Jinfenghuang Hotel
Travel Blogs from Dezhou
A Turkeyless Thanksgiving
... to visit a teacher who had been at my school last year, but left for a much better paying (albeit much harder) job. He also has an amazing apartment. We didn't do too much, it was cold with freezing rain and all I had brought was a hoodie. But we did make it to the Nanjing Memorial Museum, which commemorates the slaughter of 300,000 Chinese by Japanese forces when they finally took the (then) capital of Nanjing during WWII. ...
Dag 7 en 8 ( Beijing - Tai'an / Taishan)
... inspannend voor de conditie maar misschien wel zwaarder voor de spieren. Na ongeveer 2 uur waren we weer bij de ingang en 13332 traptreden verder, nu moesten we nog naar het hostel lopen, dat hebben we wat rustiger aan gedaan en na een kleine 7 uur waren we moe maar voldoen weer in onze kamer. Het is nu hier bijna 8 uur s' avonds en morgen stappen we weer de trein in op weg naar Xi'an, de treinreis zal ongeveer 17 uur duren een hele zit ...
Hiking Mount Tai on National Day
... I didn't know what time the ticket office would close. Also, I was slightly weirded out on the way to the mountain; I had assumed that Mount Tai was quite a popular destination among foreign hikers within China but people were gawking at me even more than they do back in Yixing (and that's a lot!) and muttering "laowai" (老外, Chinese for 'foreigner'). When we got to the foot of the mountain, we were a little overwhelmed by how levelled out the ...
Chicken Busin' on the Yellow River + Beijing
Well after being in country nearly two months we got a real break. The Chinese have a big old vacation for their National Day celebration. I'm ashamed to say I don't know if it actually marks some special event, or if it is just a random day selected by the Party to celebrate all things Chinese. Whatever the significance every one goes nuts traveling.
Despite the large amount of people buying cars these days, Chinese still don't seem to do road trips ...
Ein Berg voller Chinesen
Am Wochenende bin ich mit Pia, Lars, Fabi und Tim ein bisschen durch die Provinz hier (Shandong) gereist. Wir haben so wahnsinnig viel gesehen!
Zuerst ging es am Freitagabend mit dem Zug von Qingdao nach Jinan, der Provinzhauptstadt. Genauso wie es sich anhört, war es da auch: Viel Provinz, we***** Hauptstadt. In keiner Stadt wurden wir soviel angeglotzt wie in Jinan! Die Stadt versucht aber, mit den modernen Städten mitzuhalten. Deswegen wird ...