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  • Getting to Shanghai Sunny, a Chinese Teacher, had arranged train tickets for us to Shanghai. We had the new flash overnight train. We had bottom bunk hard sleepers. I think we left about 10 pm and arrived at 6 am. When Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Sep 16, 2008
  • Shopping in Shanghai Shanghai is famous in China as a shopping city. Most come here to buy clothing and shoes. Not me I bought 6 books for Y500. Fuzhou Rd is the book shop street. In Tai'an you are Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Sep 16, 2008
  • Arriving in Jinan from Hohhot We arrive at our hotel by taxi. When we drive in, I think we either got a very good deal or we are at the wrong hotel. We go to the check-in counter. They have no booking Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Sep 16, 2008
  • Departing Hohhot going to Jinan We went on the internet at the guesthouse to try and book plane tickets back to Jinan for the next day. Still none of my cards were accepted and this time neither was Barbara's. I told Barbara not Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Sep 16, 2008
  • Gobi Desert We did a tour with the guest house to the Gobi desert. The cost of the trip was Y370 per person. There were 3 of us. The trip was about 3 hours. We got there just Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Sep 16, 2008
  • Hohhot sights We thought there is so much to see. But after our first day we had nearly seen everything we wanted to see. We had a taxi driver take us to the Wuta Pagoda. When we got there it was Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Sep 16, 2008
  • Hohhot Hohhot is not pronounced as it looks the actual pronunciation is Huhehaote.??? The population of Hohhot is 1.4M. It was founded by Altan Khan in the 16th Century. Hohhot is the capital of Inner Mongolia. It Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Sep 16, 2008
  • Eating in Hohhot Our first morning we went to Ming Tien for Breakfast. There is one of these in Tai'an. I ordered a latte and french toast. The latte I couldn't drink. It had like a milk film on Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Sep 16, 2008
  • Accomodation in Hohhot We were having problems trying to find accommodation in Hohhot. Barbara contacted a previous teacher from the school as she had been to Hohhot and stayed in a Guesthouse. Jamie recommended the Anda Guesthouse to us. I Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Sep 16, 2008
  • Leaving Harbin going to Hohhot Leaving Harbin was also another time stressed ordeal. We had to leave the hotel by 2 pm and catch a taxi to the CACC office to catch the shuttle bus to the airport at 2.30 pm. We did this successfully Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Sep 16, 2008
  • Using the Internet in Harbin Normally when we travel we don't have a need to use the internet or to find an internet however this holiday was different as we needed to get plane tickets. We found an internet bar (wangba) off Zhongyang Dajie. Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Sep 16, 2008
  • Getting to Harbin Getting to Harbin was a bit of an ordeal to start with as we had to catch 6 different means of transportation to get to our hotel. I had written a schedule that had a bit of slack and Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Sep 15, 2008
  • Shopping in Harbin The main street Zhongyang Dajie is a cobbled street that has department stores, boutiques and souvenir shops. This was literally outside our hotel. Below the street there is also an underground shopping square. It goes for blocks. Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Sep 15, 2008
  • Eating in Harbin We had been told that there was plenty to offer in terms of western food in Harbin. Well if there was we couldn't find them! We found a good Chinese Restaurant - Lao Chang Spring Pancakes. We ordered Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Sep 15, 2008
  • Shanghai Shanghai is the largest economic and transportation centre in China. It also enjoys a reputation as a famed historical city in the country. The city is striving to turn itself into the economic, financial, trade and international shipping Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Sep 15, 2008
  • Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia is a rich and beautiful area in China. There are 49 ethnic groups including the Mongols, Han, Manchu, Daur, Olunchun and Ewenke. The population is 23M. There is 0.88 million square kilometers of grassland in Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Sep 15, 2008
  • Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to all! Monday classes were canceled at the school this week as Sunday was Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival. About all I know about the holiday is that it's a time when people visit their families and eat Posted by rdut in You're moving where to do what?! | Sep 14, 2008
  • "Mid-Autumn" and other summer months After a less-than-exciting week of “in-service” during which I became acquainted with a new crop of weird colleagues, did a bit of work and a lot of socializing, plans began to form to satisfy the dire need to get off Posted by ucpegasus in Notes from the Other Side... | Sep 15, 2008
  • Eastern Tour of Xian The main attraction in Xian is the Terracotta Warriors. I felt to really appreciate this I should do a tour. The morning of my arrival in Xian I went to the China International Travel Service at the Bell Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Sep 15, 2008
  • Bicycle Traffic Jam I left the states on Aug. 24, 2008 and I arrived in China after 2 days of massive chaos! I flew from Des Moines to Detroit, which went fine. We boarded the plane in Detroit at 2:30, which was a Posted by Nashay in Nashay in China | Sep 15, 2008
  • Getting around in Xian Basically I walked everywhere. The hotel was in a great location that walking was possible. When I arrived in Xian a young Chinese man asked me if he could help me. I told him that I was OK. Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Sep 13, 2008
  • The Great Wall As my classmates and I waited at CET’s front gate for the charter bus to arrive and take us to the Great Wall, Sydney suddenly fell ill. I have never been as terrified as I was then. Sydney Posted by spelham in Breathing in Beijing | Sep 13, 2008
  • Xian - Getting there I caught the train to and from Xian. Sunny, a Chinese teacher, helped me to buy my ticket from Tai'an. The train trip is 13 Hours and 37 minutes. When I left Tai'an I was told that the trip Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Sep 13, 2008
  • Shopping in Xian There were souvenirs to be had everywhere in Xian. You could really lose your head here. I was on the bus to the museum and I saw a sports store that sold Asics. I had been looking everywhere for Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Sep 13, 2008
  • Entertainment in Xian I meet up with Tony at his Hotel and had a drink. We then decided we would go to my neck of the woods as I was in the city. Trying to find a bar we could have Posted by Bettinamc in The Adventures of Tai'an | Sep 13, 2008
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