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Visiting Grandma!
On Tuesday we went to visit shuyas grandma. We left the house at 6.30am and by 9.40 we had arrvived. Shuya led me to believe her grandma lived in a care home! This was not a care home it was a huge place that i thought could be a chinese version of a council estate. But it turned out it was a town and when we walked through to the otherside it became clear that there was a high street, supermarket, huge town hall and everything you would need! There were 21 storey high buildings that ...
Farming, pearls and cormorants.
Monday 17th
September
Unfortunately Barrie has been unwell and is struggling but
bravely carrying on where he can. A couple of others in the group have also
been feeling unwell so we presume the same virus. Sharon is so caring and
escorted us to a Chinese pharmacy last night which was an experience in itself!
Very old fashioned and little boxes on the walls containing medicines. So a bit
of trust in our tour ...
Our final days in China
... happy.
We arrived having some free time so we did some pretty mundane chores including sorting out our banking and doing the laundry. Unless you have travelled you can never appreciate the feeling of fresh, clean clothes, a shower and a western toilet with paper!
Late afternoon we were met by our Yangshou guide Rose, a lovely Chinese lady who looked after us for the rest of our stay alongside Dragon. We were booked into a local cooking class which I ...
TRAVELLING STARTS!!!!
We have at last managed to defeat the Great Firewall of China, to bring you unadulterated access to our adventures!
We'll update it as often as we can, but we're already behind so bear with us...
In the meantime, read our ever hilarious posts and look at our pretty pictures- and like my entries more than Rob's. His will suck. :)
Love to you all, wherever you are xxxxx
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Yangzhou- rich in history - big in character
... spread among people of varied social status.
The street is 1122 meters long and paved with slates. In the past, it was not only the water and land transportation route in Yangzhou, but also a commercial and cultural centre. It is also home ot one of Yangzhou's famous service industries - knives.
Yangzhou's service industries are often referred to as the "three knives" - the kitchen knife, razor and pedicure knife for which the city is famous. The ...