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Stressing Out For Nothing
... shop.This may not be a good move as she will not have much room in her bags for all that she wants to buy. I felt I was a restraining influence on her but I gather she will go back to Luohu Commercial Centre by herself and spend in an uncontrolled manner without her mother questioning her every purchase. I really couldn't have spent much more time there shopping as you have people following you around all the time asking, showing, guiding you everywhere. They also seem to know what ...
Shaolin temple part 2
... t manage to see all the places, but we got a very good impression.
One thing that surprised me the most was how commercial this place has become.
What once was an art, only to be practiced by those allowed at the temple, only to be mastered by a disciplined and devoted lifestyle full of hardship, is now one of the biggest cultural and historical 'attractions' of whole China. Shops everywhere, selling the same stuff. ...
Trip to the Shaolin temple
Today we left the academy towards the city Xinyi (20 min)
The first time actually for me to travel with local public transportation.
As we took place inside a small bus I noticed straight away how the local folk turned their attention to us. Amazed by our western appearance (what seems to be very rare in this region) they tried to interact with us..
The bus was very crowded. For ...
Zhengzhou to Kaifeng and Back Again!
... Chinese street food scale. The current vendor was very fastidious. He carefully turned each pancake three times before spinning it horizontally three times. This process itself was repeated three times with all the attention of a watchmaker. In fact, it took so long that when I went back past the Kaifeng museum, it was open again. Carefully calculating that I had by now missed my chance in Zhengzhou, I thought I may as well take a look around. I ...
Renewing old acquaintances
... time to digest - we are being killed with kindness.
Our car picks us up at 7:10pm to take us to Yuexiu Restaurant which is located in a beautiful mansion decorated in a very tasteful Oriental style with a French influence. Lots of photos and a lovely dinner later we head home for our last night at the Zhongyou Garden Hotel until our return after the trip to Xi'an.
We need to be up early because we are driving to Xi'an tomorrow, home of the Terracotta ...