Changfeng Hotel Lanzhou
No.754 Anning West Road, Anning District Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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Busy time in the heart of china
... explore the stadium. There is more construction going on on the field andthe torch has been moved out but you got a good feel of what it was like and its good me thinking about trying a little harder for 2012 tickets. Next we went for our swim. You can only use the warm up pool but still its fifty meters. One side was only about 80cm deep so I went to the deeper side which I found out later you are supposed to take a short test before you can go in. ops. I think I managed ...
Pools and Peaks
... and if I tell you the only way we had light was by connecting the bulb to a live socket that was all wired together with the rest of the house. I don’t know why I bothered bringing a towel or change of clothes with me on this overnight excursion, there wasn’t even a shower.
The next morning we started out at 7:30AM as planned even though we weren’t quite sure that we would get a ride because the owner of the hostel doesn’t own a car. But ...
Bingling Si Temple and Rock Carvings
... an enormous seated figure carved into the hillside. You'll get a sense of the scale from our pictures. It's not as big as THE Giant Buddha in Leshan (now the largest in the world thanks to the Taliban), but it's still impressive.
Our car driver had estimated our walkabout would take around two hours. Without the benefit of a tour guide or a printed booklet (no English was available), our tour takes less than 40 minutes.
As we're wondering what ...
Little Miss China
... her how I missed American food. Her response was baffling; “Don’t you like sandwiches? You can get a sandwich anywhere”
I am not one to argue, especially not when I am a visitor in another country. I feel my role as a traveler is more of an ambassador, and that it is not my place to disagree with a local expressing a discernibly strong opinion. But, when this person persists on telling me that ...
The Village of Tongli
... who traveled around China as businessmen and amassed huge fortunes. Some of them were actually richer than the emperor himself. They returned home and built magnificent gardens and mansions and utilized architectural designs from throughout China. Because of this, the tiny village of Tongli has some amazing surprises inside it. There are many mansions and private gardens. A ticket to ...


