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Tianjin- the Big Smoke
... dictionary, "to commit suicide by throwing oneself into a river, well etc", so seeing it today makes me feel unreal.
My sadness strangely lightens after that- perspective and disbelief combined together. I'm walking to the old town through the rising mass of concrete. The streets do not look busy; where will they find all these thousands of occupants? I reach the old town mid-morning, and at first I'm disappointed. The drum tower sits at the hub ...
"In Our China"
... and Chinese music (not so much the English, African or South American music), but what was interesting was their repsonse to the music. Many people nodded or tapped along to the American hip hop track, but the traditional Chinese piece was met with vacant expressions all round. Later I asked them to introduce their favourite artist to their partner, and just one student out of seven classes named someone from mainland China. Quite predicatably, the others ...
Bullet Train to Tianjin - 05 Mar 11
... t get any ideas Matty, chicks holding hands and going to the toilet at the same time is a plutonic thing. PLUTONIC I SAY!!!!).
When we arrived at Tianjin, we decided to check out the Riverfront. Unfortunately under the bridge smelled heavily of urine and stuff, and when the boardwalk planks started creaking under my feet I decided I had to get the hell out of there, I wasn’t going to end up in the frozen urine river!! There ...
Long time, no email
... that we went to see the Beijing opera, this was a lot better than the opera we went to see in Chengdu, plus I actually understood the odd few words! We had the whole of the following day; we had the day to wander around the city. One of my friends had suggested going to the Temple of Heaven, this isn't really publicised in Beijing as a major tourist attraction, but I think it's one of the most amazing things I saw while in Beijing. There was a round building, ...
First days in Beijing!
... Temple of Heaven, the Forbidden City, Tian'anmen Square, and the dumpling lady several times where we can get 20 dumplings for under a dollar, mmm...... Tomorrow we will hike for 10km along a stretch of the Great Wall, and hopefully we can upload some pictures in the next city we visit because internet is free at the hostel there. So we will talk to you again from Xi'an.Over and ...