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By Ragus
February 18th 2008

Auf Reisen - Teil 1: Verluste

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Unsere scheinbar ewig langen Semesterferien (Semesterferien sind vorlesungsfreie Zeit, man hat nicht Ferien in dem Sinne, wie es Außenstehende vielleicht vermuten könnten, diese Zeit dient der rein persönlichen Weiterbildung - ihr erinnert euch, ne?) haben wir gut überstanden. Naja, wir haben die Zeiten in Bibliotheken und auf Fachvorträgen einfach mal weggelassen und haben uns entspannt. Zuerst stand ja Shanghai an: Mal in Ruhe anschauen, Evert kannte es ja noch gar nicht, Freund Schulle aus Leipzig besuchen, der dort ein Praktikum bei der Außenstelle der IHK macht und westliches Flair geni [View Full Entry]

By Ragus
February 14th 2008

Neuer Blog

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Mal schauen wie lange dieser hält ;) [View Full Entry]

By Magicleaf
December 28th 2007

Xitang: the Ancient Water Town

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Ancient Town

Xitang is known for its bridges, lanes, and ceilinged corridors. Chinese describe it 「橋多、弄多、廊棚多」. It almost felt like I just traveled hundreds of years back in time to the Ming and Qing Dynasty. It also felt like I was walking in a Chinese painting with waterfront landscape. Life here seemed to be quieter, more lay back and easy going. This ancient water town reminds me of the Chinese poem: 小橋, 流水, 人家. Unique and beautiful! [View Full Entry]

By life_is_great
October 27th 2007

Xitang, the Beauty of an Ancient Chinese Water Town

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not fishing if you are wondering...but collecting the garbage (much less poetic...)

Let’s take a journey back in time… Xitang is one of the ancient water towns in the south of the Yangtze River which beauty lies in its simple, unadorned appearance and lack of tourists! (compared to Zhouzhuang, the other famous water town) Many stores and houses are built on the riversides, the river being in many ways the main road... So, you naturally follow it, protected by covered corridors, walking by ancient houses, tiny shops and tea house where time has stop a while ago... Food street is as surprising as this town, might not look very pleasing at firs [View Full Entry]

By mrusso
October 17th 2007

China Holiday October 2007 Part 2

Asia » China » Zhejiang » Hangzhou

On the bus to Hangzhou

We arrived in Hangzhou to weather that was slightly warmer again than Suzhou, after a two and a half hour trip, during which we dozed and read intermittently. We eventually found the queue for taxis, which was only about two hundred meters long, and snaked backwards and forwards inside well-defined barriers under a tin roof held up by rust and hope. On the way we were accosted by several “private” taxi drivers. These are people who own a car and offer to drive you in their “taxi” to your destination immediately, thereby avoiding having to queue up, but they also try [View Full Entry]

By tomandchynn
September 24th 2007

The beginning......sint sint

Asia » China » Zhejiang » Hangzhou

Us on the West Lake
Join us for the view

So we finished packing our lives into two suitcases (using space bags) and two big backpacks! It was epic! And we still had about 3 small suitcases leftover filled with unwanted DVD’s, clothes, shoes, and random crap! Mrs. Agapay, you would have gone ballistic seeing us throwing away all these things. Even Cherizze was biting her nails. Oh well, some lucky Chinese cleaner scored that junk that morning! So we got 3 hours sleep and moved our bags into our Andrew’s house and grabbed a cab to the Wuxi train station. Our first destination was Hangzhou! The train ride took [View Full Entry]

By SF Girl
September 12th 2007

Hangzhou: Longjing Rd.

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Longjing Road
Longjing tea is grown here.

We headed out of Tangkou very early - 6:30 in the morning. We thought we could get back to Hangzhou before 11:00, but we forgot about the shady bus system. The bus made a lot of stops, picked up people on the side of the road, waited at the bus stations for a long time too. It was so annoying. I guess we got a non-express ticket. At the bus stations, hawkers come onto the coach to sell you anything from chestnuts to homemade onion pancakes, to souveniers. Thoroughly annoying because it was cranky from getting up early, the bus was [View Full Entry]

By renekoster
September 9th 2007

China Town en Putuoshan

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Cleopatra
Ons vijfde huisgenootje...

Verhuizen Vorige week was het zover, lekker verhuizen naar mn eigen, grote kamer! Na een weekje kan ik zeggen dat het leven hier me best bevalt! Wanneer ik thuis kom wordt ik vrolijk begroet door onze kat van 6 maandjes oud. Ze heeft zoveel energie! En als ze uitgespeeld is, dan kan ik me vermaken met een van de 300 DVD's (er past weinig meer bij in het tv meubel...) of de playstation! Ook leuk: 's ochtends staan de oudjes buiten in het parkje voor de flat Tai Chi te beoefenen... Maar het meest luxe is dat we driemaal per week [View Full Entry]

By SF Girl
September 6th 2007

Putuoshan: Island Fever

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Standing Buddha
I was there

In lieu of going to Guiyang I decided to go to Putuoshan, one of China's sacred mountains. Putuoshan is 25 minute taxi ride, 1 hour bus ride, and 3 hour ferry ride away! Someone from the travel agency bought my bus/ferry ticket and I found him to get my tickets. The guy was a little scary looking because he was very cross-eyed (I judge, I know). I asked how many people were on the tour and he said, "One." I freaked out for a second, thinking that I had to spend the day ALONE with the cross-eyed man. Then he told [View Full Entry]

By mattylee
August 24th 2007

The Most Beautiful City in China and a Date With a Beauty in China

Asia » China » Zhejiang » Hangzhou

Playtime

Garden City After five buses (three of which went in the wrong direction), a taxi ride, a long walk, a look of confusion when I passed two separate Ferrari dealerships, and a lot of sweating I arrived in Hangzhou: the city touted as the most beautiful in all of China, thanks to West Lake. Xi Hu, or West Lake as it is translated, is a massive lake which sits in the middle of Hangzhou and it is surrounded by immense parklands on all sides, and in its middle as well for that matter. The name “West Lake” is by no means [View Full Entry]

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