Hu Bin Taiyuan

... strange events as the bus driver began to drive again!

Five minutes up the road from where we had parked for the night, we turned into a bus station. Final destination! We were there in Taiyuan!! We had spent the night parked just metres from where we had wanted to be all along!! AArg!! Lost in translation!! The crew had a grand ole laugh at my confused and angry questioning!! Free nights accomodation all the same!

Love ye lots
Lucy and Adele! xxx

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 ...

... In some cases, taking part in a face-to-face class could be inconvenient due to scheduling, traffics, safety, etc, especially for those kids who intends to learn Chinese for Children. Online mandarin Chinese ...

... to see the small baijiu glasses from the last time we had dinner with Ms. Niu. Luckily Mr. Bai was drinking wine and offered us wine instead of that vile grain alcohol. Dinner was a very long, but interesting 4 course meal that also came with about 15 other dishes that circled around on a lazy susan. Again there was some serious over ordering, but I think that is tradition when you are entertaining guests. Mr. Bai was clearly ...

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 ...

... i kdyz jenom jednu). Pak jsme vyrazili na obhlidku. Taiyuan ma jenom jednu skutecnou zajimavost. Cca 60 km od mesta se nachazi dvorec rodiny Qiao, dum, ve kterem se tocil slavny film Vyveste cervene lucerny. Tam jsme jet proste museli. Na recepci nam poradili i spravne nadrazi, ze ktereho jet, nicmene jsme se rozhodli si vylet nechat az na dalsi den a idealne se do Taiyuanu vubec nevracet a jet rovnou do Pingyao. Pak jsme tak ruzne zabijeli cas, sli jsme navstivit ...

... signature. This second building also had a 360 degree theater detailing the history surrounding the Terracotta Warriors. Though the movie was in Chinese, visually it was easy enough to understand. The last three buildings were the pits in which the Terracotta Warriors were found. The first pit was by far the most impressive with thousands (I believe around 6000) of common soldiers lined up in ranks with some horses ...

... of Mongolia that never came to fruition so thought i would leave as i don`t think they are quite ready for the dazzling skills that this Benjamin has to offer!. So left for the Train with my friends Mel and Mark and we were off. The train journey was not too long i think it was about 36 hours but i cannot remember and again i was well looked after by the mongolian ladies in my cabin. When i first arrived in Beijing i thought wow this place is big and the smog ...

... it was built for a four year old emperor but i can not remember what year.... but it does actually look like it is just hanging off the side of the mountain, there was also a dam next to it which was neat to look at and walk across. the hanging monestarties is also where i had my first of many encounters with a squatter this weekend, that would be the hole in the floor that you pee in, it is seriously an experience, and made for some really good laughs, one ...