Taihang Grand Hotel Taiyuan

... we slept in our bus, going nowhere! <br><br>His alarm went off around six in the morning and he roused a few others from their sleep! Simultaneously, a row of taxis joined the bus. One by one the taxi drivers hopped out! (Oh God! What's going on here??) They each took a bag from the bus and once again disappeared. Some of the helpers jumped into a passing white van. And a strange old man passed the bus, nonchalant, but walkin backwards up the road. We shrugged off ...

Z Wutaishanu jsme vyjeli autobusem v 8:10. Cesta do Taiyuanu trvala asi 4 hodiny, vetsina osazenstva ji prospalo - i kdyz personal autobusu se to snazil narusit poustenim nejake cinske superstar neuveritelne nahlas. <br><br>Jedna zastavka na benzinove pumpe. Zacina se zdat, ze toalety na benzinkach budou hlavnimi adepty na cenu "Zachod Julie Hubenakove". Hlavne devcata si porad nemuzou zvyknout na vykonavani potreby pred zraky ostatnich Cinanek ve fronte. O zapachu ani nemluve ...

... In some cases, taking part in a face-to-face class could be inconvenient due to scheduling, traffics, safety, etc, especially for those kids who intends to learn Chinese for Children. Online mandarin Chinese ...

... smart and he had some really interesting things to say about the social ramifications of having an entire country of only children and about the world economy. After dinner we headed to bed and prepared for our long day of touring.<br><br>June 13th--We woke up early and headed to the famous Jinci Buddhist Temple. On the way in we took pictures by the lions. Matt wanted a picture with the female lion and I got a picture with the ...

We get dropped off at the Qingxu service station at 2:30am. There's a 24hr convenient store, we find a row of plastic seats and tries to make it until the sun comes up. We have been on the road nonstop for 18 hours, have to wait 7 more hours before we can find a bed.

... it had rained earlier it was just a heavy fog. To get to the dam you must go into the mountains. I'm not sure of the elevation but it is about an hour drive. Near the end the bus goes through 5 tunnels, one of which is over 2 miles long. The tour takes you first to a point overlooking the dam at which time we could barely see across the dam. The 2nd stop is just under the top of the dam which gives the ...

Taiyuan Do Taiyuanu jsme dorazili kolem sedme rano, tma jako v ranci, protoze ackoliv je jenom asi 900 kilaku od Shenyangu, tak se tu rozedniva o hodinu dyl. Vzduch je desny (a to bylo jeste docela fajn pocasi, o par dni pozdeji bylo hur), fakt desny. Po cistounkem vzduchu a permanentne modrem nebi v Shenyangu jsem povazovala informace o znecisteni vzduchu v Cine za dalsi novinarskou kachnu, ale okoli Taiyuanu je fekt des. Samotny Taiyuan je asi nejohyzdnejsi mesto ...

... section. What was cool about this pit was that they had five warriors (a kneeling archer, a standing archer, a cavalryman and horse, a mid-ranking general and a general - all distinguished by their distinctive hairstyles and dress) on display behind glass so that you could get a really close-up view of them. Another great thing about the Warriors is that there could be many more pits still underground waiting to be ...

... bathroom and if we were lucky it was the rooms big light and the TV. When Jiang Ni questioned the big fat smelly lazy hotel man as to why it was doing so, You can guess his reply...yes it was 'It is ok. It is supposed to do that!' Beers N Noodles toya.....shane _______________________________________ __________________ The soundtrack to this ...

Basketball and group mentality...its impossible to go to the basketball courts and just shoot. I know there are worse things than people being friendly, but its nonstop here! Always, someone wants to talk or practice English or just be around you, there really is no sense of privacy. People will come up and just straight away ask "Can I be your friend?" or "What is your phone number?". Can you imagine someone doing this back home? You'd be called a ...