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Sunshine Shijiazhuang

No.158 Xinhua West Road Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 053000, China

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Beijing!

A travel blog entry by charinchina

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... You must ask them three more times and after dismissing your offer three times only then will they accept.

There's a similar charade when it comes to conducting business. First we were welcomed and told that, for anyone else, the first price would be [ridiculously high] but for us, a special price (about 20% lower) would be given. Then you're expected to bargain that down a further amount until they'll go no lower. Then, you whip out your card with the shop's name on it that ...

Winter Kicks In

A travel blog entry by charinchina

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... and the two of them slammed into the concrete, the other lady's groceries going flying, along with their bikes, into the six-lane intersection.

I learnt you can simply buy a driving license here without ever having taken a lesson and, unfortunately, most people do. I've seen three serious accidents since I've been here with overturned bicycle loads pinned under cement trucks and the side of buses shattered as they've smashed into someone with force. That's ...

My First Day of School

A travel blog entry by charinchina

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... through the lesson as best we could. A lot of Chinese students adopt English names for English class but often times they get given these names by sadistic people or, worse, they get to pick themselves. Trying to explain to a Chinese girl why she can be called Apple (Martin) and yet her friend not Berry (Halle?) is difficult. One of my boys is called Prince, Yeah! (peace sign) That's his name. He takes it quite seriously. Another is called Marquess, not Marquis or ...

Qingdao Bound, Round 2

A travel blog entry by emilywemhoff

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... Qingdao, we spent $50/person for a round-trip by train AND because we are taking the train, it allows us more time to spend in Qingdao because it arrives early Friday morning and doesn’t leave for Shijiazhuang until Sunday evening. If we took the plane, we wouldn’t arrive in Qingdao until Friday afternoon and then have to leave for Shijiazhuang really early on Sunday morning. I thought we were just two unlucky people, ...

Special Feature: Essen 2

A travel blog entry by schagglyn

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Mittlerweile habe ich ein paar neue leckere Gerichte gefunden und ein paar Fotos zu zeigen. Bin glücklich, dass Tanghulu, die Fruchtspiesse, nun wieder überall verkauft werden (siehe erstes Special Feature übers Essen). Am besten sind die mit Erdnüssen oder Sesam drum rum. Ausserdem habe ich in den Bergen mein erstes chinesisches Zmorge gehabt. Tofusuppe mit grüner Sauce, frittierter Teigstange (You tiao)und Baozi (Foto siehe vorheriger Eintrag vom ...