Pingyao Hongshanyi Hotel

... a taxi. When I returnt from the streets, I met Viki, a Chinese English guide, who spend the night in my room. She told me the hostel organizes tours there, we went together to speak with them(the reception doesn't speak English) - they have a group for tomorow! What a wonderful world!<br><br>4/10 - Pingyao: Wang Family Courtyard<br>Well, the tour was "only" to Wang Family Courtyard, although Zhangbi is nearby.<br>The place we visited is a ...

... egg in my noodle soup so I didn&#8216;t have to finish it. Some of the next-seat passengers (not all of them had a seat or course) also kept asking questions about our home country and they were actually surprised that we both come from Finland because we don&#8217;t look the same. Didn&#8217;t want to say that unlike the Chinese, not all the Western people look the same, so I explained that we look different because I&#8217;m from the northern part of Finland while ...

... looks at the address and says she used to live near there but never heard of the Travel Channel in that building. She calls her friend to ask her to check online about our trip, her friend finds my blog. She's still not 100% and calls the Travel Channel. She asks our friend at the Travel Channel not about the show but about our physical appearances. Ask she talks on the phone she comes behind me and checks to see if I have ...

... in letterlijke zin) bij een riksja (spel je dat zo?). Deze heeft ons naar de hostel gebracht. We zijn een bezienswaardigheid hier. Dit stadje zit vol met toeristen, maar vooral Aziaten. Iedereen wil met ons praten om Engels te oefenen. Vanmiddag hebben we een meisje ontmoet en lang met haar gesproken. Haar Engels is supergoed!We hebben heerlijke wafels gekregen (die ik voor ontbijt bewaar, je kunt hier namelijk alleen Chinees Chinees eten krijgen). Ik had al in de boekjes gelezen ...

... to be students returning to Pingyao for New Year. They a) confirmed my suspicions that we'd been ripped off, b) confirmed my suspicions that minivans were dodgy and not the ideal mode of transport for naïve foreign women because drivers are often dishonest and sometimes violent, c) confirmed my suspicions that it would have been a waste of time trying for train tickets (they already had and there were no tickets for anything in the next seven hours), d) confirmed my suspicions that we should ...

Hey Hey and a Big G'Day toya Not being one to allow a bit of rain to ruin my day I happily pulled the sheet over my head and fell back to sleep until around 11:30am. I met Mr French down stairs spending some quality rain time on the internet and after I had finished my huge breakfast of two omelettes, a coffee and two slices of French toast with jam we decided that we were powerful enough to ...

... width divides the whole courtyard into two main areas. Three alleys of west-east direction cross with the main street, thus presenting the Chinese character 'Wang'. Hongmen Bao has 27 courtyards of different styles, splendid or delicate. The Wang Museum in the courtyard is the only example of Wang culture throughout the world. Chongning Bao was built cooperatively by Wang and other Family ...

... It was remarkable. The mountains we were passing had been terraced and now there were thousands of houses lining the sides of them. The sun rose and as I watched the layers of this unknown village reveal itself to me, I couldn't help but smile at the uniqueness of what I was seeing. Incredible. When we got on the train to Pingyao, the entire car went silent and immediately the questions came and the pictures were being taken. It was a little much for ...

... churches in America would help them.?' He figured they would need about 14,000 USD. I told him that's a drop in the bucket for them! This made him very happy! While I was walking on top of the wall I could hear the sound of glass breaking below. There wasn't another soul in sight on that wall and I stopped to look below. Two young fellas ...

... later de eigenaar te zijn). Nadat ik hem uitendelijk duidelijk had gemaakt dat ik al een reservering had gemaakt kreeg ik de sleutel van mijn kamer. Pingyao (tussen Beijing en Xian) staat erom bekend dat het nog zo is zoals het er in het "oude China" uitzag en is inmiddels opgenomen in de Unesco lijst van werelderfgoed. Na nog een paar uurtjes te hebben bijgeslapen op pad gegaan om de Ancient city van Pingyao te verkennen. Relaxed stadje ...