Jinjiang Future Hotel (363) Hangzhou

... considered one of the top four gardens in China and is a World Heritage site. The gardens were built over four hundred years ago by a transportation official for his own private use. It took more than ten years to construct. After the official died, his son lost the gardens in a night of gambling. <br><br>The garden was beautiful and worthy of lingering. A young Japanese couple joined our tour group and listened in ...

As is the case with many sequels - see Caddyshack 2, Slapshot 2, the unbelievably terrible Batman and Robin - we almost find ourselves wishing that the second installment of Tour Group Hell never happened (for the record, Caddyshack 2 didn't happen and how in the hell George Clooney still has a career after B&amp;R is beyond me). From the little we got to see, Hangzhou is a beautiful, transit-challenged city with some lovely areas ...

... examinations for FOREIGNERS can ONLY be done by certain registered clinics - don't expect it to be at any large hospital or in the same city for that matter. <br>Once you find the clinic it is alot easier finding one is the hard part - if you need one done hopefully your contact in China has already set it up for you.<br>Cost of the exam = 300 - 400RMB<br>What you must have for a smooth process = 2 or 4 passport sized photos of yourself, your ...

... to answer your question: Shanghai was a great city but Beijing was definitely my favorite. There was so much to explore, and it was by far crazier). We changed hostels 3 times as there was so much going on they we always fully booked after a few days. One of the hostels was not so nice and had showers which looked like something out of a slasher film and were covered in mosquitoes, the other hostel was lovely and homely. Finally the iPod arrived (phew!) and it was time to ...

First stop for today was the Temple of the Soul's Retreat with the unique caves and the carvings done into the rocks which date back to the 10th century, influenced from India by Indian monk Hui Li.<br><br>Next we went to a tea plantation and museum, Tea of the Dragon Well, and saw the hills of tea bushes and shown how they make the tea. We also enjoyed a tea ...

Departed Suzhou at 9am for a 2 and a half hour drive to Hangzhou, we said goodbye to Grace our Local Guide for the past two days but we keep our driver Mr John. On arrival we meet our new Guide Rain and we are taken to the restaurant for lunch, then onto a local market area where we visited some Chinese medicine shops and an art gallery with bronze sculptures.<br>Arrived at the Hotel at 2pm and did nothing much, went walking and later found a Subway so that was dinner.

... to say something to the girls who were standing a few feet away and noticed a middle aged Chinese man in line behind me. When the person in front of me was finished I started taking a step to the window when suddenly the guy behind me<br>jumped in front of me like I wasn't there and started buying his tickets. I was kinda shocked and started laughing out loud at the same time (I'm getting used to this now). I turned and said,&#8216;Did you see ...

... through the cabin that a plane sat disabled on the runway and therefore we couldn't land. But this was a rumor. We never received an authoritative reason for anything. Next time, I'll take my salted peanuts with a side of free information flow. Because we were so late, we no longer had time to travel to Hong Kong that night. We ended up staying in Shenzhen, the labor-intensive industrial capital of China. Right now, you are probably wearing some sort of clothing article from ...

I only stayed in Hangzhou for 1 night but we did have some time during the day to look around. Along the waterfront is a lovely park with walkways and the golden ox (I think it's an ox??) in the water. There seemed to be a lot of shops here, which I wish I had of had time to explore! We did go to a centre where there were a lot of electronics... computers, phones, gps, you name it - it was here! <br><br>We had ...

... the 7th daughter of Emperor of Heaven and an orphaned cowherd. The Emperor separated them. The 7th daughter was forced to move to the star Vega and the cowherd moved to the star Altair. They are allowed to meet only once a year on the day of 7th day of 7th lunar month. The story began from the good-looking poor orphaned boy living with his elder brother and sister-in-law. After his parents past away, his brother inherited the house and the land ...