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Stressing Out For Nothing

A travel blog entry by kathrynmccormic

... right time as it only went on this morning. There is no gurgling sound now so they must have got all the air pockets out. There is a water filled wall heater in each of the rooms. Livia said that I can dry my socks and slippers on the heaters if I wish. I was worried about the curtains as they hang all over the heaters. Livia has assured me that the place won't catch alight.
I gave the girls at school some sweets that were a speciality from Guangdong Province and they were ...

Shaolin temple part 2

A travel blog entry by wushu-travels

... T-shirts, uniforms, souvenirs. The ticket for the entrance was even more expensive than the entire trip.

In the city of DengfengI managed to buy a new, proper and beautiful sword for practice, plus some clothing. Satisfied by the shopping and sightseeing we went back to the train-station to take another 6 hour ride back to Xinyi.

It was pretty exhausting.
But it was worth the trip! :)

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Trip to the Shaolin temple

A travel blog entry by wushu-travels

... the crowds inside the carriage we noticed all the seats where occupied. On these trains its possible to buy a ticket without a seat number, thus a standing place. Apparently most people buy tickets without a seat number and than take a seat that has not been taken yet. Until someone arrives with a ticket with that nominated seat on it. Than they will stand up and start looking for the next free ...

Zhengzhou to Kaifeng and Back Again!

A travel blog entry by thirdworldtour

... still hasn't come to me. Nothing's ever taken that long before, so I reckon it isn't coming. My answer didn't make much sense and I was pretty sure it wouldn't work. It didn't. They e-mailed me and told me so. I got them to e-mail my friend Lucy in Australia. Her contact details were already in their system. I was lucky and she replied in a flash. There's only one letter between Lucy and lucky, you know? I just realised that.

By then it ...

Renewing old acquaintances

A travel blog entry by davo1764

... rocket fuel instead! Anything up to 20 rounds using the Chinese word for "skal" which sounds like gala. Cheryl keeps an eye on the amount of liquor they are plying me with, remembering the last event like this where I was violently ill and had to be taken home in a pair of Chinese PJs bought from the hotel gift shop (I think Cheryl is writing this part). Fortunately, Mr Liu advises me that I can respond to a 'gala' with 'bo-gala' which means 'just a little'. As ...

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