Nanshan Hotel Yangquan
No.20 Quanzhong Road Yangquan, Shanxi, China
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First Impressions
... got off in a parking lot with only sky risers in sight. Fortunately there were quite a few chinese on the bus and most headed in one direction so we took there lead, about a five minute walk later we came to the station and headed in to try and find our tickets. After a change in the teller to one who spoke more english we got it across where we were headed and that we wanted to leave today, however we did not get across which class we wanted tickets for because once ...
Claustrophobia, Coal and Pingyao…
... Our hostel was within the walled city, and after check-in, we were shown to our room, which was through a traditional courtyard and was made up as rooms in that city have been for centuries (plus some modern touches, like heat ;o). The room was amazing, with the high bed, and table you knelt in front of.
We planned to walk the walls of the city the first day, and shortly after breakfast, sought out an entrance to the wall. We noticed the seemingly endless ...
Pingyao
This old city once stood as the financial centre of China during the reign of the Qing Dynasty but was first built during the preceding Ming Dynasty. The architecture of these periods is still largely present within the city walls with storefronts still retaining the old design of Imperial China. What truely makes this place a world heritage site is the city walls.
The city walls of Pingyao were constructed in the 3rd year ...
Yang shou is freakin sweet!!
... her e is a bit ropey and slow so will fill yopu guys in with info when i'm back plus i have pics of scenry , climbing and nights out. amazing.
off to xian next to see terra cotta warriors. next
finallyy phase 1 and 2 of my changged and "special trip" appear to be in place. i dont think phase 3 will work out but we'll see. keeping finger crossed for now.
laters people
next blog.... xian and warriuors
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Holiday time
... my roommate along for the payday. So i didnt really know what to expect but it has to be one of the funniest but also random things ive ever done. Basically in the middle of a shopping centre there was a catwalk set up and we had 25 changes of clothes and walked up and down, some of the clothes were seriously nice and overall it was just hallarious, i just kept thinking what my mates would be saying back home if they could see me and images from zoolander kept ...
