Datong Jiahe Express Hotel

... that we haven't seen that stuff before, anyway. <br><br>Upon our return to town, we decided to skip Huayan, the famous temple in town (it was being worked on anyway--huh), and instead headed to<br>Nine Dragon Screen (&#20061;&#40857;&#30887;), which is a glazed tile will depicting nine<br>dragons (huh) intended to protect the palace of the son of the first<br>emperor of the Ming Dynasty over 600 years ago. The palace is long<br>gone, but the screen remains. It is well-preserved ...

... but it was not to be. We would not reached the peak even though we could see it not too far above us.<br><br>Reluctantly we returned down to the main parking and onto the road where a young kid picked us up and drove us, without a tantrum or immature drama, to the hanging temple just down the way. The hanging temple literally hangs off the side of a mountain and more then made up for our disappointment on Mt. Hengshan. We crawled through the narrow ...

Lungs - everyone wants lung cancer in China as they all smoke, even the kids. There are zillions of brands of ciggarettes which all smell delicious. On sleeper trains they stop people from smoking in the carriages but encourage it in the buffet carriage. So if you want to eat then good luck finding your food on the plate through the thick smoke, mmmm, tasty!<br><br>Microphones - All hair in China is black ...

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... tache". Resultat: des dizaines de chinois autour de nous qui essayaient de dechiffrer nos livres et qui savaient tres bien parler anglais pour la plupart. Ils etaient ravis de voir nos photos et on leur passe un petit "ni hao" car on leur a donne l'adresse du blog ! Enfin, nous avons pris le train pour Datong, en couchettes cette fois (quel bonheur !!) et n'avons pas vu passer le voyage.

... I spent a short time walking around the small school grounds and going from room to room. Some of the blackboards still had the last lessons learning's and others had been graffitied by person similar to me. I took a few pictures of paintings that ...

... in China. This monastery was built according to the Huayan Sutra Sect of the Huayan School and is unique in that it faces east instead of south. Emperors in the Liao Dynasty sincerely believed in Buddhism, so they built many monasteries. The Huayan Monastery was originally the ancestral temple of the imperial family, offering sacrifices for emperors of the Liao Dynasty. In the ...

... in and unleash my Chinese on them! Most of the time when I do use it the person thinks I'm speaking English! This gave Li Ping (Joyce) many hours of laughter in Shaowu. I'd ask for something in Chinese and the person would look at me and automatically say 'I don't understand I don't understand' (in Chinese of course). I'd try again and they ...

... its rooms are very comfortable and clean and the breakfast buffet is very good. We decided to have dinner in hotel in one of the 3 restaurants (Chinese, Korean and western a restaurants). My wife saw in the western restaurant's menu the Milanese veal cutlet and was taken from unexpected nostalgia for Italian food, therefore we decided to eat here. The Milanese veal cutlet was not like an authentic "Milanese", but it was not bad.