Binhe 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! <br><br>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)<br><br>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.<br>

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... saw this man who worked for the bank until he was fourteen, when the bank was closed. He was still writing checks, although now as souveniers, at the age of 80. We toured all over the bank, but after we headed back to the hotel we need a major nap before we left. It is hard smiling and being gracious all the time, you wouldn't think it would be, but it really is. After our naps we headed to the airport. We gave Ms. Niu our gifts ...

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.

... and we should consider paying 150 yuan for a english speaking guide. Since Mike had really wanted to come here and we had made the extra moves to get here we paid the extra for the guide. Our guide's english name was Lucy, a young woman who just graduated with a degree as a tour guide. She met us at the hotel which was good since we had to change buses along the way. The weather was forecast to rain an ...

... o studentsky listek se nam vysmali. Inu co se da delat. Dvorec je fajn, mame hromadu fotek a pevne rozhodnuti si taky jeden postavit :) Cestou zpatky jsme jen tak prosli trh, hromady suvenyru, ovsme kvalitativne na mnohem vyssi urovni nez jinde, no nicmene prachy nejsou, tak jsme si koupili susneky a sli jsme. Cestou zpatky me odchytla mistni dohazovacka kdeceho, nejdriv ubytovani, pak tago. Jenze cena se mi nezdala a pak taky jet v cizim aute nekam kdovikam, radsi ...

... upon marching up the hundreds of steps, I was thankful I hadn't donned anything warmer. One of the first things we noticed along our hike was that there were vendors selling locks, and that these locks, along with bright red ribbons, had been affixed to the metal-linked chains that served as handrails along the trails. Interested, we asked two girls from Singapore - who spoke English and were on our tour - what was the ...

... exactly why they had so far been unsuccessful. {Before I finish, just a smidge of background information about sexual education in China - there is none. There's no class like we had in the fifth grade of elementary school where the school nurse took the girls in one room to show them a film and (why they chose the PE teacher I have no idea) the school PE teacher took the boys into a different room and we were taught about penises and ...

... and they're not going to say bad things about you later when you leave. Anyway, later we have some free time and decide to hike to the top of the tallest mountain and see a Chinese temple, called pagoda in Japan, and surprisingly I don't know what its called in China. The hike is a 45 minute 60 degree stairmaster workout, but we got great views of the other side of the dam, which creates a Lake Austin (Texas) like view. On the opposite ...