Haikuo Tiankong Hotel Taiyuan

... we slept in our bus, going nowhere!

His alarm went off around six in the morning and he roused a few others from their sleep! Simultaneously, a row of taxis joined the bus. One by one the taxi drivers hopped out! (Oh God! What's going on here??) They each took a bag from the bus and once again disappeared. Some of the helpers jumped into a passing white van. And a strange old man passed the bus, nonchalant, but walkin backwards up the road. We shrugged off ...

Z Wutaishanu jsme vyjeli autobusem v 8:10. Cesta do Taiyuanu trvala asi 4 hodiny, vetsina osazenstva ji prospalo - i kdyz personal autobusu se to snazil narusit poustenim nejake cinske superstar neuveritelne nahlas.

Jedna zastavka na benzinove pumpe. Zacina se zdat, ze toalety na benzinkach budou hlavnimi adepty na cenu "Zachod Julie Hubenakove". Hlavne devcata si porad nemuzou zvyknout na vykonavani potreby pred zraky ostatnich Cinanek ve fronte. O zapachu ani nemluve ...

How to learn Chinese is a frequently asked question. Occasionally, people would like to find a tutor to help them learn Chinese. Actually, in modern times with fast development of internet, online mandarin Chinese seems more ...

... and Juliet-type love story, which ended in two young lovers dying. It was really beautiful, although it was sad to know that that story was the only story this performance hall had played since it opened and the only story it would ever perform. After dinner Mr. Cao was waiting for us and he wanted to have some more drinks. Obediently we joined him for some more wine before Jenn, thank her blessed soul, told him we were tired and ...

We get dropped off at the Qingxu service station at 2:30am. There's a 24hr convenient store, we find a row of plastic seats and tries to make it until the sun comes up. We have been on the road nonstop for 18 hours, have to wait 7 more hours before we can find a bed.

... we would show us one. We told her we'd like to buy her lunch and she said ok. It was nice to have her along as she explained about the area specialty Chongdong fish. Unfortunately it cost 240 yuan so we got a different fish but cooked the same way for 40 yuan. You ask what kind of fish for 240? Catfish. Keep in mind the exchange rate is about 6.5 yuan to $1.00 After a good and not expensive lunch Lucy asked ...

... Jenze jsme nemeli paru, kde stavi, tak sla pani s nama a zkousela nas ukecat. Coz mimo jine privedlo mou mysl k zubum. Nevim, jestli v tehle provincii jsou zubari tak drazi, nebo jestli tu na zubni peci kaslou, ale v zivote jsem nevidela tolik zkazenych zubu jako tady. Nakonec bus prijel, zastavil na krizovatce a zacal vykrikovat jmeno mesta, kam jsme chteli, tak jsme nasedli a jeli. Do Pingyao je to cca 40 kilasku, pohodicka, pekny vyhled na venkovske vesnice a tak.

... days. We purchased a heart-shaped lock from one of the vendors and had Seamus's name inscribed onto the back of it. Then we treked the rest of the way up to the west peak and affixed it to a chain that had a stunning view of the mountains and wished for our little buddy to rest in peace. The post is in memory of Seamus. Love ya little guy. You were the best doggy ever!!! (Typos to be fixed later / Sorry about the sideways panda pics)

Hey Hey and a Big G'Day toya, I was woken by the alarm around nine and felt sad at the reality that I would be leaving beautiful little Pingyao sometime this day. It made me remember nearly nine years ago when I tried so hard to leave Yangshuo but failed on many occasions. The Harmony Hostel and its staff were a dream come true. Most people I met ...

... yangrou (mutton), mogu (mushrooms), and fentiar (this long flat noodle). It was nice to have some friends to spend Christmas day with, though it truly doesn't feel anything like Christmas over here. There're no santas, no carols, no wreaths or trees, no 24 hour Christmas show marathons, not even any turkeys! Anyway, we had a nice dinner and Jason gave me a tin of tea as a present and I gave them some Nestle Crunches and a dinner. Afterwards they said there was a ...