Jinjiang Inn (Taiyuan Government)

My God!! <br>What?? <br>That was the funniest and oddest bus I've ever been on! Firstly, It took forever to actually book at ticket! The trains were completely booked out so we dragged our backpacks to the bus station. At the station it took the usual amount of repeating and hand gesturing to get a ticket!<br> <br>"Taiyuan?" "TAIyuan" "TaiYuan"<br><br>Even if you know the name of your destination there's no way in the world you'll pronounce it right. Eventually,once a ...

Z Wutaishanu jsme vyjeli autobusem v 8:10. Cesta do Taiyuanu trvala asi 4 hodiny, vetsina osazenstva ji prospalo - i kdyz personal autobusu se to snazil narusit poustenim nejake cinske superstar neuveritelne nahlas. <br><br>Jedna zastavka na benzinove pumpe. Zacina se zdat, ze toalety na benzinkach budou hlavnimi adepty na cenu "Zachod Julie Hubenakove". Hlavne devcata si porad nemuzou zvyknout na vykonavani potreby pred zraky ostatnich Cinanek ve fronte. O zapachu ani nemluve ...

... In some cases, taking part in a face-to-face class could be inconvenient due to scheduling, traffics, safety, etc, especially for those kids who intends to learn Chinese for Children. Online mandarin Chinese ...

... she said she would pass on to Mr. Bai who was actually the one who had invited us. In return they gave us these crazy huge boxes full of local foods from Shanxi, the boxes were enormous! <br><br>All in all it was a great trip. We got to travel in style and see what the life of the rich and famous (well maybe not famous) was like, we had great food, saw beautiful sites, and stayed in amazing places. But I've got to admit, it gets ...

We get dropped off at the Qingxu service station at 2:30am. There's a 24hr convenient store, we find a row of plastic seats and tries to make it until the sun comes up. We have been on the road nonstop for 18 hours, have to wait 7 more hours before we can find a bed.

... it had rained earlier it was just a heavy fog. To get to the dam you must go into the mountains. I'm not sure of the elevation but it is about an hour drive. Near the end the bus goes through 5 tunnels, one of which is over 2 miles long. The tour takes you first to a point overlooking the dam at which time we could barely see across the dam. The 2nd stop is just under the top of the dam which gives the ...

... v dost premrstene vysi a studentskou slevu nemaji (oni ji maji, ale s chuti vam vysvetli ze neplati pro cizince/dany typ prukazu/lidi co nejsou cinani/kdyz je venku osklivo) no proste des. Bydleni bylo taky problem. Chteli jsme tu stravit jednu noc, ale hotely tu maji dvojiho typu, bud blesarny nejhorsi za cenu Hiltonu a nebo pekne hotely, ale i ty mimo nasi cenovou kategorii. Nakonec jsme nasli hned u nadrazi docela pekny hotel za docela primerenou cenu, se snidani v ...

... was pleasant indeed. A particular highlight was getting to see people either flying kites or playing badminton or snapping whips to keep tops spinning in the parks below. On our second day in Xian, we headed out of town to see another one of China's most notable historical attractions: the Terracotta Warriors. Our tour guide for the day was named Jia Jia. As a tour guide she was quite entertaining: she sang a beautiful ...

... emperors, officials and poets, and these now line a scenic path in the temple. The most famous stele was written by the Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty in 646, and it was kept in a pavilion which is now known as 'Zhen Guan Bao Han Pavilion'. Taizong was one of the great emperors ...

Having been in China a month now, and surprised at the ease of traveling around and having the freedom to pretty much do as I please, I came across some information today that reminds me I'm currently living in a Communist country. As I have traveled around China without problem and seen what looks like a free market society, I often wondered what Communism really is because I just don't see it. I expected rules and regulations and a suppression of ideas ...