Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 18th, 2007
Update: I forgot to include a link to the rest of the Terra Cotta Warrior (兵马俑, or bīngmǎyǒng) pictures, so here it is…
Well, I don’t know how to write this post. I have received such nice treatment here by my friend’s friends, that I am almost embarrassed to discuss it. I am staying in a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 16th, 2007
By the way, here are some pictures of Beihai Park in Beijing, which I don’t think I linked to before…
and here are more pictures of Tai Shan…
The train ride…
I traveled from Beijing to Tai’an (the town where the mountain, Tai Shan, is located) in a class called hard sleeper. There are hard seat, soft seat, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 15th, 2007
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 12th, 2007
Update: From here, the pictures are only showing up sometimes for this post. I don’t know what’s going on with Picasa, where they are stored, since other posts’ pictures are showing up OK. In any case, here are a couple links if you’re interested after reading this:
Pictures (though small) of the play in action [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 10th, 2007
More pix here
Wow! That’s all I can say about the Great Wall (GW) (other than OUCH!).
Before I talk about it, let me say for those interested in going to China that I highly recommend the section I went to (Jin Shan ling to Si Ma tai, as well as the tour company that conducts it. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 10th, 2007
More pix here
The Temple of Heaven (ToH) was built up by all the other people at the hostel who had been there as fantastic, the best site they had seen in Beijing. I didn’t have the same feeling. Of course, the architecture is fantastic, with the circular structure having been built without using a single [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 10th, 2007
After buying my bicycle, I was going to the Temple of Heaven (ToH). I wanted to find a small pot to boil water in, so that I could make tea in my room. I had passed a WalMart Supercenter on the way to shopping the day before (also on the way to the ToH) and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 10th, 2007
On Tuesday (2007-10-09), I wanted to buy a bicycle. There were two shops near me. I briefly looked around the first one and didn’t see anything that suited my fancy. The second shop, Giant, had just what the doctor ordered. With my limited Chinese, I was still able to let the salesman know that I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 10th, 2007
Hi, well after a few blog entries, I thought I’d change how I do things. Rather than do one blog entry on all the events of a day, I’ll break up the events so each one will be easier to find (for me, when I review this after I get back home). I have done [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 9th, 2007
I have to be ready to go at 6:40 in the morning, so no late night for me tonight. I went to Walmart, Temple of Heaven, Wangfujing shopping district and a Toastmasters club in Beijing today. I’ll update this after I get back from the Great Wall tomorrow, I hope. I need to do a [...]
