Shanxi Aurum International Hote Xi'an

... carrement avec nous quand on prend la pose... Pas le choix des avoir avec nous sur la photo et nous serons sur plein de photos en Chine!

Les Chinois sont tres sympathiques et ca na rien a voir avec lInde pour la proprete et les toilettes. Cest tres surprenant comme cest propre et en plus il ny a pas de madame pipi pour demander de largent.

Aujourdhui, on est alle voir les soldats de terracotta du premier empereur de Chine. Cet ...

... walking with their fingers, as you nod and say yes, they politely show you the way, so you think. They guide you to the correct route, and at the end is a small dock with a few, you guessed it, bloody bamboo rafts,
then they tell you that you cant walk any further and you have to cross or go back. You show them the map and then they tell you that you are somewhere you're not, pointing at a crossing.

We finally stopped at 13.30 for lunch but the menu ...

... there was steak served, so I have no room to complain. We left that hotel and traveled by neon lighted highway through the huge city walls to our amazingly massive and beautiful (and nicest in Xi'an) Mercure hotel where we now retire.... It has been another wonderful day in China, and there is only more to come -Jase P.S. Look at the albums on this and the previous entries to see, not only read, our wonderful trip. This is for you tonyw!

... is a noddle with stuff stuffed inside. I say stuff because it could be anything, hence the banquet of a tasty sampler. We had ones with duck, veggies, fish (which the noodle was shaped like a fish as well haha), pork, sugar, etc. It was really good. After we went back to the hotel where I stayed in and watched the two english stations. I caught the last hour of Casino Royale, which means I still haven't seen a Bond through to completion.

... of Qin, a man of bold vision and immense ambition. Born in 259 BC, son of the king of the Qin State, (or possibly son of his prime minister, Lu Buwei) he assumed the kingdom at the age of thirteen and discarded his regent, the same Lu, by the time he was 22 to take full control of the state, at which time he also initiated construction of his mausoleum. He ruthlessly conquered his neighboring rivals - Han, Zhao ...

... their appreciation for these kinds of performances. Very stoic. We had just about given up finding the marketplace, but from the Drum Tower we were able to spot it. Another experience of sights and smells and bargainers galore. Made a hurried pass through as we hustled back to our hotel to meet our guide at noon. Now it was lunch time and our this meal was not included in our tour package, but our guide would take us whereever we wanted to go. She "highly recommended" a dim ...

... for something he had just sold someone else for cheaper. He sounded offended, but I am positive he told her to roll up her note so we wouldn't see what she was paying. Some sellers only knew one word; this one lady kept saying 'OK, OK' as she tapped us on the arm with what she wanted to sell. We finally made it to the car park, and drove home for our free time before we'd have to check out. Miguel, Michael and I popped over to the bakery for a feed. I can't tell you what we had ...

... had recovered sufficiently enough so we could go. We now are attributing our illness to the spag bowl. However Bob left her kit in England. We caught the 603 bus to Xi'an railway station and proceeded to search for the 'Green' Terracotta Warriors bus. Which later became known as the bus driven by 'ARSEHOLES'. More on that in a mo. First weeble (in his infinite wisdom) decided to search for the bus. After walking round like ...

... má vsechny nase tuzby splnit. Zachvíli uz riksou putujeme do historického centra, kde nám majitelka hostelu nabídne čaj, snídani, úschovnu i zařízení sleeper lístků, vse bez nároku u nich spát. Jak od Jeníčka a Mařenky bez spatného konce. Jinak pokud chcete mít v Číně dostaveníčko s Francouzi, jeďte právě sem. Okolo sesté se vydáváme na pěsí prohlídku probouzejícího se centra. Pingyao je unikátně zachovalé (stále ...

... view as to whether you feel this is a good or bad thing for the future of Tibet. What you cannot take away from them is the technical and engineering achievement. I personally fear what it will do to Tibet. On the news the other night there were reports of the first signs of cracks and sinking along the line, but the engineers have defended this, saying it is normal. How do they know, they've only just built it! Apparently, the Swiss ...