Sunshine Hotel Shaanxi Xi'an

... Black Beauty on the Sony Ebook. It is awesome, because it is from the horse&#8217;s view. The temple we went into was boring, there were just shops. The shops had fireworks and the Buddha was inappropriate because it was naked and big and fat. The shops had fireworks and incense and candles. I didn&#8217;t see the paper money. It is all for worshipping the Buddha and they burn the fake money to give it to the dead people. <br><br>

... centre of the station not knowing where to go or what to do. After scanning the room I finally located a sign above a desk that said Information. Although I thought it was going to be futile, because in all likelihood the desk attendant spoke no English, I pushed my way through the crowd to get to it. Reluctantly I asked the gentleman where to go to buy a soft sleeper ticket to Beijing and to my surprise he understood me and pointed me in the direction of Line #10. I waited ...

... by just walking past you,*******s! Ended up walking along the bottom of the wall through the parks which you get the exercise yards, which everyone uses even the old. I saw a 80 year old doing chin ups. Just shows how lazy are old people are back home! They have other stuff like table tennis and music areas too. Which we stumbed upon and everyone stopped and stared as we walked past. Yes im white! That evening was just chilling ...

... The night continues at the Den where there is 5-10 pm happy hour which includes half price pizza and drinks.  A personal pizza and beer really is the ultimate reward for a tough day.  The next day couldn't have started any better because it started at a restaurant called "Grandma's Kitchen," when do those words ever NOT sound good together.  We ate a mixture of pancakes, omelets, fries, and Willie had a hamburger.  Its just that we never really get this food, so when the opportunity comes ...

... area I never bothered with it. It wasn't until I looked in the LP for something to do or see that I hadn't before and then when I checked out where the address actually was that I figured out it had to be the same place that I had walked past a million times. So this time I didn't continue towards the Drum Tower I asked about the entrance fee and was given the following two options ...

... once again of all sizes) and fake rubbings from the Forest of Stelae Museum. After viewing the paintings and calligraphy I decided to quite my art life. Mine are obviously of greater quality and I wouldn't dream of making anyone else feel bad. The real reason was that they didn't stock crayons! I spent many hours walking slowly back and forth, to and fro, up ...

After the breakfast (included in the daily hotel charge), we set out to drive toward Datong, China's largest coal producing city. Our destination is a tourist site right outside the city, called Yungang Caves (or Yungang Grottos). Outside the gate to the cave park, we were met by Wutao's nephew, Rui ...

... small. The thing I loved most about it is the energy of everyone there. Three elderly women took me by the arm and let me around the place pointing to everything they thought I should take a picture of. Strangely it was all the things that other Buddhist Temples strictly forbid photos of! I spent the next few hours winding my way around the maze and chatting to children as they ...

... is an architectural wonder. A unique mechanical theory was applied to building the framework. Crossbeams were half-inserted into the rock as the foundation, while the rock in back became its support. Seen from below, Hanging Monastery appears to be a tumble-down castle in the air. Inside, Hanging Monastery provides the same scene as other temples. Construction ...

... of the time. During the reign of Emperor Xiao Wen a monk named Tanyao took charge of the construction of Yungang Grottoes. The largest cave is No.6. In the 20-meter (65.6-foot)-high cave stands a 15-meter (49.2-foot)-high pagoda-like column decorated with Buddha statues and designs. On the four sides of the tower pillar, and on the east ...