Zhenjiang Hotel

... thank her for her hospitality, and for driving us to the factory, but were informed that such a gift would cause her great embarrassment. So, with gritted teeth, we did our best to show no embarrassment when presented with a veritable feast, and I ate until I hurt more than food has ever hurt me before.
Jessica's mother ordered everything for the five of us, abruptly instructing numerous waitresses to bring us tasty treats, then sending them back if they were anything less than ...

... lacquer wares and embroidery, so it also enjoys high reputation as a tourism city from home and abroad. The Chinese refer to spring as "yan hua san yue"(march in blossom and mist) according to their lunar calender. They think spring in Yangzhou is full of blossom and shrouded in light mist, which makes the city resemble some mysterious veiled beauty ...

... t get a very good write-up in the guidebooks but we thought it was stunning and really friendly in a less leery way than Suzhou. The main attraction is the Slender West Lake which is a pretty park. Ge Garden was so lovely - almost as nice as Suzhou's Master of the Garden of Nets!

Took us quite a bit to actually get this started, but taking advantage of the facilities in this school (meaning the free internet while we are waiting for Manny and Jacky to play pingpong) we have managed to get this roling: zzze infamous Blooog! As some of you already know, we are on the 3rd stop on our 5 month trip. Hongkong was our fairly westernized introduction to China, leaving contradictory memories (at least for me) of the ...

... cela veut dire sue ce week end là tout le monde doit se trouver à Yangzhou, il ne s'y passe rien de plus que d'habitude sauf que c'est noir de monde qui se promène. Alors j'ai décidé de vous montrer quelques portraits car les habitants de ce pays sont magnifiques et s'ils travaillent tous les jours de la semaine, ils ne sont pas à la course. Ce qu'il y a remarquable dans la région c'est l'eau anciennes terre de mar ...

... spent a hysterical time trying to feed stone dragons coins for good luck. They were mounted high on the rear stone wall and watching Cheng Ru was the funniest thing for everyone watching. She really had no co-ordination at all. Xie Xiao Lin and I got several in but poor Cheng Ru continued trying time and time again. In the end her coin finally landed on the dragons head and the crowd that had gathered ...

... one hundred thousand stone carvings at Luoyang's 'Dragon Gate Grottoes', here they are simply little gold statues each in its own plastic casing.

Sadly it makes each level of the pagoda look exactly like the one below.

The view at the top seriously does make the climb more than worth it. So for me it really was a little sad about the inside of the pagoda. I spent many hours following exploring the island and ...

... go out with his family. After waving good bye I made my way towards Zhongshan Lu and chatted to two primary school girls who had been following me for about five minutes. We took a few photos and they then headed home. By now it was around eight so I headed back towards home to do some hand washing and to wash away the day. The day was a scorcher! I have no idea of temperature, I just know if it's warm, hot or bloody HOT! On my way home I found a ...

Hey Hey and a Big G'Day toya, Mate, what a horrible night's sleep I had last night. The guys in the room across from me were yelling and screaming for most of the night whilst playing cards. Well at least I think that's what they were playing. Maybe they were playing other games. Who knows! Anyhow, what ever they were doing ...

... are some of the most beautiful places I've ever entered! Out of all of them, the Ge Garden was the most outstanding. Its gardens were huge and beautiful and the residence was very swish! Its gardens were broken into Winter, Summer, Autumn and Spring. I spent about half an hour chatting to the beautiful girl who played ...