Garden International Hotel Taiyuan

... we slept in our bus, going nowhere! <br><br>His alarm went off around six in the morning and he roused a few others from their sleep! Simultaneously, a row of taxis joined the bus. One by one the taxi drivers hopped out! (Oh God! What's going on here??) They each took a bag from the bus and once again disappeared. Some of the helpers jumped into a passing white van. And a strange old man passed the bus, nonchalant, but walkin backwards up the road. We shrugged off ...

Z Wutaishanu jsme vyjeli autobusem v 8:10. Cesta do Taiyuanu trvala asi 4 hodiny, vetsina osazenstva ji prospalo - i kdyz personal autobusu se to snazil narusit poustenim nejake cinske superstar neuveritelne nahlas. <br><br>Jedna zastavka na benzinove pumpe. Zacina se zdat, ze toalety na benzinkach budou hlavnimi adepty na cenu "Zachod Julie Hubenakove". Hlavne devcata si porad nemuzou zvyknout na vykonavani potreby pred zraky ostatnich Cinanek ve fronte. O zapachu ani nemluve ...

How to learn Chinese is a frequently asked question. Occasionally, people would like to find a tutor to help them learn Chinese. Actually, in modern times with fast development of internet, online mandarin Chinese seems more ...

... lion. You can always tell which lion is the female because she is standing (protecting) her baby and the male is standing (protecting the world). There was also a newer sculpture built that was gigantic of some horses and important historical figures. The temple itself is made with no nails at all, It was made in 984 and then fixed up in 1102. There are dragons and scary figures that stand at the entryway. The temple was also built ...

We get dropped off at the Qingxu service station at 2:30am. There's a 24hr convenient store, we find a row of plastic seats and tries to make it until the sun comes up. We have been on the road nonstop for 18 hours, have to wait 7 more hours before we can find a bed.

... we would show us one. We told her we'd like to buy her lunch and she said ok. It was nice to have her along as she explained about the area specialty Chongdong fish. Unfortunately it cost 240 yuan so we got a different fish but cooked the same way for 40 yuan. You ask what kind of fish for 240? Catfish. Keep in mind the exchange rate is about 6.5 yuan to $1.00 After a good and not expensive lunch Lucy asked ...

... slum vcetne spinavych deti, smecek divokych psu prohrabavajicich odpadky a vubec. Kolem proteka ricka, a vzhledem k suchemu podnebi (prselo naposled nekdy pred dvema mesici), tece v rece uzky prouzek neceho, co ma mlecne zelenou barvu a smrdi to na sto metru. Park kolem pagod je docela pekny, ale ta cesta za to nestala, krome toho klaster okolo pagod byl stejne zavreny a vstupne podle vseho 30 yuanu na osobu. To je dalsi problem Taiyuanu, vstupy, kdyz uz je na co ...

... also serves as a panda breeding center, which is extraordinary considering the dwindling panda population in the wild. With other animals (for they also had golden monkeys, snow leopards, ibises, black bears and a bunch of others), the center often keeps them for a couple of years, studies them and then releases them back into the wild. Being winter when we went, the park was basically disserted. But since it was cooler ...

... of this area was a visit to the ancient town of Pingyao, 100 km south of Taiyuan. It was the financial center of China and there are nearly 4000 preserved Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) Dynasty residences. This beautiful UNESCO site has been preserved as the community looked 700 years ago. It would be delightful to stay in one of the guest houses surrounding inner courtyards. Taiyuan is ...

This one's mostly for the pictures. This week there was a school celebration for it being the schools 50th anniversary. They decorated up the teaching building and had some speeches and then several different groups had traditional dance performances. I know most people think Chinese are all the same, but there's ...