Crowne Plaza Tianjin Binhai

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).<br><br>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.<br><br>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 ...

... Past security and giggling boys. Along the side of a highway. Through a construction site. I hover for about five minutes to see if anyone minds. The red notebook is indeed magical, they must think me a foreign foreman. Or just not care. Try here, try there, no passage, no ocean. Well, I found the salt flats. Darn close but no cigar. Back to the train. Pause for an apple. Bum a light. It'll cost 2 yuan to try the last stop, also ...

... of work to eat around all the bones in a skull is amazing, truly a work of dedication.<br><br>After the duck head place, we walked a long time and eventually came to a park in north Tianjin called 'Beining.' The park itself was quite large, with lots of attractions and amusement rides and even a couple miniature zoos, but very few people. I actually felt sorry for most the vendors here. The ...

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.<br><br>Blake<br>

... time off so it's not really that much time off, but great for a trip.<br><br>For this trip I traveled to Chengde county to stay with my gal's parents and see the mountain's of China.<br><br>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. <br><br>And yes we had a private room at no extra cost for dinner.<br><br>Blake<br>

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.<br><br>We had Chicken, Pork, Green beans, 2 kinds of shrimp, fish, and a crab. It only came to about 10 US dollars per person.<br><br>Enjoy thee Pics,<br>Blake<br>

... there. The Summer Palace is SO so huge. I can't believe how much more there was to see. It was really really nice. It was still *Very* cloudy and hazy, but with nice, almost cool, weather. I Also met an English teacher named Arek from Poland who I might try and get in touch with later on. Anyways, I'm pretty beat from climbing the huge hill from the North Gate and walking around all of the ...

Today I visited the old "Chinatown"?!?! that was really touristy. I also walked around, checking out the old foreign area. There are no foreigners there anymore, but you could see the influence - big shady, leafy streets with giant western-style buildings.