Feitian Hotel Datong
No.1 Zhanqian Street Datong, Shanxi, 037005, China
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelFeitian Hotel Datong
Dàtong : temples suspendus
Nos recherches sur la Chine nous ont plusieurs fois menées à des photos de 3 temples construits en plein coeur d'une falaise. Les temples suspendus. Une architecture saisissante que nous voulions apprécier de nos propres yeux.
En route vers le site, notre chauffeur de taxi nous a expliqué la transformation que vit actuellement sa …
Dàtong : la fondue aux bouddhas
Non loin de Dàtong, dans la région du Shanxi, se trouve la plus ancienne collection de bouddhas sculptés de Chine. Le site a été restauré et est impeccable. Mais avant d'y passer l’après-midi, nous tentons d’aller remplir nos estomacs dans le seul petit restaurant ouvert sur le site. Manque de chance, la dame à l’entrée nous fait …
Great Wall and Great Datong
We are no longer in Beijing or with Becca or on a group tour! Going it alone!! Well almost, Declan from Ireland is stalking us to Xi'an a little bit... Since our last entry we did manage to get to the Great Wall! We booked onto a tour where we got to see the Ming Tombs too, and a free lunch! On the bus there we had a commentary, in Chinese, of the …
Beijing Life III
Its getting cold in BJ but there is always time to go hiking and explore new places. I finally made my way to Datong to visit the Yungang Caves. At the Feitian hotel where I stayed, I met Mark,a fellow traveller from Oz who had been teaching English in Taiwan for 2.5 years and just came from Mongolia. We travelled together to the caves and beyond. …
Out in the desert, first views of the silk route
Wednesday the 13th of September 2006. Over night bus from Golmud (Geermu) to Dunhuang 78 miles, 11 hours. I found the bus station all right and there was one bus. I knew it was going to the right place by the Chinese characters on the front of the bus. The bag went underneath and we all stood around waiting to be let on. Two girls came up very …


