Shanxi Jiaotong Hotel Taiyuan

... insisted that everyone take off their shoes on entry! So we lay on our sides enveloped in smelly feet odour! Pleasant! In fairness, it was cosy and warm though! The journey passed uneventfully. A toilet stop, a cheesy kung fu movie and some snoring..... Until....

The Bus pulled up to the side of the road, a few got out. Then the bus driver decided he'd have a nap. He had a ciggarette, climbed into one of the bunks and fell asleep. For about five hours ...

Z Wutaishanu jsme vyjeli autobusem v 8:10. Cesta do Taiyuanu trvala asi 4 hodiny, vetsina osazenstva ji prospalo - i kdyz personal autobusu se to snazil narusit poustenim nejake cinske superstar neuveritelne nahlas.

Jedna zastavka na benzinove pumpe. Zacina se zdat, ze toalety na benzinkach budou hlavnimi adepty na cenu "Zachod Julie Hubenakove". Hlavne devcata si porad nemuzou zvyknout na vykonavani potreby pred zraky ostatnich Cinanek ve fronte. O zapachu ani nemluve ...

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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!

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.

Before arriving in Yichang my son said to keep things simple in this city. As soon as we arrived yesterday we went to the concierge and asked about a tour to the 3 gorges dam. The concierge told us that we could sign for the tour right then. We did paying our 200 yuan on the spot. The only way to see the dam is via an official tour. A little later the confcierge told us that the tour would be a chinese led ...

... na bus. Ten jezdi kazdou chvili, evidentne doprava po Cine na kratke vzdalenosti se odehrava autobusem, na delsi vlakem. Prekvapive i autobusova doprava je skvele organizovana, i kdyz nekdy trochu srandovne. Holt cinaci. Prvni prekvapko hned po prijezdu na misto byla rozloha dvorce, je fakt veliky :) Dalsi pak skutecnost, ze je to skutecna turisticka atrakce, more stankaru, dohazovacu ubytovani a cernych taxiku. Vstupne bylo taky trosku prekvapko, 40 za osobu, na ...

... the man who discovered the Warriors. Picture this: an 80 year-old-man, face strewn with wrinkles, sitting behind a cheap table, a stack of Terracotta Warriors books beside him in a slew of different languages, a fan in one hand, a cigarette lit in his other hand, it's smoke billowing up all around him, and a sign stating "no photos" in front of him. If you purchased one of his books, he would sign it with a rather ...

... Ha Ha, this is Taiyuan City, you will pay more than you should to stay here! Yes it is an ugly city but it was your choice to come here! Now pay for your mistake! Taiyuan, give it a new Museum and it thinks it is Hangzhou and charges accordingly. Anyhow, on with the day! Situated at the foot of Xuanweng Mountain and about twenty five kilometers southwest of ...

... he has tried very hard to get to know them...I tried a few times and then said forget it! Anyway, the new semester began, pretty much the same old business except I learned that I get to teach my proposed class! Last semester, while I was teaching European Culture I was able to really be creative and it was a bit of a challenge because I certainly didnt know everything about EC, so I had to research and do some studying of my own (especially ...