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2 months in, sort of
... I'll see you out there."
Five minutes later...
"Where are you? I'm still waiting outside."
"Wait...you got off the train?"
"Umm..yeah, this is Fuling, man."
"Oh ****. My doors didn't open, so I assumed we were waiting for something, but then the train started moving. Guess I'll get off at the next stop. See you in 3 hours."
Oh well, his Chinese is good. So I was then on my own, and eventually asked someone which bus I should take ...
Oct 23 Yangtze River
... and it is very impressive. The light displays on the building surpass most fireworks displays. This morning we visited the Ghost City of Feng Du. Feng Du is. City of about 800,000 which was completely rebuilt after the old city was inundated by the TGD. The city has very impressive infrastructure, with large road bridges over steel Raines, tunnels, high rises, just another example of the ingenuity of the Chinese. Stephan, our guide ...
Heading on down to Taoist hell
... on end, I finally gave up, because I was tired of getting laughed at by shopkeepers who were wondering why the hell I wanted shoes as big as I did. Still going on one pair of shoes indefinitely, I guess. After that failure, Keel and I headed to a book/DVD store which ended up having an SD card. It was $8 about, or 50yuan, which I of course wasn't too happy about, even though that's pretty cheap for a 4GB. I complained a little to the lady helping me out, and she ...
Yangtze River Cruise, Day 1
... br>
We visited the local market--of course, Haleigh and I avoided the upstairs meat market. We saw enough downstairs, believe me! Then we went to visit a kindergarten, which was absolutely adorable! The kids were having so much fun and we played a little ball with them.
Our last stop was to visit two homes in the village--one a traditional farm house, where their pig lived below their kitchen, and the other a family who ...
Ghost City
... that it was over makeshift walk ways floating over the river to the steps. Next, we continued climbing up the steps to the town and then hiking up to the ghost town of FengDu to Buddhist shrines to see the goddess of heaven. However, there are many depictions of hell as well. We observed followers lighting candles, burning paper and bowing to the Buddha statues. Shopping was a must for coke zero as you can rarely ...
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