Shanxi Guolv Hotel Taiyuan

... crowd has gathered, someone will cry "Taiyuan" and the crowd will ooh and ahh in a "Oh you mean Taiyuan, sure you should have said" kind of way! <br><br>Ticket successfully in hand, we followed our Bus Lady across the road to our sleeper. (She had the most beautiful boots) The bus was filled with the tiniest bunk beds you've ever seen. Just about big enough for a short leprechaun to lie on his side and curl up his feet. (mild exaggeration only)<br><br>The bus ...

... 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.<br>

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... she said she would pass on to Mr. Bai who was actually the one who had invited us. In return they gave us these crazy huge boxes full of local foods from Shanxi, the boxes were enormous! <br><br>All in all it was a great trip. We got to travel in style and see what the life of the rich and famous (well maybe not famous) was like, we had great food, saw beautiful sites, and stayed in amazing places. But I've got to admit, it gets ...

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 ...

... slum vcetne spinavych deti, smecek divokych psu prohrabavajicich odpadky a vubec. Kolem proteka ricka, a vzhledem k suchemu podnebi (prselo naposled nekdy pred dvema mesici), tece v rece uzky prouzek neceho, co ma mlecne zelenou barvu a smrdi to na sto metru. Park kolem pagod je docela pekny, ale ta cesta za to nestala, krome toho klaster okolo pagod byl stejne zavreny a vstupne podle vseho 30 yuanu na osobu. To je dalsi problem Taiyuanu, vstupy, kdyz uz je na co ...

... around the city. It costs 40Y to get up and if you're willing to pay a little extra you can rent bikes (either single or tandum) to ride around the walls. From what people say here at the hostel, the bikes are good fun, though maybe a little bumpy, and let you ride around the entire wall. We decided to walk instead, snapping photographs. We probably only covered about 1/4 of the wall's length, but the bit we did stroll ...

... to be able to catch bus to Taiyuan. In the end we were mobbed by greedy van drivers to we caught a Tuk Tuk to the bus station and caught a bus instead. The bus journey took nearly two hours due to some road works and cost only 25 Yuan. When we arrived at Taiyaun we began the Hotel Bop and didn't find a single hotel with happy staff. They all ...

... Sheesh - relax! So sometimes I'll ask how long they've been dating and obviously the answer varies, but commonly the answer is like only a month or two! All this seriousness and hokiness over one month of dating?!! Very strange. Anyway, the speeches ranged from good to bad and there were a few interesting ones, such as the tyrannical Hitleresque speech where this young student was raging and snarling and seemed so angry about ...