Blogs from Nanning, Guangxi, China, Asia - page 2

Rano sa budi japonec,ide mu bus do vietnamu.Spim do 8/30,moj rekord ,na ranajky idem na miestny trh,dolava od ubytka a potom hned doprava.Zasa vsemozna zelenina a maso len tak pohadzane na pultoch.Davam si mini langos trocha pikantny,placku plnenu zeleninou a vajcovu placku.ta bola najlepsia. Na izbe mam noveho cloveka,cinanku.Na poste kupujem strieborneho draka.Aspon vloaco si donesiem z ciny,fotky a zazitky nepocitam.Vyvalujem sa v lobby,citam knihu a odpocivam. Na obed opat vyrazam do ulic.Koncim v kadernictve.Maju tam tabulu francuzske kadernictvo,som zvedavy.Je tam 8 stoliciek.predomnou su dvaja zakaznici.Kadernici su tu dvaja.kazdy robi svojho cloveka.Po chvili prichadzaju dalsi traja.Piaty chlapy a len jedna zena.Aj ta len umyva hlavy.Naznacujem bzucanim ako ma ma ostrihat.Zaujimam svoje miesto.Okolo krku mi dava asi 8cm golier,potom klasicky zasteru.Nasadzuje si igelitove r... read more

Vcera vecer sme este trocha kecali s mexicanom v ramci jazykovych schopnosti.On tiez moc anglicky nevie.Chysta sa do vietnamu a laosu.Prisiel z indie.Dostavam od neho jedno mexicke peso,davam mu janosikov dukat.slovensko nepozna ale ukazujem mu ho na mape.Menime kontakty ak by nahodou prisiel na slovensko resp ja do mexika. Vstavam po tichu ale aj tak sa mexikanec budi.Idem na ranajky,jasne,ze recepcny este spi.davam si zas to co furt.Na bus stanici sondujem bus.Na pokladni mi pisu spz busu,ten nachadzam a cakam kym zacnu pustat dovnutra.sadol si ku mne cinan,anglicky nevie.caka ma zhruba 8 hodin jazdy.Cesta do guilinu je hrozna,same jamy,vodic pozna len trubu a plyn.trubi jak splaseny ani spat sa neda.jazdi sa tu ako v hre GTA,zatrubis a vsetci sa ti uhynaju,obieha sa zprava,zlava,stredom,proste chaos.Zatial som videl len jednu nehodu. V guiline fasujeme na stanici balicek,je v ... read more

We left Hanoi bound for China on a sleeper train. The sleeper part was a bit inconspicuous cos we had to get off twice to do border crossings so the stopping and starting definitely interrupted any shut eye we needed! We arrived in Nanning and immediately noticed how busy the train station was, crowds of people everywhere. Nanning is a provincial city and the guide books really didn’t recommend stopping her but using it as a transfer stopover before moving on. I would have to disagree slightly because while we were here we met the friendliest people, saw some interesting local customs/routines, had some interesting food and also found that China was to be somewhere we really want to revisit! After arriving we walked to our hostel, it was only 10mins away so handy enough. The ... read more

We're sitting at a hostel in Nanning, China. We arrived here at 9am and were able to purchase hard sleeper train tickets to Hanoi, Vietnam, departing today at 6:45pm. We made our way to a friendly hostel that has graciously allowed us to set up camp in their lobby and take advantage of the computers. I paid them back by purchasing a delicious bag of Lay's cheese and lobster flavored potato chips. Hong Kong and NYE were insane. Hong Kong is the Asian version of New York City but with more people and less space. After arriving we had a few hours to kill before my Dad and Nikki met us. We headed to the Vietnamese consulate to get our visas for the next leg of the trip. Finding the consulate was extremely difficult in the ... read more

Wow, we've been a bit behind with our entries whilst we've been in Vietnam, we will try and catch up at some point! 21st October: Time to leave china and catch our 0730 bus to Hanoi. we woke nice and early and headed downstairs to leave but we were approached by Jody who told us that the key had snapped off in the lock and that was the only exit!!!! we enquired about the fire exit but soon discovered it only went up to the roof, v.v handy! it was 0700 and it was a 15min walk to the bus station so we were all worried about missing our bus but our hostel lady assured us that it would be fine and we could catch the 8am bus but when we asked her would we get ... read more