Shenchen Hotel Beijing

... with a bunch of regular stores on it, but I was expecting more like a bargaining night market. The food market was good thought. We got a Chinese burrito, chicken skewers and octopus skewers. We weren’t quite into trying the sea star, snake, shark, silkworms, centipedes, scorpions, sheep penis, or any of the other unique delicacies they were offering. We had another failed attempt at finding the subway back home. The maps we had were ...

... my last post, I've actually learned that ours is one of the nicer ones here in Lanhui. Only one of five lightbulbs is out on the central lamp, and we have minimal paint chippings. Some other rooms have very broken lamps with missing pieces and lots of wall damage or black dust emitting air-conditioners or faulty faucets. One unique feature our rooms does host however is the waterfall walls. There is some kind of problem in the floor above and it ...

... one, but "hello" has never helped anybody getting on a bus although it's a good start to engage a conversation). 8 buses were getting into the city, the trick was finding out which one would take me to the central railway station. All bus rides cost 16RMB, no matter what the destination was. I got the ticket : I realized I needed to act like all Chinese people around me, and be pushy to get my ticket or I would still be standing there two days later, I had a good ...

... noodles and other pastas. Like they had been destined to do one thing in life and that was to make pasta. I had the high-end cuisine of Shredded Ass Meat. That was the actual name of the dish. I really had to look twice at the menu before blurting out laughing to believe what I was seeing. I had to try it. It was actuallly real good. I couldn't get enough of that ass. Rachel couldn't finish her 22 meters of green pasta so she had to throw in the towel. It was a very unique and exciting experience.

There's a few stories circulating about athletes and others who won't be attending the Games, due to China visa restrictions - people like http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/ar ticle/china%20refuses%20to%20issue%20vi sa%20to%20finnish%20filmmaker_1076713 or the American athlete who was involved in protests against China's involvement in Africa. Here's a rather strong worded story from Chicago's Sun Times: It didn't take long for the red hammer to drop, for the American way ...

... people trying to sell you stuff. You have to pay the Simitai region ticket price when you leave the Jin. area. This section is very steep and the top of the wall is sandy or broken stones in many places. It's up and down - I'll never complain about Coit Tower steps ever again! I'm very glad I did the first 'wild' section just to have a different perspective. Arriving in Simitai you lower into a river valley and there's a youth hostel at the bottom, inside the ...

... Me, "Where are you?" DG, "I bring to you." Me, "I'm at the front door, by the street, where are you?" DG, "I do no know...There many door." Me, "What do you see?" DG, "Wood." Me, "You see Wood?" DG, "Yes, Wood." Me, "Anything else?" DG, "There is floor...on ground" Me, "Okay, can you go back to the front door?" DG, "But I bring." Me, "That's alright, just come back to the front door." DG, "I'm at you office." Me, "You are at MY office?" DG, "Yes," Me, "You ...

Supposedly you can see the Great Wall of China from the moon! We had trouble seeing it in the distance as it was raining and misty. However if was worth the 2 hour bus ride to get there and the climb to the top. Well, we climbed down but chose to take the cable car up to the top! The Great Wall is one of those things you have to do when you come to China. Here in China ...

... WALL" and I also got a little plaque that they engrave on the spot that has my name and the date on it...for 40 RMB ($5.75 CAD) I decided to splurge. So those were the MAIN highlights..there are many more memories that I have of Beijing..but I've realized this blog has run on! I'll finish off this blog with a thought thats been playing through my mind for some time now..but now, one that I can comment on because I've actually seen a little bit of it.. Beijing is definately ...

... på cykel, så jeg var ret ofte nød til at vente på hende, da jeg cyklede meget hurtigere end hende. Den 25. begyndte turen så mod Beijing, og det gik jo ikke helt som det skulle...Da jeg var i Nanning havde jeg købt en billet fra Nanning til Beijing, da det er noget lettere at få billetter ud af Nanning end Guilin, da Nanning er begyndelsesstationen. Men da det tager 5 timer i tog imellem Nanning og Guilin, føltes det også lidt dumt først at tage toget fra Guilin til ...