Jian Lan Hotel Lanzhou

... na ne a chlapek co prodava listky je laka k svezeni. V buse jsme vsichni spali, jen Jenda koukal na blaznivy krvavy cinsky kung-fu film.<br><br>Po navratu jsme vyrazili na jizny autobusove nadrazi pro listky do nasi dalsi destinace smerem na jih do S'chuanu - Xiahe. Pote, co si nas nekolik anglicky nemluvicich pani prehodilo jako horky bambor, jsme skoncili u pani ktera znala par slovicek anglicky. Ta nam vysvetlila, ze do Xiahe jet nemuzem, nicme duvod nam prilis jasny nebyl ...

... Safety over here. <br><br>The minute we entered the town we knew we were no longer in Tibet. The whole town including the bridge was lit up with lights. It was beautiful. The next day we went on a river cruise on the yellow River. The cruise took 7 hours and was the most boring cruise we have ever been on!! We stopped off at these Buddhist grottoes which took us a whole 5 minutes to long around. That ...

... Especially when the club sucks to begin with. 6) China's Preposterous Entrance/Exit Requirements God. Ok so it began with getting the Visa, which costs money. Then once we were in, we are supposed to report to a police station within 24 hours to "register". (That's EVERY place in China you visit.) Registering means bringing in a Xerox copy and your original passport, and a fluent understanding of the chinese language. Our problem was that 1) We were never told ...

... On the 11th day of Christmas my true love gave to me... Eleven Pipers Piping The eleven Faithful Apostles: 1) Simon Peter, 2) Andrew, 3) James, 4) John, 5) Philip, 6) Bartholomew, 7) Matthew, 8) Thomas, 9) James bar Alphaeus, 10) Simon the Zealot, 11) Judas bar James. (Luke 6:14-16). The list does not include the twelfth disciple, Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus to the religious leaders and the Romans. On the 12th ...

... so now it was at least only 3 abreast in my back seat allowing for a little bit of movement. Although the blacktop was ended, the Chinese road crews had carried out an impressive amount of work on the road to Shimien Kwang. Nearly all of the many culverts to allow drainage runoff had been completed, in places all that remained to be done was laying the blacktop. Further on towards Shimien Kwang the blacktop had been laid, but trenches had been dug through it at the drainage ...

... stay here for a week and still be happy. My hotel is very much in the middle of things and right near the cable car and the mountains main car park. So I guess this is where you have to begin your Jigong Shan adventure! Not far from here is the mountains main peak and from there you can choose to follow what ever trails you wish. It is so ...

... so with a very confused look this very morning! Bugger, I'll come back tomorrow! Days and dates mate. I guess sometimes it helps to get them both correct.....both at once that is! Is that what the people who have plans and already have the pages marked actually do? So I was thinking, maybe I'll get a job working at a Flight company whenever I head back to Australia ...

... long from north to south, 3 kilometers wide from east to west and over 60 meters deep. It is soothing and relaxing in that it is surrounded by ranges of mountains, studded with islandsCwith the water and the sky merging in one color, and with the blown grass and the floating shadow of mountains in water. One-Ray Sky on Water Situated ...

... try to encourage people to do the right thing, like go ahead and give birth to that female child instead of aborting it. I guess I either didn't notice or couldn't read these before, but they were kind of interesting. I saw a business in Lanzhou called Freebase. I absolutely must figure out what that translation meant to say, and I probably ought to go talk to the owner when I get back and tell him that foreigners are going to think he's advertising to Richard Pryor or something.

... back to Shirley's cafe for a good plate of chips, and excellent sauteed string beans (Dianne had seen the beans growing, so knew they'd be a good bet).Talked to a couple of French women for a while, then went to find our man with his van. A pretty quick ride to the sandhill, crossing a big, full irrigation channel on the way, then driving down a 4 km 6 lanes wide avenue with trees and large bell-motif lights every 20 metres each side, say 400 total, a big ...