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Hoton Hotel Shijiazhuang

192 East Zhongshan Road, Chang'an District Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050011, China

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And There Was Heat

A travel blog entry by charinchina

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Most Chinese people here, despite the weather, follow the strict, traditional and not always sensible rules of keeping warm. These fundamental principles of living are dictated by time, not temperature. So, as soon as it turns September 1st, you must wear a jacket, regardless of the splitting sun outside. The day Lucy and I went to the canal people were horrified that she was wearing a sleeveless dress and they kept commenting on ...

Lost In Translation... And Transportation

A travel blog entry by charinchina

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... a Watsons, one of a chain of popular Boots-like beauty stores.

Every Friday and Saturday night in Dublin girls lash on thick layers of orange to make themselves look like they've spent a week in the Bahamas (unfortunately sometimes it's closer to a Tango factory effect.) In China, white skin is the ultimate, enviable pursuit. Women, and men, spend hours lashing on whitening lotions and potions in an attempt to ...

The Gallery

A travel blog entry by charinchina

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... no way I could've done it without local help. We waited for a machine to be free then went over to choose my telephone number. I had about 500 options to choose from. Candy told me it was very important to pick a mobile number with your lucky numbers in it. I smiled to myself but thought, what the hey, why not?

Then something really weird happened. I saw my Irish number on the screen! I blinked and looked again. Well, it was almost my Irish number. I don't want ...

What ID Could I Possibly Need Besides My Passport?

A travel blog entry by tricialebel

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... best part of this whole interaction was that the minute the train started moving, 3 of the men in my section got up and left to go sit in other areas. The only 2 guys left both continued to sit in the middle of the three seats so even if Chenchen had wanted to move to my side there still was no seat for him to sit beside me. All jerks. Every last one of them.

I passed the trip by listening to “Harvest Moon” from beginning to end and then felt the need ...

A Snip Here And A Snip There

A travel blog entry by emilywemhoff

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... is roughly $150. I felt kind of bad and wanted to give him a tip because I thought he was a great...shampooist? However, tipping is considered a rude gesture in China. I've tried tipping before and they ran after me when I left the restaurant and demanded I take the money back. So I just told him 写写(thank you).










His job is complete. Now hand me over to ...