New Continent Hotel Taiyuan

... we slept in our bus, going nowhere!

His alarm went off around six in the morning and he roused a few others from their sleep! Simultaneously, a row of taxis joined the bus. One by one the taxi drivers hopped out! (Oh God! What's going on here??) They each took a bag from the bus and once again disappeared. Some of the helpers jumped into a passing white van. And a strange old man passed the bus, nonchalant, but walkin backwards up the road. We shrugged off ...

... br>Taiyuan mel byt pro nas jen prestupni stanice, ale nakonec jsme v nem stravili cele odpoledne. Taiyaun je vice nezmilionove mesto, prestavbu centra dokoncili pred 2 roky. Hlavni ulice je misty az dvanacti proudova dalnice. Nikde tu nikdy nedelaji nic maleho. Asi sem nejezdi moc turistu. Vsude na nas zirali a v obchodech se nas ani nesnazili moc natahnout, takze jsme tam vubec nesmlouvali. Zasli jsme na jidlo, do muzea umeni provnicie Shanxi a posedeli v mistnim parku.

... 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.

... and we should consider paying 150 yuan for a english speaking guide. Since Mike had really wanted to come here and we had made the extra moves to get here we paid the extra for the guide. Our guide's english name was Lucy, a young woman who just graduated with a degree as a tour guide. She met us at the hotel which was good since we had to change buses along the way. The weather was forecast to rain an ...

... o studentsky listek se nam vysmali. Inu co se da delat. Dvorec je fajn, mame hromadu fotek a pevne rozhodnuti si taky jeden postavit :) Cestou zpatky jsme jen tak prosli trh, hromady suvenyru, ovsme kvalitativne na mnohem vyssi urovni nez jinde, no nicmene prachy nejsou, tak jsme si koupili susneky a sli jsme. Cestou zpatky me odchytla mistni dohazovacka kdeceho, nejdriv ubytovani, pak tago. Jenze cena se mi nezdala a pak taky jet v cizim aute nekam kdovikam, radsi ...

... had shockers fitted. The roads are terrible and the scenery is drab. Catch bus 804 to and from the temple! They leave around the same time and your butt will thank you for it! The city is also full of people who won't leave you alone. People of all shapes, sizes and ages will see you and latch on to you. All want something from you and 99% of the time it is money ...

Hello, All! I had a fine weekend celebrating my roomate's birthday. We threw her a theme party called the Lyn Dynasty and we had a gathering in our room followed by a lot of club hopping and craziness. It was cool because just about everyone from the program came out and had a nice time; just a really fun time. Last night, we took her to eat Longevity noodles, a customary meal for birthdays here in China. Then we went to an ...

... is NOT part of China in reality! Many Chinese people would be really mad at this statement and they feel really strongly about it, but then again most have never been to HK because they aren't allowed! Everything is different there - the money and economy, the government and politics, the language and daily life, its moderness and cleanliness and mannerisms, plus the simple fact that very few people in HK would ...