Haiyi Hotel Lanzhou
No.4138 Yantan Road, Chengguan District Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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Busy time in the heart of china
... but doing it in fifty meter lengths is way harder than what i'm used to at home. Still it was great to do some decent exercise and be in an olympic pool, even if I did have to wear a silly swimming hat.
Starving after our exursion we stopped briefly to watch them warming up for a Chinese water polo game in the main pool, oogled at the diving boards and then went in search of food. Surprisingly other than McDonalds and street food there was nothing else to be ...
Pools and Peaks
... worked out and we made it to the electric car by 9:00AM after doing the "******" walk, all pun intended as it’s the same train that the horses take. If I had a penny for each time one of the local workers said their version of “Hallo, welcome to Yading,” I would’ve traveled all of China for free.
The 80RMB was the best 80RMB I spent; it saved us 1.5hr each way when we had still another six hours of hiking ahead of us. When I wasn’t ...
Bingling Si Temple and Rock Carvings
... a tout approaches and points at some beat up jeeps sitting below on the dry river bed. We deduce that he wants to take us on a tour further up the gulley when he shows us a photo book with pictures of the Bingling Si monastery that is upriver.
We negotiate a price of 70 yuan (about $10) for what Carolann describes as "an adventure". And it starts out that way when the driver gets two helpers to push start the jeep down a slope into the gulley. The damn thing ...
Little Miss China
... is better suited for financial success in the future, that the people from my particular part of my country are lazy and by amalgamating all American food into simply a “Sandwich” - That is enough! I politely left the compartment. Then like any self-respecting American I went to the dining car, and asked for some American food … they handed me a sandwich.
Now back in the compartment without Little ...
The Village of Tongli
... 80rmb and it includes entry into the private gardens and mansions. Water taxis ply the village's canals and if you ask the gondolier will sing traditional local songs for you. Local musicians can be seen sitting around the village playing music for visitors, and the opera stage located in the center of the village stages free operas every day. There are many water towns to visit in ...


