Photo of Hua Du Hotel Shijiazhuang

Hua Du Hotel Shijiazhuang

39 Cang'an Road Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050000, China

Travel Blogs Nearby

The Grass Is Greener On The Other Side

A travel blog entry by charinchina

27

... a passport. At the same time people will take photos of you from across the street just to show their friends how ‘lucky’ they are to have been in the mere presence of a foreigner. Anyway, today was my first 'celebrity' run-in with some fans.

I began by meeting the TA, Jane, from that elusive primary school, at the train station. As I got off the bus I felt a momentary, unsettling panic over finding a single ...

Wake Up Sleepyhead

A travel blog entry by charinchina

1
5

Guess who likes to set fireworks off at 6am?

...You guessed it! My neighbours. I was rudely awakened by bang after bang after bang just as the sun was rising this morning. I have earplugs somewhere with Etihad Airways inscribed on them but I was too groggy and annoyed to fish them out.

I went for an amazing meal with Ross and Huhu to a local restaurant this evening. It looked like an absolute dive but there were plenty of locals eating inside which ...

Wang's Wedding

A travel blog entry by shabaalavi

2
11

... wedding went up and began jabbering in away in Chinese. While she was doing this Wang walked up and the lights dimmed. Wang all of a sudden had a bouquet of red roses and a microphone. Then the music stopped and Wang began to sing!! As he sang he approached a second alter in which his wife to be was seated. He gave her the bouquet of roses and took her back to the stage where he had started. He gave her a ring and ...

What ID Could I Possibly Need Besides My Passport?

A travel blog entry by tricialebel

1
1

... would be literally impossible to starve here unless you taped your mouth shut and refused to eat.

The coolest thing that we got here were the special noodles. I call them special because there was a dude and his job in the restaurant was to “stretch” these noodles. He came over to the table, pulled a little piece of dough out of his container and started to dance with it. He more spun it around like a lasso. Or a whip even. It was awesome. Watch the video. ...

Veränderung

A travel blog entry by schagglyn

2
7

... aus wie Leute vom Feriencamp, die etwas für einen guten Zweck bauen. Oder wie Pensionierte, die gerade zufällig vorbeigekommen sind und sich sagten: komm, ich helf mal ein bisschen mit. Die kleine Strasse an unserem Haus vorbei ist neu betoniert, der Platz vor und hinter unserem Haus frisch geplättelt. Alle Häuser -ausser unserem- sind neu gestrichen. In einem hässlichen gelbbraunen Ton. Unser Haus hat wohl einen anderen Besitzer, Glück gehabt. ...