Crystalrsland Hotel Xi'an
Fenghui South Road, Yanta District Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710075, China
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A Step Back in Time
... out what he was doing, even though I knew I could get a cab to the hotel easily and quickly. After about 15 minutes I told Jack that I, along with a few other students would get to the hotel ourselves. This actually brings up a very important dynamic that I wanted to discuss. Whenever you travel in a big group things are more-likely to be slow and annoying.
Because you can’t do anything until all of the people in your group are ready. I found this to be a frustrating aspect ...
Terracotta Warriors and climbing Hua Shan
... if we in the city walls as we passed Pizza hut and Starbucks, sadly we were. A completely different set up to the quaint and peaceful Pingyao. My train ride was fine, I got a hard sleeper but joined the train half way through it's journey. Instead of the double bunks on Russian trains, this one had a triple bunk and I was up top! I found my cabin and one empty bed. Pushed my bag up top with the use of my head, slipped off my shoes and ...
Skype Really Is A Modern Day Blessing...!
... it really is a god send in this modern world, there we were in the middle of China, yet it seemed like we were both back at Charlotte's house, chatting to everybody, i was thinking what would we do without it? it would certainly be a lot harder for us both that's for sure, at 8pm we finally boarded our overnight sleeper train for the next 12 hour's, bound for Chongquing, the jumping off point for the world famous Yangzi River, & our boat cruise for the next two day's ...
Ah, China!
... once the kids go to bed it’s pretty dark and quiet. The solitude is nice, but I am grateful to have some company. The room for volunteers is set up with four bunk beds and three regular beds. There’s wireless, a TV and a bunch of DVDs. But no gmail and no facebook. I have a feeling I’m going to soon realize how much I depend on both of those ...
Warriors
... light rain. I really wanted to get back to the hotel. But, we ran into heavy traffic and had to skip stopping at a Pagoda because we were out of time. We were stuck in traffic for so long we lost the little bit of free time we were going to have today. I had been looking forward to a long nap before the evening event but we only had an hour. I rested and made Ella lay with me. Elizabeth rested but was watching a movie ...


