Ju Chuan Hotel Tianjin

We chose to visit the nearby port Town of Tanggu where is located the economic location stimulus known as TEDA (basically a lot of westerners and big companies who are drawn in by paying less taxes).<br><br>I always like to see anything new, but I found that Tanggu really has nothing to offer and is quite boring. In fact, it was really a comedy of errors one after the other on the Saturday.<br><br>First we visited the very famous "Exotic ...

... between the last and current posts I have had plenty of travels within the city and taken many pictures, I'll add only a few here of the area of the city close to the river.<br><br>With the passing of time, the gilding wears off and the truth of things come forth, but, as I've said before, I feel this city is close to me and I am connected to it - at least as much as ...

... Past security and giggling boys. Along the side of a highway. Through a construction site. I hover for about five minutes to see if anyone minds. The red notebook is indeed magical, they must think me a foreign foreman. Or just not care. Try here, try there, no passage, no ocean. Well, I found the salt flats. Darn close but no cigar. Back to the train. Pause for an apple. Bum a light. It'll cost 2 yuan to try the last stop, also ...

... br><br>The next morning we walked through an open air market by her apartment in search of a small park I had found on my handy-dandy pinyin map of Tianjin (to no avail), and then we had lunch at a duck-head place. Duck head was served to us en masse, on a big plate, covered in peppers, and cut down the middle (maybe 12 in all). Truly it was delicious, I love spicy things, but the ...

October 1 I had the day off for the Celebration of Chinese National Day. It was the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China. I used this time to explore more of Tianjin. I did a lot of walking and sweating but it was worth it. Enjoy the Photos.<br><br>Blake<br>

... time off so it's not really that much time off, but great for a trip.<br><br>For this trip I traveled to Chengde county to stay with my gal's parents and see the mountain's of China.<br><br>Wednesday night after work I took the bus out to Tianjin city and we went out to dinner and packed for the trip.

... these 2 guys came to our table and spun the noodles in the air to stretch the dough and then they put them in your pot. It was pretty cool. The pics from dinner only include about half the group cause some ditched out because of the rain and they had to ride their bicycles home. <br><br>And yes we had a private room at no extra cost for dinner.<br><br>Blake<br>

I went to dinner at a pretty nice seafood restaurant. I picked the food from aquariums on the main floor of the place and they cook it and bring it to your table which is upstairs. I went with a JV (joint venture) Team member and the Mexican team.<br><br>We had Chicken, Pork, Green beans, 2 kinds of shrimp, fish, and a crab. It only came to about 10 US dollars per person.<br><br>Enjoy thee Pics,<br>Blake<br>

... same BUDGET hotel and this is where they take us? I don't get it! Anyway, this time we saw the sign in the lobby of this hotel and in big bold letters it said ~~ a 'no shopping' tour. We were in. It took us 3 1/2 hours to get to Jinshanling but from there we got one of the best things on the trip so far~ An amazing walk (10.5km) on the REAL wall, not the restored sections, and for all intense and purposes, as alone as you can get in China (except for the other 40 people that signed ...

Sabahlari 7:30 da uyaniyorum. Bir kac dakika neredeyim ben diye dusunuyorum. Cin de oldugumu hatirlayinca birden uykum aciliyor ve pencereye firlayip perdeleri acip sehre biraz bakiyorum. Asagida bisikletler, semsiyeli bayanlar cogalmis oluyor. Burada gunesten korunmak icin kumas semsiye kullanmak cok populer. TV yi acip kanallari karistirdigimda cinin TRT si denilebilecek CCTVler karsima cikiyor. CCTV9 ingilizce yayin yapan tek kanal oldugunu sikca belirtiyor. Genelde onun ...