Zhongyu Century Grand Hotel
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Boxing & KTV
... whilst stood on his chair - tradition apparantley and sign of a long life!! The plan was to go to KTV (Karaoke television) afterwards, we weren't going to go, but T who is the manager from Spark was at dinner with us, and before we knew it he'd called the club and arranged for us to have one of the private KTV rooms for the rest of the evening, plus it was ladies night so free drinks for us girls too!! Now those of you that know me, will know I have a massive fear of Karaoke, ...
Last Train to Xi'an Central
... to grab the hat; the wind dislodged the door from its stopper and smashed it into Dan’s side with the force of a Tyson kidney punch. I reeled away with laughter, only then thinking ‘I wonder if he’s ok?’ fortunately he was, and as I wiped the tears from my eyes, he wandered over and calmly said “That could’ve taken my f*ckin head off”. As it was, we got our photos, and yes, we look like idiots.
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First day of classes and Temple of Heaven
... temple itself. This part is very beautiful and reminds me a lot of a park. Apparently, the outside area of the Temple is very popular for doing exercise and I can see why. After walking down the stretch of road with practically no one on it, we walked up a few stairs only to encounter 人山人海 (ren2shan1ren2hai3). Basically, we ran into a ton of people.
It was also here that I ...
Hitting the Wall
... the stadium you can also check out the Water Cube where the swimming events took place and the tower that held the Olympic flame during the games.
The next day we checked out Tianamen Square and the Forbidden City.
Tianamen Square is neither particularly pretty or impressive but the amount of security around it is. CCTV cameras everywhere and hundreds of uniformed and non uniformed police and ...
Too tired to think...
... beyond that for a few days now however!
After dropping Qiuchun at class we came to the hotel, where Q's father promptly ran over the curb, broke the marble & popped a whole in his tire. So while we checked in and got settled etc. -- he waited for China AAA. An hour later we were off for dinner & an evening stroll through Xiangshan Gonyuan -- a beautiful mountain park.
It was nice to have a meal in a busy. popular, but common restaurant where we ...
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- Swimming pool
- Fitness/Health center
- Business Services