Highway Hotel Pingyao
Pingyao County Pingyao, Shanxi, China
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Claustrophobia, Coal and Pingyao…
... we were in a ghost town, and while there were a few factories within the walled city, it was quite well-preserved.
We did see a lot of fireworks going off (including over a petrol/gas station!) in celebration of a wedding, and noticed that many houses had hundreds of corn stacked on their roof, hanging from trees, in random piles, etc…we guess that given the frigid winter temperature, that this was just a way of storing it. We couldn’t help but ...
Red-lantern-hung-streets
... gloves! It's extremely cold! I emailed ahead for a FREE pick up and expecting a car, I got an old man, his bike and a carriage attached, He looked at me and blew out his cheeks!
The ride was great, It took him ten miuntes to cycle to the hostel. When we arrived, I patted him on the back and then he sat in the hostel for ten minutes, catching his breath.
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Caves,the Yellow River &Golden Week/ Matera cinese
... cinese della localita' dove vogliamo andare all'autista e ci rilassiamo davanti a un meraviglioso panorama della durata di circa mezza giornata, intervallato naturalmente dalle solite obrobriose costruzioni cinesi (sembra che degli adulti si siano messi a giocare con i mattoni senza pensare, per il semplice gusto di costruire - i LEGO cinesi -penso.) Nel primo pomeriggio arriviamo finalmente a Qikou alle sponde del fiume Giallo.
Seguiamo ...
Saying Cheese in Chinese
... a sprawling, modern mess of highrises and shopping centres. We see ahead the dark looming mass of the fortress wall and pass through a gate into the old city, then along empty streets of low-level, grey stone buildings with their shutters still drawn against the night. It's chilly in the open rickshaw and we are relieved to finally pull up in front the the warm glowing entrance to the guesthouse. There's a lady inside to greet us too - Mrs Deng, the proprietor. The common room, café, ...
4 Nights in the Best Ancient Walled City in China
... available sleeper spaces during the high season. Even if they cannot sell a ticket to a tourist suckers, they can get a 90% refund of unused tickets. We ordered tickets to Xi’an from our hotel. On departure eve, we were two of six people waiting for tickets. The owner had been telling us not to worry all evening. At the 11th hour, she came over and announced she only could get 3 train tickets, but she could hold spaces ...


