Yanbei Hotel Datong
1A North Yuhe Road Datong, Shanxi, 037044, China
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... sensible enough to get a hard sleepers. I share a compartment with 5 other people, and thank god there is no smoking allowed. The bed is not very comfortable, but it is definately better than the seat! In Xi'an, I'll visit the terracotta army among others before taking another overnight train to Shanghai on sunday. Just a small bit about chinese people. They appear a bit rude. Apparantly westerners are not really commom, so most people stare in ...
From one extreme to another...
We are now in Datong and have an afternoon to chill out and give you a bit of an update on the last few days…
The trip to the great wall was stunning. On the way to it, we went past the Badaling part off the wall which is much more touristy (and the bit that was on 'An Idiot Abroad'). Because it was a national holiday it was mobbed – The wall looked like a giant escalator of florescent macks and flashing cameras. We were beginning to have our doubts that ...
Reise in die Mongolei... nicht!
... lustig an: Meine liebe Mittutorin Sonja hat es sich nicht nehmen lassen, die Sicherheitsunterweisung des Flugzeuges vorzunehmen, während die Stewardess vorne ihre Trolleys überprüft hat. Das ganze Flugzeug hat gelacht, auch die Chinesen, die nichts verstanden haben. Als dann kurz darauf die echte Stewardess die richtige Unterweisung gemacht hat, blieb kein Auge mehr trocken vor Lachen. Die arme Dame dachte bestimmt, wir lachen sie aus.
Als wir dann ...
Would you like to see a giant budha?
... 1500; מה שיוצא מעט מהראי 97;ה הצרה שלהם הם מעדיפ 97;ם לא להתעס 11; איתו, פעמים רבות זה פועל ...
Buddha's Grotto & the Hanging Monastry of Hengshan
5th century Buddhas carved directly into a cliff face - who could say no?
Glad we said yes as these rocks rocked! Immense pieces of craftsmanship in size, number and detail and well preserved due to the cave like nature of the grottoes the statues are set in. With over 50,000 Buddhas to vie for our attention we decided to concentrate on the main ones e.g. those tall than us! Unique now in ...



