Dishui Hotel Changzhi
No.117 Fuhou East Street, Cheng District Changzhi, Shanxi, China
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Professional Hockey in Korea
... in my neighborhood! A pleasant respite since almost everything there is to do is in Seoul which is an hour minimum commute for me usually.
People from a MeetUp.com group came down for the game to an expected small stadium. No matter the size, the players played an exciting action packed game. It was an enjoyable chilling evening.
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Claustrophobia, Coal and Pingyao…
... our trip, reading (Rob: World War Z & Chuck Klostermann), writing the blog, watching some suns of anarchy and just chatting with some fellow travelers, who all seem to be doing a similar route as us. We also managed to book a decent priced flight from Chengdu to Guilin, saving us a 25 hour train ride (the price difference about $20 each more for the flight…I think it’ll be worth it). Although they told us at night that they needed the cash for the ...
Pingyao
This old city once stood as the financial centre of China during the reign of the Qing Dynasty but was first built during the preceding Ming Dynasty. The architecture of these periods is still largely present within the city walls with storefronts still retaining the old design of Imperial China. What truely makes this place a world heritage site is the city walls.
The city walls of Pingyao were constructed in the 3rd year ...
Hitting downtown
Today we had met one of the other students her name is Snow, we decided to catch a taxi down to the city centre, which is referred to as 'downtown'. Here we hit an electrical market, Oh My, I don't think I have ever seen so many electricals in one place, its blatantly where all the stuff from ebay comes from, but I am sure that these type of stores are all over China. Our children are receiving so ...
First Day in Changzhi
We were woken up 9 am in the morning by our new chaperone students Tom and Bruce, we were supposed to have been up and ready for 9 to be taken to the shops. The streets outside the apartment, which were so dead last night were now heaving with the hustle and bustle of people doing their daily things, overlooking our flat was lo and behold a basketball court, with 8 hoops, I(1) was over the moon, he has been an avid ...


