Kai Da Hotel Taiyuan

... crowd has gathered, someone will cry "Taiyuan" and the crowd will ooh and ahh in a "Oh you mean Taiyuan, sure you should have said" kind of way!

Ticket successfully in hand, we followed our Bus Lady across the road to our sleeper. (She had the most beautiful boots) The bus was filled with the tiniest bunk beds you've ever seen. Just about big enough for a short leprechaun to lie on his side and curl up his feet. (mild exaggeration only)

The bus ...

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 ...

... In some cases, taking part in a face-to-face class could be inconvenient due to scheduling, traffics, safety, etc, especially for those kids who intends to learn Chinese for Children. Online mandarin Chinese ...

... 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.

... of how tall it is. The third stop is from the bottom. By this time fog had lifted enough to see across. To get to the viewing spot one must walk through a park running along the river. The park was built to show materials used in the construction. A waterfall is made from stones used to show how they were cut and so forth. On the way back to the city we asked Lucy about a good place to eat and she ...

... v dost premrstene vysi a studentskou slevu nemaji (oni ji maji, ale s chuti vam vysvetli ze neplati pro cizince/dany typ prukazu/lidi co nejsou cinani/kdyz je venku osklivo) no proste des. Bydleni bylo taky problem. Chteli jsme tu stravit jednu noc, ale hotely tu maji dvojiho typu, bud blesarny nejhorsi za cenu Hiltonu a nebo pekne hotely, ale i ty mimo nasi cenovou kategorii. Nakonec jsme nasli hned u nadrazi docela pekny hotel za docela primerenou cenu, se snidani v ...

... was pleasant indeed. A particular highlight was getting to see people either flying kites or playing badminton or snapping whips to keep tops spinning in the parks below. On our second day in Xian, we headed out of town to see another one of China's most notable historical attractions: the Terracotta Warriors. Our tour guide for the day was named Jia Jia. As a tour guide she was quite entertaining: she sang a beautiful ...

... came flooding back to me. No air flow, depleted oxygen levels and no way to tell what time of day it is. One usually emerges from such a room in a state of total amazement and confusion! We paid the silly fat lazy man for another night's stay (and the last night) stay in the hotel of 'its ok, it is supposed to be that way' and headed out to make the most of the ...

Having finished classes last week, I had lots of free time to do nothing and prepare for traveling again, and just hang out with some friends. I enjoyed a few days at the local parks, went to some graduation parties and student performances, got a hand-made and tailored suit for super cheap, one of my classes threw me a going away party, and I had a few going away dinners as well. Last week, on Sunday, there was a graduation party and it's pretty ...