Skyrun Hotel Yangzhou

... thank her for her hospitality, and for driving us to the factory, but were informed that such a gift would cause her great embarrassment. So, with gritted teeth, we did our best to show no embarrassment when presented with a veritable feast, and I ate until I hurt more than food has ever hurt me before.
Jessica's mother ordered everything for the five of us, abruptly instructing numerous waitresses to bring us tasty treats, then sending them back if they were anything less than ...

... When taking a boat trip along the long slim lake, I can see the golden sunshine sparkling on the water and feel the gentle breeze on my face----this is the very moment that I actually believe paradise does exist. Get packed and come to Yangzhou in the lively spring, to embrace and enjoy. I wish my pen,my eyes and my camera could capture the spectacular scenery.

I spent Christmas in Yangzhou, a pretty little place near Nanjing. We very nearly ended up staying in a dodgy brothel/bed and breakfast having discovered I'd forgotten to bring my passport. Luckily, my friend had hers and we had a wonderful few days in a place with carpets :) Yangzhou ...

... smokey and purpel night sky, the busy streets, the absent looks and sweet smells. One week in Hongkong (waiting for our long-desired and in germany apparently unatainable Visas) left little motivation to visit yet again another megacity, so we stopped in Guangzhou, more for tactical reasons. We stayed at Paul's place. Well, detailed description of the ocurred events would require better memory or less beer that night : ) so ...

J'ai cette semaine continuer la visite des alentours de Shanghai, sur la carte on voit à peine le périple mais si vous regardez bien cela fait quand même une amplitude de 700 km du nord au sud. Tout ça pour vous dire qu'une tete d'épingle sur la carte de Chine représente de grandes distances en réalité. Jen'ai eu depuis mon arrivée le 19 mars qu'un jour ou deux de soleil. Ce vendredi était bleu... Et à Yangzhou c'était ...

... room costs. Nanjing is a wonderful city, huge and diverse with pockets of noisy madness a walk away from silent gardens and things to do. On the first day, I visited an area called Fuzimiao which was a tourist trap but a very pretty one. My second day was spent looking around the Botanical Garden and exploring the well-known areas of Nanjing. I was taken to Qixia Scenic Area in the area which had an active ...

... spent a hysterical time trying to feed stone dragons coins for good luck. They were mounted high on the rear stone wall and watching Cheng Ru was the funniest thing for everyone watching. She really had no co-ordination at all. Xie Xiao Lin and I got several in but poor Cheng Ru continued trying time and time again. In the end her coin finally landed on the dragons head and the crowd that had gathered ...

... I began to laugh and gave her a big smile and picked up her bag and dropped it on her food tray, sat down beside her and said 'Hellow'. Her daughter couldn't help it and burst out laughing and after nearly having a heart attack the mother began to smile and said sorry.

Sometimes when in China you just have to be Chinese to get what you want!

After saying a happy good bye to the mother and daughter I caught Bus ...

... are some of the most beautiful places I've ever entered! Out of all of them, the Ge Garden was the most outstanding. Its gardens were huge and beautiful and the residence was very swish! Its gardens were broken into Winter, Summer, Autumn and Spring. I spent about half an hour chatting to the beautiful girl who played ...

... the chance to buy refreshements and lots of leg room. (Am discovering that? For a nation not noted for their size they do have a lot of legroom on their transport)? Our first arrival point in China was Guangzhou, (latter day Canton), which lived up to every image you may have of modern day China in that it was heaving, and noisy and just a mass of people and noises coming from megaphones and tannoys. I got lost following everyone down a tunnel to the transfer ...