Shungeng Hillview Hotel Jinan
No.28 Shungeng Road Jinan, Shandong, 250014, China
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Bye Bye Beijing....Hello Taishan!
... and religious history...
We are now sampling some
of Taishan’s local brew: Taishan (creative!), and about to head out to find a
bite to eat... we hope that this hunt will prove slightly more successful than
this morning’s adventure. One thing is for certain: we have not come across any
other “foreigners” as the Chinese like to refer to us and there is NOTHING in
English in Taishan. Dinner tonight should be interesting...
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Lingyan Temple - so beautiful - Amituofo
... was a "hei che" waiting to take would be clients onto the temple ...
(Hei che literally translates to "black car" but the implied meaning is more like "blackmarket taxi" as they are really unofficial/unlicensed taxis - AKA some dude takes you where you want to go in his own car and you pay him for the ride - negotiating (arguing) a reasonable price. Very common in China in places where there aren't many real ...
A day spent with the amazing Taishan
... before ascending the mountain (which I did in reverse order as the temple was closed when I went past in the morning).
Don't get it twisted either, "climbing" Taishan is not some professional mountaineers Everest type adventure ie. yes there is a path/stairs all the way up and down (something like 6000-7000 stairs on the way up) and also cable car things for the easy option (which ...
Entry 3 - 7 Days done.
... Debbie to come join us at the bar and few of her friends and the night went on,.. drinks followed by another night of clubbing in china to a club called Vix, again it was a very good night.
On Saturday (8/10/11) Me, Lee, Smera and our new swiss friend Debbie aka the machine because shes travelling China by bicycle, very friendly girl who has bonded with the 3 of us nicely. The 4 of us hired out bikes this morning and cycled across the city to ‘Yonghegong ...
Climbing Mount Tai One Step At A Time
... comforting to be informed that our group was nearby. He was the first of many more people to approach us and tell us that our group was waiting for us at the bottom of the mountain.
About 20 minutes later and 5,000 painful steps behind us, we were reunited with the others. Of course, many people were not happy with us and we had prepared ourselves for it. However, there was not much we could do about what happened. We were together again, no one ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Shungeng Hillview



