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Song Du Hotel Kaifeng

1 Bianjing Road Kaifeng, Henan, 475002, China

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I fell in love with a city

A travel blog entry by guxi333

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... idealistic true love, but honestly, that just plain sucked. (Sometimes the social structures and government pressure is so heavy in China I just want to be extra silly. Life is good! We’re in this together – shouldn’t it be fun and full of art and music and emotion and stories? Life is hard enough without adding arbitrary downers and obstacles.)

But you know, besides missing this guy whom I seriously loved, I missed the city of Kaifeng! ...

Take THAT Rosetta Stone + Meeting a Unicorn

A travel blog entry by sjmigdol

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... tray, so I think I was just guaranteeing that if they let me stay in the dining car, I'd at least eat a meal.) After eating, I pulled out my diary and started journaling. I paused at one point - you know that feeling you get when you know you're being watched? Well, I looked up and there were at least 10 people staring at me. All I could say was, "What?"

One of the guys started speaking to me in Mandarin, and all I could tell ...

Kaifeng

A travel blog entry by galumphing

... floral dragons with row after row of many diverse varieties of beautiful colorful chrysanthemums in front of them.

I walked farther to the Hall of the Heavenly Kings, which houses a big-bellied laughing Buddha (Milefo). Although most fat Buddha statues look like kitschy abominations to me, I found ...

From Zhengzhou to Kaifeng.

A travel blog entry by tomcee

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... however now it is turned into a big tourist attraction. It is now called the 'Millennium City Park". anyway it took the 3-wheeler to the park which took about a 7 minute drive. It was pretty packed once we got there but it didn't take long to get in. Tickets cost 60 Kuai entry fee.

As soon as you get in there is a big statue of Zhang Zeduan who created the painting. He is a famous painter in the northen Song Dynasty of ancient ...

Teaching in China: "Do you understand my words?"

A travel blog entry by tempest164

... I was just annoyed that she thought I was stupid enough to not notice the wires coming out of her well-placed locks of hair. I asked her repeatedly if she had a question, to which she finally responded "bu", which means "no". I then told her to tell me IN ENGLISH that she "had no questions". Blank stare. I repeated it twice. She looked over at her friend and whispered in Chinese (So I would not understand?). This girl was a ...