Lanzhou Mansions
9 Tianshui Road Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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Happy New Year
... making my own - the dough seems easy enough, it’s the fillings which might be tricky.
Fascinating Fashions
I could do an entire blog on the local fashion scene. I could fill a book with pictures, but I don’t have the gall to take photos of people in the street. The look of the young (and not so young) is thick skintight leggings with short shorts, mini skirts or long jumpers and above the knee boots – usually with high stiletto heels. Any or all ...
Scenic Detour
... against pulling his pants down in front of everyone. He hobbled back up the bus’s steps. Fortunately, a half hour later, the bus got a flat tire and we left the expressway in search of a tire repair shop. It was dark and Dave was able to sneak off into the darkness while the tire was changed.
Lánzhōu At Last!
At 10PM, we reached the large city of Lánzhōu. We had been on public transport for the past ...
Lanzhou -- the eagle is flying again
... us. Ordering meals in restaurants, in spite of our Mandarin lessons back home, has been difficult.
We ask them for a hotel recommendation in Urumqi, which they have just visited. It's even more remote and harder to get to so we're hesitating about going that far west. Their guide explains that they're only staying in 5-star hotels and won't give us the name. Perhaps my two-day old beard gives her the wrong, or maybe the right, impression. ...
Mid Autumn Festival-When the moon is full
... by 2000 hours to celebrate with their fellow students. There was much singing, dancing, moon poems and eating moon cakes. Unfortunately the weather was not kind and the moon could not be seen in the night sky much to the disappointment of the students.
The school presented every teacher with a box of moon cakes and many students have also given me mooncakes....I will be eating them forever!! Moon ...


