Golden Sunshine Hotel
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Culture Shock? So over it.
... wonderfully with all of China. The funny thing is that her roommate, Katie, is a super tall blonde girl who grew up in Hong Kong and is actually quite good with Chinese, while Mary's Chinese is similar to my level. So everywhere they go together people approach Mary speaking quickly to her when she has no idea what they are saying. And they get so confused when Katie busts out such smooth language. And then they always ask Mary if she is ...
Maijishan and Immortals' Cliff
... from my face). It turns out he was just bored, extremely curious and wanting to chat. So we chatted for about half and hour.
He was an interesting character. I’m not sure how much of his story to believe. To be honest I hope it’s not all true because it made me pretty sad. I assumed he was a high school student and asked if he was on holiday, but he said he didn’t go to school and didn’t even graduate from primary school. I asked him ...
Yes, laowai eat noodles too!
... I’m just standing here with a great pack on my back because I figured it would be fun,” or just take me literally and cut in front of me, decided it would be safer to assume the latter and just replied yes.
After I arrived in Tianshui, it took me ages to find a hotel. This is entirely because I went out the wrong exit, since there were a few out the other one, but less than there generally are outside a bus station in China. I walked for ages until I found ...
Day trip from Xi'an to Maijishan
Breathtaking place. REALLY worth the long trip on bumpy Chinese highways, through endless tunnels. Not too many people for once (maybe the rainy weather helped a bit) and even less laowais (foreigners). Some Chinese people even wanted to take a picture together with us.
Wikipedia article about Maijishan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maijishan_ ...
PaRappa the Rapper
... statues. At Maiji, I couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed that they hadn't done one (go all-out on the tourism) or the other (be very careful in protecting them). Because, if done right, Maijishan could be at least as good as Yungang, if not Mogao. Anyway, I don't want to say it's not worth one's time, but only if you've not had enough carved Buddhas.
We then visited Immortal Cliffs, which is most notable for its scenery. There are a ...
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