Juguangju Hotel Pingyao

... are in the same place. Both are 1400 years old. The valley is made of stones and has several temples, those which were not destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.<br>There are 10k.m of underground defend tunnels, buit in 3 floors = I had a tour there with a guide, of course (those who go by themselves get lost - found, maybe, by shoutings.<br><br>At 21:40 I have a night train to Beijing - the hostel will take me to the station<br>Good night!

... hours in the morning was actually enough in this place and now we&#8217;re practically just waiting for our night train (hard sleeper this time fortunately) to Xian by playing kicker and watching movies in a traveller cafe. Being tired after the hard sleeper, I don&#8217;t actually even feel like doing anything special so this is quite okay for me anyway. In Xian we plan to see of courtse the Terracotta Warrios also climb the Hua Shan mountain if the weather allows.<br>

... hatte schon vor ein paar Monaten ihren ganzen restlichen Schmuck in Vietnam verloren und war damals sehr froh, dass gerade dieser Ring nicht dabei war, weil es eine Art Erbstueck ist und der einzige der auch einen richtigen materiellen Wert hat. Es gab also nur eine Loesung, raus aus dem Bus und ein Taxi finden, dass uns zurueck zum Hostel faehrt. Wir fanden dann auch sehr schnell eins und waren kurze Zeit spaeter wieder im Guesthouse. Normalerweise ist es ja dann so, dass ...

... bij (koud of warm) en kijkt samen wanneer je vindt dat het voldoende is. Dan doe je er zeep bij. De machine spoelt het water (met een gedeelte van de zeep) weg en klaar is je was. Dan hang je het op straat en vouw je het op. Mooi systeem, maar de meeste zeep blijft toch in je kleding zitten. Een mooie dag dus. Het is hier rustig, gezellig en warm (we hebben nu al een week 27 graden). Heerlijk! Nog even tot slot: we hebben de berichten gehoord over de varkensgriep. We hebben weinig ...

... We walked about for a bit then headed for hot pot which while quite yummy, was expensive. I had a go at the boss for chagrining so much for the Qingdao beer which was 8 RMB when it is only 5 RMB in Jinan. He went into a detailed explanation about how the Qingdao beer in Jinan was not actually brewed in Qingdao whereas his was. In return I insisted the label and tast were the same, he declared it was not, at which point I aksed if he had drunk Qingdao beer in Jinann. He shook his head ...

... quickly rent a bike and rush to the temple. But then I have visited a lot more temples all over China than most people and can't help unconsciously judging one against the other. It is not often I do this but when I arrive at one that really doesn't make me go WOW then I guess it is hard not to. Thankfully though it is not often that I do such a thing! After riding the five to six kilometers back ...

... eras. from the Pingyao Travel Guide In the central area of Shanxi Province lies an ancient county typical of rural counties in North China--simple and steeped in ancient tradition. What's different is that this county is linked firmly to a certain prosperous time in Chinese history. It played quite an important role in the economic development of Shanxi during the Ming ...

... sunset on the west wall. That night, we attempted to be social and met a girl from Belgium but we were all exhausted and promptly fell asleep finding ourselves in the common room amid our own company at 2am. Saturday was much of the same, as we rented bicycles and went antique hunting. They had everything you can think of from old books, to vases and religious items, to a store dedicated to selling the old American uniforms from the Vietnam War. The ...

... was using the only modern piece of equipment I saw in the room, a stethescope. The nurse was busy wrapping up what appeared to be dried toadstools and lawn trimmings in an old newspaper for a woman who had to be 104 years old. All activity ceased when I walked in and everyone was quite amused as I played charades to show the doctor my situation.

... er ook een paar nederlanders bijzitten en voor het eerst het "bacpackersgevoel" gehad. Dit keer was het een complete chaos in de trein aangezien sommige toeristen geen bed kregen maar werden weggestopt in het restaurant. Gelukkig behoorde ik daar niet toe en met nog drie nederlanders en twee canadezen de coupe gedeeld. Wederom komen er geregeld walmen uit de wc voorbijdrijven waar je niet echt vrolijk van wordt, maar ja je kan niet alles hebben.