Dational Defence Hotel Taiyuan

... insisted that everyone take off their shoes on entry! So we lay on our sides enveloped in smelly feet odour! Pleasant! In fairness, it was cosy and warm though! The journey passed uneventfully. A toilet stop, a cheesy kung fu movie and some snoring..... Until....<br><br>The Bus pulled up to the side of the road, a few got out. Then the bus driver decided he'd have a nap. He had a ciggarette, climbed into one of the bunks and fell asleep. For about five hours ...

Z Wutaishanu jsme vyjeli autobusem v 8:10. Cesta do Taiyuanu trvala asi 4 hodiny, vetsina osazenstva ji prospalo - i kdyz personal autobusu se to snazil narusit poustenim nejake cinske superstar neuveritelne nahlas. <br><br>Jedna zastavka na benzinove pumpe. Zacina se zdat, ze toalety na benzinkach budou hlavnimi adepty na cenu "Zachod Julie Hubenakove". Hlavne devcata si porad nemuzou zvyknout na vykonavani potreby pred zraky ostatnich Cinanek ve fronte. O zapachu ani nemluve ...

How to learn Chinese is a frequently asked question. Occasionally, people would like to find a tutor to help them learn Chinese. Actually, in modern times with fast development of internet, online mandarin Chinese seems more ...

... she said she would pass on to Mr. Bai who was actually the one who had invited us. In return they gave us these crazy huge boxes full of local foods from Shanxi, the boxes were enormous! <br><br>All in all it was a great trip. We got to travel in style and see what the life of the rich and famous (well maybe not famous) was like, we had great food, saw beautiful sites, and stayed in amazing places. But I've got to admit, it gets ...

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.

... it had rained earlier it was just a heavy fog. To get to the dam you must go into the mountains. I'm not sure of the elevation but it is about an hour drive. Near the end the bus goes through 5 tunnels, one of which is over 2 miles long. The tour takes you first to a point overlooking the dam at which time we could barely see across the dam. The 2nd stop is just under the top of the dam which gives the ...

... Jenze jsme nemeli paru, kde stavi, tak sla pani s nama a zkousela nas ukecat. Coz mimo jine privedlo mou mysl k zubum. Nevim, jestli v tehle provincii jsou zubari tak drazi, nebo jestli tu na zubni peci kaslou, ale v zivote jsem nevidela tolik zkazenych zubu jako tady. Nakonec bus prijel, zastavil na krizovatce a zacal vykrikovat jmeno mesta, kam jsme chteli, tak jsme nasedli a jeli. Do Pingyao je to cca 40 kilasku, pohodicka, pekny vyhled na venkovske vesnice a tak.

... behind these locks. The idea: one buys a lock, attaches it to one of the chains on the mountain, makes a wish and then throws the key over the mountain in hopes that the mountain will grant his/her wish. Struck down by our sadness over Seamus, it was almost a blessing that the mountain was giving us the option to do something sentimental for him, especially since we couldn't be there for him during his last few ...

... and how babies are made throught the magic of video. That sort of thing just doesn't exist here and most Chinese parents would never discuss these types of things with their children.} Anyway, it turned out that the couple had been unsuccessful because 'apparently' it's just impossible to become pregnant through anal sex! This couple had been having anal sex for months in hopes of getting pregnant - and had no idea that wasn't the ...

... there are house-caves were people live! Its literally half-house and half-cave and then Jason tells me his family, which lives in far NW China, lives in a cave - isn't that crazy! Its just very strange to hear. Anyway, at the top we can rest and have a good view and take some pictures. As we head down the steep decline, Jason is hobbling a bit so I ask him what's wrong and he answers "My tip tops are hurting". You can imagine the perplexed ...