Xintan Hotel Qufu
Xuequan Road Qufu, Shandong, China
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Confucius and friends
... horse drawn cart and whatever other vehicle for ridiculous amounts of money - when you can walk the distance they would take you in 5 minutes. Not to mention the crowds and crowds of tour groups which make serene and spiritual places like temples and cemetaries anything but that.
That aside I was rushed and tired that afternoon and also was a bit worried in not finding a bus back to Tai'an in time afterwards (which worked out fine) ...
Qufu
... dum ci sidlo rodiny - stoji strasnych 150Y. Jo, tak tady mi isica neuznali :). Ale asi nejhorsi je, ze to za tak vysoke vstupne asi nestoji. Bylo to celkem zklamani. Chramovy komplex, druhy nejvetsi v Cine, je opravdu huuuuuuuge. Ale to je tak vse. Nejlepsi ze vseho byl hrbitov. Ten je taky obrovitansky. Obejit ho dokola znamena ujit asi 10km. Nejvetsi pamatka tam, je hrobka Konfucia. Strasne zajimave je, jak se k paatce Konfucia ...
Qufu
... aka I bought an umbrella and borrowed a poncho (I quickly took off the poncho it stunk). The first thing we did in Qufu was we went and had yet another enormous meal. I have yet to see a meal in here that has been less than 9 main course dishes. Not that I am complaining just surprised on the sheer quantity of food that is brought out. While we were at the restaurant a wedding party was there as well and they set off ...
Confuscious temple
Got woken early by some femal Chinese ticket woman wanting to change my card back to the ticket. Still don't understand what that was all about. Went back to sleep and was woken again around 6 but another Chinese lady shouting at us which seemed to indicate we had to get off. Our itinerary said about 8am!!!
Well that was it.. total chaos ensued in between lots of chinese shouting. I managed to get dressed but poor Vicki was still in her Pjs when we ...
Confucius Said.....
... evening, so the guys and I were forced to find our own measures of fun. After dinner we went on a walk around the downtown area near our hotel, following the bright street lights looking for something entertaining to do. We didn't really find anything except a few shady looking karaoke bars, so we decided to go the grocery store, buy some cheap beer, paper and markers, and head back to the hotel.
The markers and paper ...


