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Down by the Beijing, where the watermelons grow...
... seat facing a little table. After a very comfy ride, we arrived at around 12:30pm. The hostel was a very shot walk from the train station and very easy to find. Actually, there aren't any hostels in Chengde, but it appears that an enterprising hotel owner has set aside rooms in his hotel to be used as hostel rooms and has them included in the list of available rooms on HostelWorld.com. Neat idea. For the price of a hostel room, we got a hotel room. I'll take ...
CHENGDE: CHINESE VILLAGE OF 500,000
... I doubt it. Finally the best part is leaving, to catch my flight without getting stuck in a flood or typhoon somewhere, or getting lost in translation when I’ve taking the wrong bus down the wrong road. I don’t have time to devote to all this right now, maybe next year. China is not a casual date… or the cheapest. It’s a serious undertaking, best accomplished with plenty of time, lots of patience and a choice of venues. I’m ...
Bashang Plateau (Day 2)
... of the sunrise. Sorry if you were expecting any.
I didn't know what time breakfast was, so I just slept in until Wang Laoshi knocked on our door and told us it was time to leave. I guess I missed breakfast. On the bus, one of the students offered me some extra food she had packed away, which was nice. This morning, all of us were headed to the 坝上草原娱 ;乐场 ...
Bashang Plateau (Day 1)
... tip over. It was pretty exhilarating.
Now, after the ATV riding, all of us got the opportunity to see a lamb get killed and prepared (this was one of the things we would be eating tonight). You weren't forced to watch it if you didn't want to, but most people did. If you don't want to read details of the killing you can skip to the next paragraph. I was curious as to how they were ...
Chengde: Part 2...Finally...
... also had their own differences. I'll leave it mostly up to the pictures to explain, but I'll point out a few 特点 (tedian), or special characteristics.
All the temples had signs with 4 different languages, all with different systems of writing! It was super cool. I can't remember what they were, but they definitely included Mongolian, Manchurian, and Chinese. Ok, so maybe I just can't remember what ...
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