Guanghua Hotel Lanzhou

... style games and making them sing songs about something. The list goes on and on but those are the ones i remember off hand. After passing these 'proving your manliness' challenges the bride comes out of her room and off they go to the wedding ceremony which is basically an elaborate (very colourful wedding) and i didnt really understand what was going on. Then they all get changed (for like the third time...they presumably got cream on their first suits) and go off to the wedding ...

... se vyhyba jidlum se varenym ve znaku. Ale tady zalezi na uhlu pohledu, ackoliv se damicce z Evropy na vyvaru a jeho konzistenci nic nezdalo, Jenda z nej potom vyjedl vsechno maso az se za usima olizoval ;-) Samozrejme ke vsemu jako priloha ryze nebo nudle. Jime spise ryzi. Samotne nudle jako prilohu jsme si dali asi jen jednou. Prinesli je totiz s hustou sojovou omackou a pani ji tam rovnou nalila a zamichala to. Coz hlavne Jendu, ktery jeste neprisel na chut te jejich silne ...

... incredible displays in ornate brass & glass cabinets, while cupboards, beams and pillars wee highly adorned in the usual array of bright colours. There was the Ganden Lhaking, containing the largest statue of Tsongkhapa in Tibet, along with Jampa & 16 arhat (worthy ones) chapels. We went on to see the Gyantse Kumbum (1427) - a 35m chorten of white, gold & coloured painted woodwork. As this contains over 100,000 images, it's clear to see why it's a major ...

... 26 and include Epiphany on January 6. The origin and counting of the Twelve Days is complicated, and is related to differences in calendars, church traditions, and ways to observe this holy day in various cultures (see Christmas). In the Western church, Epiphany is usually celebrated as the time the Wise Men or Magi arrived to present gifts to the young Jesus (Matt. 2:1-12). Traditionally there were three Magi ...

... that is used to make hand built teapots. They can be very simple or very elaborate. I'm pretty sure I saw thousands of teapots while we were there. It was exciting. I don't drink tea but I love making teapots and I haven't really made any for a long time. I feel like I need to start making them again. Thursday was our big day in Yixing. We started with a visit to the teapot museum. It was amazing. I took so many pictures. In the ...

... were magnificent! Halfway back up I sat to read beneath the shade of a million bamboo trees and then carried on to my next destination which was nowhere and everywhere. For a late lunch I dropped into a little eatery that was shaded by vines that had spent the last many years working their way around and around the wires provided to them for just ...

Hey Hey and a Big G'Day toya, Isn't it totally ridiculous that after doing something stupid you can take comfort in it! I mean, I've been here for three and a half years and I know that I have changed in many ways. But isn't it crazy that when I found out I did something stoopid (again!) I found myself clutching at it. Why? Finding comfort in the fact that I really ...

... camel guider bloke to swap. We came across rain and sand storms and it felt like we were in some sort of film, i only had shorts on and a thin top because i was hoping for a tan so the guide give me his blanket and jacket. We were soooo sore after the 4 hours of camel riding so we were glad to get to our camp base, even though i hate camping. It was really cool being in a proper desert, lots of dung ...

I couldn't believe I was back in the City where a 8 months ago, after a 6000 km, road trip across the 'Silk road', I'd sold my new motorbike for peanuts to a local guy, and here I was again wishing I'd kept hold of it. David, my internet friend stated 'Is easy', referring to getting into Tibet. Everything 'was easy', according to him! It certainly wasn't ...

... upon a 3-wheelcart full of watermelon. DP decides her time has come, and wants one. Our lady helps with the selection and negotiation, and when DP insists on paying the Y5 for a good sized one, she negotiated one of the small yellow melon to be thrown in. After another taxi-ride back to the bus station, she negotiates the ticket buy, we pay, and bid her a fond farewell outside the bus station. By this time DP has put the watermelon in the backpack. Our ...