Shanxi

Being a trip of five days to the greatest sites in Shanxi province, China. Not Shaanxi.

... sneak pictures of us or they would just ask us outright After the temple we went for lunch where I discovered the most amazing Shanxi noodles. They are a specialty here and they are hand made, you can put tomato (i know that sounds odd for China, ...

... mines. We saw the largest freight train we had ever seen, it was carrying coal and must have been about 1 mile long; Shanxi is an overly industrialised province. We got a good understanding of just how vast China is whilst on this trip. We befriended ...