USA | Saturday, 13 Jun 2009 | Views [1157]
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 [915]
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 [997] | 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 | Monday, 25 May 2009 | Views [744]
Written 5/8/09
It’s been 3 weeks today since I returned from China and already so much has changed. My entire consciousness shifted during the 5 weeks I was there and I realize now that I’ve returned a different person. My initial reactions ... Read more >
Tags: china, comfort level, friends, home, perspective, retrospective, taxis, travel
