Golden Hai Yue Lanzhou

... sandstone hills across the dammed part of the Yellow River - looked like Swiss cheese! The caves were carved in 420AD. Many of the caves are now under water. Hundreds of niches of varying sizes where devotees had had beautiful frescoes painted, and statues carved out of the soft rock. A massive and beautiful statue of Buddha. Apparently, the daughter of one of the Emperors ...

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... its huge 12.6m chorton of the revered 5th DL (who served as both the religious and government leader of Tibet). This huge colossus used 3,700 kg of gold and contains the 2 smaller tombs of the 10th &amp; 12th DL's either side (they died as children). Jewel-encrusted and highly embellished, the money to pay for such opulence is a questionable issue for many tourists! The last Chapel of the Holy Born contains the tomb and chorton of the 11th DL. Since the 10th &amp ...

... t been to Disneyland for 13 years so a real treat for us as well as the girls. Charlotte meeting the princesses was priceless - you should have seen her little face - she was momentarily lost for words which of course is highly unusual for her! As they say on the ad - meeting your favourite princesses is priceless, for everything else there's Mastercard (and hasn't that been true)!! We were totally in the ...

... of Shaanxi Province. I have The Sperm Birds on the iPod and next in line is The MC5 who I'm sure will kick out the jams to help me welcome in my 38th year on this crazy yet beautiful planet. I have a cold beer beside me and I am chatting to several friends on both MSN and QQ. QQ is Chinese Chat and is a ...

... Republic who was munching away on her breakfast. She motioned to join her and over all things 'China' we quickly devoured our food leaving nothing but wrappers and empty coffee cups. She had been in China for only several weeks and would be returning home within the next week. As she seemed in want of an adventure in her life I gave her Buckland's web address and my travelpod address. From the ...

... and a crushed boyfriends hand later,a huge ass massive wisdom tooth had been removed. She was a brave girl and I am very proud, she only really cried when I was singing Bob Marley because my amusing repertoire of Dentist jokes and tales of travelling had run out. The journey home was however very interesting, she was of course tired from the pain and a bit giddy from the huge amounts of drugs pumped into her face oh and the disgracefully hot hot heat. About ...

... one of the great things I love about teaching! Children's Day is also the time to recognize each child with a certificate of achievement for his/her particular "forte", including such awards as "Good Sweeper" or "Excellent Class Monitor", along with the usual academic awards. (Remember, there are no custodians to maintain the classrooms, so these jobs are necessary and important.) I recently discovered, however, that the school gatekeeper is the person in ...

... the horrid lady behind the counter looked at us and said 'Timboodong' (I don't understand). We said it again and performed a small game of charades with out fingers etc and she continually told us basically to 'Go F*&amp;# ourselves' as she would only help and serve the Chinese. I politely told her to 'Go f*&amp;# herself' as I left and we joined a second line. Man, I ...

... a hot place. In typical style, our English speaker leaves us with his trusty driver and departs. We are used to this, but are a bit surprised to find the van is not air conditioned, and the wind coming in the windows is like straight out of an oven. (Today's forecast was 26-43 degrees C, and it's AT LEAST THAT). Out on the expressway heading east, we find it is better to almost close the windows, just letting a breeze through. We have stocked up on cold ...