Somerset Olympic Tower, Tianjin

... and not really worth seeing. Also, I took pictures on my phone that were (unbeknown to me) tiny and in black-and-white. After the 10 minutes at the temple, we walked 30 minutes in the biting cold back to a main road so we could grab a bus into the town.<br><br>We took a taxi into the TEDA district to look around (she took us to the wrong spot) and, after walking around to look at some less than exciting buildings, we went into an Irish ...

A couple of months have past since our last little adventure and the throes of a day to day job have enthralled me for the moments. I do feel, however, the often little tug to wander streets I haven't walked and to places I have not yet gazed. And so, for this weekend, the two of us decided to go to the close coastal city of Tanggu to see there what it had to offer. Of ...

Found travelpod the day before. You cats done massaged google good, looking for the bus to the train I found you. That'll develop as this does I'm sure. Skip the bio for now, let's just talk about yesterday. Kinda sick the past couple but I really wanted to see the ocean in our unpaid holiday. So I dragged me sorry self outta the sickbed and hit Nanjing, google maps info in the magical red notebook since travelpod denizens had ...

... end included a new feature called the Zhiyuan pagoda, from the top of which yielded some wonderful panoramic views of the city.<br><br>After a visit to the reptile zoo, a round of go-karts and a coffee (instant), we took the bus back to her apartment then grabbed our many things and took the bus back to Jinghai to prepare for Friday work the next day. And no, no day came sooner than Friday. <br>

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 ...

... workers and the like, I am comfortably well off. That's true, too. Correction: it is true most of the time, but certainly not at the moment. Although this is entirely due to the fact that I spent my money on something I consider to be extremely important to me and I have a regular salary which means that I do not ever have to worry about money for very long on the off chance I am careless enough to spend too much of it, that has nothing at all to do with my appearance ...

... gentleman in front of the hotel by the footpath doing his business. It is easy in those split pants to just squat down and Pronto he was leaving his suggestions to the hotel what should be improved in the future. Basically he was ******** in the front of the hotel in the middle of the city, while his mother was watching from a distance if he is finished or not. Outrageous but extreamly funny! After this incident I have decided to have a haircut, my hair started to fall out because ...

... olsun asla uyuyamadim. Yeter artik diye dusunup ucagin icinde dolasayim bari dedim. Cunku ne asagiyi gorebiliyorum, ne de uyuabiliyorum. Arka kisma yuruyunce hic ummadigim bir manzarayla karsilastim. Bizim kismin tamamen dolu olmasina karsin ara kisimdaki ilk sira haric butun koltuklar bos gorunuyor. Sonra anladim ki her uclu koltuga bir kisi uzanmis ve uyumus. Hatta hostesler bile en arkada uyuyor.Ilk siradaki kolluklar kaldirilamadigindan uc kisi aytaklarini onlerindeki ...