China Travel Stories

Learning Chinese

Date: 2008-5-15 4:22:00 by coconut; Tags: Learning Chinese

Late one night, on a train departing Kunming, I staggered into a dinning car.It had been a rough day.There had been problems with the bill where Id been staying.Id also lost some money, and on top of all that Id had a terrible experience at the local zoo the day before.People had been throwing cans and bottles at ms and Id yelled at them to stop.Things hadnt gone smoothly after that.Well, I was ti ... View Details

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The Real Greatest City on Earth

Date: 2008-4-28 22:14:00 by Megan; Tags: Hong Kong

I am writing from a 13th floor, archaic high-rise hostel. It's hot and the door is ajar, opening out onto a small balcony housing the washing and the garbage, allowing the distant traffic, pounding construction, and life sounds of the city to float in. The room walls are lined in blue tile and the bed is hard, with grubby old blankets for pillows and coverings. Two ancient, dirty fans are wor ... View Details

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Dirty Mining Region to Paradise under the Heaven

Date: 2008-3-31 20:51:00 by gina; Tags: China Tour China travel

This trip was full of contrasts from the rather dirty areas of Datong-Pingyao to the very scenic sections later. Datong Very smoggy, in a huge coal area with around 10,000 coal mines, poor and dingy miners villages with the remains of ancient fortifications just dotted around, eg old beacon towers, or bits of old wall, built of rammed mud, crumbling now, all mixed up with modern city developme ... View Details

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