July 19th 2008  Asia » China » Inner Mongolia » Hohhot
New changes are happening everywhere I look; within myself, my city and my friends. The semester ending has left parts of the city, especially those near the university empty and almost unused. Ma ... 22 photos [full story]

July 10th 2008  Asia » China » Inner Mongolia » Hohhot
On the 8th of July it was Hohhot's turn to welcome the torch. We went to the central square pretty early in the morning, and twice it seemed the parade was going to go past the square, with all people ... 11 photos [full story]

June 1st 2008  Asia » China » Inner Mongolia » Hohhot
I'm now on the train heading back to Beijing from Hohhot. We're taking a hard sleeper car, which means that there is a whole car full of bunk beds. There are three layers of beds: bottom, middle and t ... [full story]

May 31st 2008  Asia » China » Inner Mongolia » Hohhot
I am currently writing from a yurt in the middle of Inner Mongolia. (Well, I'm writing in my journal, which I will then type into an online blog post upon returning to Beijing.) Inner Mongolia is an a ... 4 photos [full story]

May 19th 2008  Asia » China » Inner Mongolia » Hohhot
Ofcourse we all know about the horrible eartquake that destroyed so many people's lives in the south of China. I happened to be on Qinhua square in central Hohhot for the first of three consecutive d ... 3 photos [full story]

April 20th 2008  Asia » China » Inner Mongolia » Hohhot
I wish I could say the BBQ was a good experience. The first night we arrived in Hohhot at 10 pm. Having just missed the shuttle bus to town we tried our luck with the taxi cabs. Up to this point w ... 5 photos [full story]

April 17th 2008  Asia » China » Inner Mongolia » Hohhot
The spring is here!!!! It feels like only a few weeks ago that it was -25 at night and -15 during the day. And now; A whole week of +25 degrees! That should be an indication of wha the summer is li ... 11 photos [full story]

March 18th 2008  Asia » China » Inner Mongolia » Hohhot
For the ones of you that have read some of my other blogs from Hohhot...; The capital of Inner Mongolia has many spellings that are all right, you name it, they're all one and the same..... Just thoug ... 15 photos [full story]

March 5th 2008  Asia » China » Inner Mongolia » Hohhot
Sharing the same name, one ancient and one brandnew, I decided to visit both locations in one day with a friend. One's a 7-storey octagonal tower, built in the Liao dynasty, the other's an airport br ... 13 photos [full story]