Tianping International Hotel Suzhou

... br><br>So far, our trip in the south has far exceeded our expectations in everything but the food. The lunch and dinner were both less appetizing than the food in Beijing. Perhaps it&#8217;s because it was the fourth day in a row with just Chinese food. XO, the downtown GR Chinese restaurant will be off the rotation for a while when we get home!<br><br>A couple of random Suzhou notes:<br><br><br> Chinese people don&#8217;t generally care ...

... street garbage collection hut. Just past the hut a group of children wait for the bus to pick them for school. They begin jumping and waving as we approach, shouting 'Hello', or &#8216;Good Morning'. We slow down as we try to get through the crowd gathered in front of the local Tim Hortons. It's not a real Tim Hortons, but a vendor who has baked a variety of breads, pastries, and cakes. She sells them from her ...

... we find a group practising Tai Chi. It is so graceful and they make it look so easy although I am sure it is not. There are more fish ponds, walkways, pavilions, seats and picnickers. The sound of more music leads us to an outdoor version of Strictly Come Dancing. OK, maybe not, but the dancers are extremely proficient at the nifty foot-work. From what we can see anyone can join in but we decide that we might need longer to learn the steps ...

Our school is actually made up of two schools - the Chinese Public School, and the BC International School. Both schools share the same campus and facilities. When I look out my classroom window I look over at the Chinese students in the next building working hard at their studies. The Chinese Public School is made up of about 1700 students, grades 7 - 12. Our BC school is made up of about 220 students from grades 10 - 12. We have 5 non-Asian students in ...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!! I'm dressing up *s * pir*te / cr*cked out gypsy loh*n, it's pretty legend*ry. Tonight were going to Pulp Fiction, who *re ridiculously nice *nd giving free beer to everyone who is dressed up. It should get f*irly rowdy. App*rently none of the chinese dress up so it's b*sic*lly drunk exp*ts flooding b*r street cre*ting *ll sorts of shen*n****ns. <br>H*ve *n *wesome h*lloween!!! <br>-B

... the elevator in the lobby to return to my room a group of about 20 Chinese men of various ages approached the elevator. About half of them were smoking. At the time I was the only person waiting for the elevator. I was standing about 5-6 feet from the doors (there were 3 elevators) waiting for the elevator to arrive. I waited to see what they would do because I had read that the Chinese people have no concept of lining up. In Canada, the 20 men would have probably gathered around ...

... kommt nun ab** ein v**weichlicht** Westl** und beschw**t sich darueb**, reagi**en sie ziemlich v**schaemt und es ist ihnen sichtlich unangenehm. <br><br>An was man bei China meistens als **stes denkt, ist natu**lich das Essen. Die meisten denken dann an Hunde und Katzen und es ist keine bloede Erfindung, die landen hi** tatsaechlich im Wok. Auss**dem stehen ab** noch all**hand and**e Ti**e auf d** Karte wie Hase, Schlange, Bambusratte od** die Zibetkatze (was auch imm ...

... I knew at Kowloon to do the operation. Dr Arif was not at the hospital but he organised a doctor right away. Due to the fact that it was CNY, all the ambulances were busy collecting people with injuries from fireworks, so in the end Gemma had to go by cab. The next day I got a call saying that a cyst the size of a grape fruit was removed from Gemma's stomach and that the doctor managed to untwist her overy so she was able to keep it..

... it's closing down in a couple of weeks to clean up the image of the city, so everything is SUPPOSED to be really cheap. It was cheap but not Chatuchak cheap. I didn't buy anything but helped Paul get some money off a tee-shirt and some shorts he bought. We got back to the hostel at 9.30pm, I don't know about Paul but I was shattered. After showering up we just chilled downstairs till Brian came back, he got back around 10.30pm and we went out to eat around 11 ...

... quite as cute as before. In Shanghai we were able to take in an exhibition of modern Asian art called "Love@Fiction" - the premise of the show focusing on technology and culture. Over all I was quite pleased with what I saw there. I especially enjoyed a series by a South Korean artist, entitled "Atomaus". I was happy to finally try out a new city, however I wasn't thrilled to be travelling again. I'd bought myself an enormous backpack to house all ...