Sheraton Tianjin Hotel

... to the Haihewaitan park at the end of the Haihe river. The park was a basically a series of modern art projects that cover most of China and was actually quite nice if nothing to see. We passed by the famous Orient Princess ship where they run KTV and walked down the river towards a 'Chaoyin temple' I had read about on the map. After rechecking the map and realizing that we had, in fact, been walking in the right direction, however there ...

... between the last and current posts I have had plenty of travels within the city and taken many pictures, I'll add only a few here of the area of the city close to the river.<br><br>With the passing of time, the gilding wears off and the truth of things come forth, but, as I've said before, I feel this city is close to me and I am connected to it - at least as much as ...

... Past security and giggling boys. Along the side of a highway. Through a construction site. I hover for about five minutes to see if anyone minds. The red notebook is indeed magical, they must think me a foreign foreman. Or just not care. Try here, try there, no passage, no ocean. Well, I found the salt flats. Darn close but no cigar. Back to the train. Pause for an apple. Bum a light. It'll cost 2 yuan to try the last stop, also ...

... br><br>The next morning we walked through an open air market by her apartment in search of a small park I had found on my handy-dandy pinyin map of Tianjin (to no avail), and then we had lunch at a duck-head place. Duck head was served to us en masse, on a big plate, covered in peppers, and cut down the middle (maybe 12 in all). Truly it was delicious, I love spicy things, but the ...

October 1 I had the day off for the Celebration of Chinese National Day. It was the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China. I used this time to explore more of Tianjin. I did a lot of walking and sweating but it was worth it. Enjoy the Photos.<br><br>Blake<br>

National Day in China is celebrated on October 1st, and this year is a big one since it's the 60th anniversary of the PRC. Added with that, the fall festival fell close enough to national day this year that I ended up with 8 days off. 'Course, I had to work the Sunday before and the Saturday after ...

Pics from Culture Street and Dinner at a Hot Pot Restaurant.<br><br>HUO GUO mean "fire pot"-- The concept is easy you put seasoned water in a pot and boil it in the center of the table. Everyone around the table cooks food in it and eats. Kinda like a Fondue.<br><br>Our dinner was shrimp, beef, lamb, mushrooms, cabbage, octopus, squid, and noodles. To make the ...

... pretty obnoxious anyway, considering my savings have been completely decimated by my recent travels leaving me well and truly broke... not that I regret this at all since I had a fabulous time while bankrupting myself, but the point is I was out of dosh) along the lines of "but you're rich, what do you care about wasting money?!" I had been in a fairly nice passive mood before that (ie, I was half asleep), but his comment got right up my nose and I found myself quite ...

... or just a developing one by looking at its color. You can not avoid it, it is everywhere, so you become an expert after a few days. Their shame lays somewhere else. We visited a traditional medicine shop and I pointed to something in a cabinet and asked what is this? Our Lady guide started stuttering and tried to avoid the answer by calling another Chinese lady who lives in Canada to translate what it is. Of course she was as shy as our guide to say it were Bambi's privates. We are so ...

... Fruttis disindaki her yazinin Kiril harflerinden olustugu bir meyveli yogurt, uzeri kasar rendeli etli sebzeli soguk pide ve seklerli yuvarlak bir ekmek. Duydugum o guzel kokunun kaynaginin bu oldugunu varsayarak buyuk hayalkirikligina ugradim ama cok acim ve secme luksum yok. Biraz sonra anlayacagim ki kokunun kaynagi ikinci tepsiymis, icindekiler ise kofte ve makarnaymis. Yaninda portakal suyu, cig salanm, jambon, kasar, neredeyse seffaf tatsiz bir bal da var. 9'49 Butun ...