flight.

... na bus. Ten jezdi kazdou chvili, evidentne doprava po Cine na kratke vzdalenosti se odehrava autobusem, na delsi vlakem. Prekvapive i autobusova doprava je skvele organizovana, i kdyz nekdy trochu srandovne. Holt cinaci. Prvni prekvapko hned po prijezdu na misto byla rozloha dvorce, je fakt veliky :) Dalsi pak skutecnost, ze je to skutecna turisticka atrakce, more stankaru, dohazovacu ubytovani a cernych taxiku. Vstupne bylo taky trosku prekvapko, 40 za osobu, na ...

... the man who discovered the Warriors. Picture this: an 80 year-old-man, face strewn with wrinkles, sitting behind a cheap table, a stack of Terracotta Warriors books beside him in a slew of different languages, a fan in one hand, a cigarette lit in his other hand, it's smoke billowing up all around him, and a sign stating "no photos" in front of him. If you purchased one of his books, he would sign it with a rather ...

... only had to push play. We left Taiyuan for Pingyao on a train that cost 80p each. It was a 2 and a half hour ride cos it stopped a lot along the way. The whole way there was a chinese man with his eyes peering over the top of the seat behind Richard staring at me. Was quite funny, every now and then he would stare around the side of his seat as well as over the top. We get a lot of stares.

... a lot of dirt everywhere because theres nowhere for it to go. Anyway, Jason and I do a bit of shopping and then meet up later in the student canteen (restaurant) and for less than $1 I get a bowl of rice and this huge serving of chicken and vegetables in this amazing dark red sauce! So big I end up taking half home for lunch tomorrow! The food here is really unbelievable! The next day, I went into town with Paul ...