River Bank Hotel Chengdu

... approchent :

Deux bons vivants Chinois : " Ah bonjour!"
Deux bons vivants Quebecois : "Mais bonjour a vous!"

Deux bons vivants Chinois : "Je vois que vous mangez de la nourriture"
Deux bons vivants Quebecois : "C'est en effet l'activite de ce moment meme"

Deux bons vivants Chinois : "Est-ce piquant?"
Deux bons vivants Quebecois : "C'est piquant au point que je vais amener un extincteur aux toilettes demains au cas ou"

Deux ...

... 10 cents per hour, ideally. But I'll break that rule to try new foods or a nice, local meal. I normally spend $2-$5 per day on food here.

I hear that social networking to get jobs is enormous here. You have to go out drinking with people (women must also) and if they like you and you buy them drinks, they might hire you. Being in the communist party is a highly sought after position and it enters you into a upper class of society.

Now on to Shangri-la...

... the end because I knew I had nowhere near enough to give all the people who would have wanted them, so I didn’t want word to get around too fast.

After the students left the gym we headed back to the bus, which took us to a restaurant a few minutes away to eat. We had to walk through the main floor dining area, which was quite crowded, to go upstairs to the private dining room, which resulted in a great deal more staring. I liked the food a lot, one ...

China Mourns Quake Victims with Lanterns, Ribbons and Letters to Heaven By Bai Xu To the old man who has lived in the Yingxiu township of southwestern Sichuan Province for six decades, scenery by the hillside is slightly different this year with the addition of two new sights -- wild chrysanthemums and a graveyard. "These flowers normally only grow on top of hills," 64-year-old Ma Fuyang nagged, pointing at the yellow dotting in the green. "They must be the villagers killed in that ...

... really good fried potatoes, and the best green beans I have ever tasted. These green beans (which I found out today in the Lonely Planet guidebook that I had read a long time ago) are one of the things Sichuan is famous for. Their are like fried (maybe?) and served with spicy peppers (of which I also tried and immediately afterwords downed a half a thing of water). I can't even explain their goodness, but they are the first real vegetable I've eaten willingly since I've been ...

... where people were singing. We're not sure if it was a karaoke type set up or if it was actually someone who sings for a living. We came upon an "amusement park" that had a few rides and we decided to go on one that looked like it spins around. Liz's belly wasn't feeling so great from the hot pot the previous night but she eventually decided that she would go on the ride with me. Upon entering the ride we saw that the ride was ...

... aren't even sure if the trains are running. Plus, our host family's home has damage to 2 rooms of their home and we are helping to clean that up this evening. Continue to pray for safe travels and that we can reschedule portions of our trip. There are reports of deaths and injuries and please pray for the families involved in this tragedy in their lives. Love you all, Wendy for the Tueys

... man sich denken. Da die auch Zg fahren wollen und bereits frueher ein Ticket hatten als ich, habe ich noch einen Stehplatz fer die 19 Std lange Zgfahrt bekommen. War eine mords Gaudi...das Abteil war so voll,dass man sich nichtmal auf den Boden setzten konnte. Dieser war zudem so dreckig, das man es nicht wollte. Kette wurde natuerlich auch bei geschlossenem Fenster geraucht. Nach 9 Std ist jemand ...

Hello!! we arrived in to Beijing on August 27th, long flight, too exciting as to take a nap in the plane. My first impressions of China were "big" and "beautiful". Our first trip was to down tow Beijing, to Tian an men square and The Forbidden City. Tian an men square is the largest main square of the world. The square is surrounded by a museum ...