Gong Shang Hotel Lanzhou
279 South Jinchang Road Lanzhou, Gansu, 730030, China
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Snowballing Christmas
... or hotel. That sounded like a good idea, so we went on a search for such a place. We settled on a 5 star hotel with a buffet - drinks, entertainment, prizes and Haagen Das ice-cream included – and the girl at reception rang through to catering for us to confirm that yes, turkey would definitely be on the menu. It was expensive, but hey it’s Christmas, and within walking distance of the university. We bought tickets ...
Scenic Detour
... a week during the heavy travel period. With the help of a note that the hotel’s English speaking staff wrote, we walked across to the train station and bought onward tickets, Lánzhōu to Dunhuang, for eight days from now. And we got directions for the south bus station where we would get the 2PM bus to Xiàhé.
With time to kill, we decided to find our way to the supermarket. Along the way, we had broken strap on ...
China time.....any time???
... position (according to Chinese custom) with the big boss telling me (via translation by FAO) that I had the most beautiful smile and the students all thought I was wonderful........I thanked him profusely and cheered him with a drink which he thought was excellent and said I was catching onto Chinese customs quickly!!!
Oh little does he know that when it comes to a drink I can quickly pick up the local protocols whereever I am in the world!!!!
Bye for now
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Lots of travel and fun in the 3rd month @ Beijing!
March started with our plan to go to Tianjin; it is a the largest man-made port city of China.I was very excited as we were going via the fastest train in the world 330km/h. The interiors of the train is like any airplane and the railway station is better than an Indian airport! The train experience was pretty good but we reached our destination in ...


