Qinbai Hotel
Travel Blogs from Jiexiu
Terug in de tijd
... Tian Yuan Kui Guesthouse, een restaurant gevonden via tripadvisor waar we de alhier traditonele Mountain noodles proeven, het meel hiervoor wordt op grote hoogte gemaakt. Leuk om te proberen maar niet erg bijzonder vinden we. Daarna kijken we nog een keertje rond in Pingyao maar dan nu verlicht met de vele lampionnen. In deze stad zijn ook de meeste opnamen gemaakt voor the film Under the red lantern. Echt een bijzonder mooie ...
We get to live in ancient China, for a weekend...
... a wonderful historic novel set against the Opium Wars of the 1800’s in India currently, aboard a boat of convicts and migrants about to head across the ‘Black Water’.)
Our third and final day in Pingyao began with breaky at 7:15. There had been some confusion as to the start of breaky and John and I were there for 7 am. It was interesting to see the morning’s cleaning routine. The girls were very thorough wiping ledges and crevasses of doors and ...
Mianshan Mountain
... way through the evening, but we sort of figured it out. A 20-minute train to Jiexiu and then supposedly a bus to the mountain. Only there was no bus to be found and no one spoke any English. Not even our sign language could help us (I now know that the word which sounds like mayo means 'no more'). So after 30 minutes of desperate trying we gave up and took a taxi.
The taxi ride From Jiexiu to Mianshan was a story on its own: the driver tried ...
Shanxi - Life On A Bus (Part 3 of 3)
... run a toll gate. One of our coordinators told us that the trucks go through one at a time to get weighed. If they are overweight, they have to pay a fine, which takes some time process. I believe this is how it is every day. You would think they could come up with a better system. Of course, 4 out of the 5 lanes to go through at the toll gate were closed, leaving one gate open for an 80 kilometer traffic jam to go through. ...
Shanxi - Life On A Bus (Part 1 Of 3)
... been through. I began writing down my thoughts in a notebook at certain times throughout the trip. Here are my thoughts beginning at 9:15 a.m.
9:15 a.m. – My knuckles have turned pure white from gripping onto the seat in front of me for the past 30 minutes. Our bus driver is crazy. We have had nearly 10 head-on collisions with cars, semi-trucks, etc. I know that everyone is basically a careless driver In China, but our bus driver is a primary example ...
Other places to stay in Jiexiu
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Yunfengshuyuan Hotel
Mianshan Scenic Area, Jiexiu | Hotel -
Lize Hotel
No.238 Xinjian East Road, Jiexiu | Hotel -
Xiuxicost Railway Hotel
No.286 Xinjian West Road, Jiexiu | Hotel
