Jinsanyuan Hotel Taiyuan

... insisted that everyone take off their shoes on entry! So we lay on our sides enveloped in smelly feet odour! Pleasant! In fairness, it was cosy and warm though! The journey passed uneventfully. A toilet stop, a cheesy kung fu movie and some snoring..... Until....

The Bus pulled up to the side of the road, a few got out. Then the bus driver decided he'd have a nap. He had a ciggarette, climbed into one of the bunks and fell asleep. For about five hours ...

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 ...

... all these problems. Through internet, Native Chinese teachers can offer professional Chinese for Children and propose useful advice on how to learn Chinese. What's more, online learning also offers convenience and flexibility.

... a drink.

After we got off the flight in Taiyuan, Ms. Niu was there to meet us. You'll notice there aren't a lot of picture of us in this entry and that is because when we met her she had brought a professional photographer who was going to take pictures of us. I have to say it takes a really long time to do anything when you have to stop every 5 minutes to get a picture taken of you (by yourself usually) in front of ...

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.

Before arriving in Yichang my son said to keep things simple in this city. As soon as we arrived yesterday we went to the concierge and asked about a tour to the 3 gorges dam. The concierge told us that we could sign for the tour right then. We did paying our 200 yuan on the spot. The only way to see the dam is via an official tour. A little later the confcierge told us that the tour would be a chinese led ...

... o studentsky listek se nam vysmali. Inu co se da delat. Dvorec je fajn, mame hromadu fotek a pevne rozhodnuti si taky jeden postavit :) Cestou zpatky jsme jen tak prosli trh, hromady suvenyru, ovsme kvalitativne na mnohem vyssi urovni nez jinde, no nicmene prachy nejsou, tak jsme si koupili susneky a sli jsme. Cestou zpatky me odchytla mistni dohazovacka kdeceho, nejdriv ubytovani, pak tago. Jenze cena se mi nezdala a pak taky jet v cizim aute nekam kdovikam, radsi ...

... 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 ...

Welcome back! After a hard start week catching up and getting back into line, I bring to you the rest of the travels. I hope y'all like it. So after Pingyao, we made our way into one of the most magnificent places to see in China, the Hanging Temple and the Yungang Caves. The Hanging temple, was built in the sacred Daoist mountain called Beiyue (northern peak). Inside this valley, stands Xuankong Si, supported by wood pillars. The temple may seem just posing on the mountain ...

... Annie (girlfriend of another teacher, Gary) for a medical check up and Annie had to get some visa extension. The medical check was so strange...we're running from one room to the next like some pub crawl, measure here, take blood here - actually I should say PLUNGE needle into arm and take blood here because it was so harsh, so much for patient comfort; then I had a sonogram for what I don't know (? to check if I ...