"it might seem strange to call a place that i've experienced for all of a week 'familiar' but that's still how it felt to arrive at the beijing train station early thursday morning. ..."
A travel blog entry from Datong by
tofudan
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"We got back to Beijing from Mongolia and headed by train straight to Datong, a city about 800 miles west of Beijing. The train was great. we were in this dingy carriage with no air ..."
"April 1st Arriving in Datong at 7:30 am we visited the CITS office (the government run tourist agency) and they were very helpful in finding us good and cheap accomodation and book ..."
A travel blog entry from Datong by
meandher
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"Another national holiday in China means a weeks vacation, but I decide to stay pretty local, in the same province, and do some light traveling. My Chinese friend Kate wanted to go ..."
A travel blog entry from Datong by
trent
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"Written by Nelly Train ride from Beijing to Datong We arrived Datong yesterday around 4:40 pm. The weather is much cooler and drier in Datong. We were happy to finally leave our ho ..."
A travel blog entry from Datong by
jessnel
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"Well, I made it onto the train, and with 15 minutes to spare! I promptly hopped back off the train to spend my remaining yuan before departure. And off we go! We ..."
"Having met up with yet another interesting crew during my severe downtime in Beijing (too much typing time, not enough city trippin'), we embarked upon a journey across China - the ..."
"Datong, Datong, so good they all said: "Where the f*ck is that?" After finally managing to sober up long enough to book a train ticket, I have managed the almost impossible and esc ..."
"From Beijing we traveled by train to Datong to see some very old Buddha cave carvings and a temple "hanging" on the side of a mountain. Datong is in the middle of the coal mining a ..."