Tai Ming Plaza Hotel

... soon.)  Our room on the 16th floor overlooked a large plaza at the entrance to the University.  The plaza, it turns out, was the site of tai chi, fan dance, Chen sword, and various other practices.   In the afternoon, we did out first ...

... suburbs, everyone seems to take a tremendous pride in this island state. It feels like shopping holiday heaven with polished hotel lobbies and a picturesque water´s edge, with fresh Asian foods on offer at every turn. In the suburb of Joo Chiat where ...

Okay . . . I may have to say sorry again.  We left at 8 am yesterday and after a full day returned to the hotel at 8pm.  Then many of us decided to go back out and shop or to the Olympic Village (we wanted night time pics and the adventure of ...

... Sier, Sier", which gets an appreciated acknowledgement and soon we are in funds. We walk back to the hotel past the local 'Tian Qiao square', a modern plaza with (dry) fountains and lights and opposite the local theatre. We have two days in Beijing ...

... irrigation system We walked to get a cab to the irrigation system. Qinger negotiated with some driver and he drove us close to the plaza where the Dujiangyan irrigation system is. We looked for a place to eat lunch and ate just outside the area. Lunch was ...