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Fri, 12 Oct 2012 | By emacinat | Views [5062]
It’s all about the view in China. Here in the south, with the weather a little milder than other places and the growing season extended, the gardens are designed for summer living or retirement homes. The vast majority of the gardens ... Read more >
Tags: chinese gardens, suzhou
Fri, 12 Oct 2012 | By bethsiu3 | Views [558] | Comments [1]
The train ride from Beijing to Guilin was definately interesting! It took 29 hours. I was in hard sleeper, so the cabin consisted of about 24 rows of bunks stacked 3 high. The bathrooms left something to be desired. There were 2 for approximately 70 ... Read more >
Tags: hostels, trains
Wed, 10 Oct 2012 | By emacinat | Views [840] | Comments [1]
Ok, I’m getting used to Chinese food now. I keep forgetting to take pictures before I tuck in! So far, the only repeats I’ve been served are several versions of sweet and sour pork. I think Americans are expected to want ... Read more >
Tue, 9 Oct 2012 | By emacinat | Views [3636]
In Hangzhou, I visited the Southern Song Dynasty Guan Kiln Museum, a Tea Museum and Plantation, the Lingyin Temple, and Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine. To be honest, only the latter two were of particular note, although the kiln was interesting.... Read more >
Tags: chinese traditional medicine, lingyin temple
Tue, 9 Oct 2012 | By bethsiu3 | Views [589] | Comments [1]
We've spent several days in Beijing. It is so polluted that you can't see very far due to the smog. It also takes a LONG time to get anywhere In the city. We saw the Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven, which was beautiful. Yesterday was all business ... Read more >
Mon, 8 Oct 2012 | By emacinat | Photo Gallery
A Record of Chinese and Western Dishes consumed while traveling in China
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Tags: china, food
Mon, 8 Oct 2012 | By emacinat | Views [1595] | Comments [3]
Think about the words “Leisure bicycle ride around West Lake.” What images does this conjure in the western mind? Maybe you think about riding a sleek 21-speed mountain bike along the green belt in Boise, even riding out to Lucky ... Read more >
Tags: bicycle ride, hangzhou, west lake
Mon, 8 Oct 2012 | By emacinat | Photo Gallery
General Shots, Lingyin Temple, Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Song Dynasty Guan Kiln Museum
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Tags: china, hangzhou, lingyin temple
Sat, 6 Oct 2012 | By emacinat | Photo Gallery
Other Items of Possible Interest
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Sat, 6 Oct 2012 | By emacinat | Photo Gallery
Humble Administrator, Lingering, Lion's Grove, Master of Nets
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Tags: chinese gardens, suzhou
Sat, 6 Oct 2012 | By bethsiu3 | Views [590] | Comments [1]
We arrived in Beijing yesterday afternoon. One word to describe China: Crowded! And smoggy. Actual Chinese food is much tastier then what you get in the States! We willgo to Tianamen Square with the staff and kids from the orphanage today and then we ... Read more >
Tags: china
Sat, 6 Oct 2012 | By laris | Views [468]
Say whatever, but I honestly didn't find Guangzhou (or Canton, as we know in the West) a nice place. I would skip it, totally. I would use the three days I spent there in Beijing. Or em Yunam. Or somewhere else.
As we were there, and bored, ... Read more >
Tags: canton, china, guangzhou
Thu, 4 Oct 2012 | By emacinat | Views [15320] | Comments [2]
The trip to Nanjing took only about an hour and a half from Shanghai on the high-speed train, though I don’t believe we topped 298 kph. On the way, we must have passed at least ten nuclear power plants (based on cooling towers I observed).... Read more >
Tags: china, nanjing, sun zhongshan li, tangshan
Wed, 3 Oct 2012 | By emacinat | Views [1234] | Comments [5]
Saturday afternoon Gloria and a native Shanghainese friend named
Tree took me to the old French Concession area.
Here all the streets have been renamed, but Tree, who has been
researching the old tobacco industry in Shanghai, knew about ... Read more >
Tags: myers, shanghai
Tue, 2 Oct 2012 | By emacinat | Photo Gallery
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