USA | Saturday, 13 Jun 2009 | Views [1085]
Book it in advance – via email or phone (they fill up quickly) China approximately - $3 for a shared dorm room (4 or 6 beds) and $22 for a single; $20 for a double. Ask hostels for all your information: o They will translate everything into Chinese ... Read more >
Tags: china, gulin, hangzhou, hostel, hostelling, hostels, li river, travel, xingping, yangshuo
USA | Friday, 29 May 2009 | Views [858]
So I realize there are a lot of things I want to say about china and my experience there that I’m not for fear of offending someone… but what good does it do to hold my tongue? It doesn’t benefit myself. It doesn’t benefit others who are thinking of traveling ... Read more >
Tags: china, hangzhou, prejudice, travel
USA | Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | Views [930] | Video
OK so the secret to haggling is – you can’t want it. If you don’t want it, you hold all the cards. The best deals I got were when I didn’t give a flying F if they sold it to me or not. Here are some examples: I walked into a scroll shop on HaFeng ... Read more >
Tags: china, eating for cheap, food, friends, hafeng, haggling, hangzhou, scorpion eating, travel, yangshuo
USA | Friday, 8 May 2009 | Views [968]
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 Tons o' Pics HERE!!!! The weather has been fantastic!! It’s been around 60 degrees both day and night!!! The
other day, Monday I think it was, our fellow students arrived. There
are about 18 of us I think. They are ... Read more >
Tags: acupuncture, china, food, hangzhou, recovery, student, study, traveling, west lake
CHINA | Monday, 16 Mar 2009 | Views [728]
Saturday March 14th, 2009 – China Of course it’s a given that when you go to another country everything is totally and completely different. So it’s no surprise here that this is also so. I might have my own room at the local youth hostel in the best ... Read more >
Tags: china, food, hangzhou, west lake
