Fuxinggong Hotel Pingyao
No.69 Garden Street, center of Mingqing Street,Pingyao ancient city Pingyao, Shanxi, China
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Sleepless in hard Seater
... have our picture taken with lots of people; we feel quite famous!
So after a very long night we got to Pingyao, which is famous for it's ancient walled city. A kind of tuktuk was waiting for us to take us to the hostel.We originally planned to stay one night there, but again, the trains were full so we had 3 days. As the hostel was very cheap, we didn't mind too much.
The first day we walked around the walled city which took all of 2 ...
Lekker poepen bij het Terracottaleger
... worden de vingers nog eens uitgebreid afgelikt. Vingers waar ze net hun SNOT mee hebben opgevangen. Snot ja, want tissues gebruiken ze niet. De neus wordt gewoon in de hand zelf gesnoten. Of gedeeltelijk op de grond, gedeeltelijk met de hand, gedeeltelijk met de mouw. Genoeg mogelijkheden, maar de tissue hebben ze nog niet ontdekt.
Goed, al met al waren we niet al te zeer gecharmeerd van ons nieuwe ...
Pingyao
... heeft uitgeoefend op de economie. Vervolgens ben ik naar de Confucius tempel gegaan waar de oudste tempel (daterend uit 1163) staat in Pingyao. Hier werden aanstaande bureaucraten beproefd op hun vaardigheden met de keizerlijke examens die er werden afgenomen. Confucius was een hoogaanstaand geleerde die met het opstellen van gedragscodes grote invloed heeft uitgeoefend op China. Daarna de complete 6 km over de stadsmuur gewandeld terwijl het weer steeds ...
Saying Cheese in Chinese
... it turns out we don't need one as the massive maze of hillside courtyard houses are all the same and the path through them is indicated by arrows. Our little party of four manage to overtake and mostly lose the large, amplified Chinese tour groups that are also wandering through the complex, and we make an enjoyable experience out of the place. There are numerous Confucian temples in the complex and we are a bit shocked to see the disrespect shown to these places by the local ...
4 Nights in the Best Ancient Walled City in China
... our bus transferred to the other bus without our feet touching pavement. Now we were cramped among a spitting and smoking crowd. The bus doubled back in the direction we had just come from. Nobody was concerned so we went with the flow. Soon the bus turned left onto a new route and headed uphill through incredible beautiful terraced mountain scenery with communities hidden in the canyons. Imagine a green Grand Canyon with fantastic ...


