Blogs from China, Asia - page 2218

Coming to Sichuan I have an impression on mind; it is the home to hot girls and the hot cuisine. Women here are generally gifted with flawless skin. But the cuisine is not something that I yearn for. If you think you can eat spicy, think twice before you order the famous Sichuan food. Their standard of spicy or hot is so different from ours. I always emphasize “NOT spicy, OK?” “No problem!” they reply. LIERS. But being here we did try the Sichuan hot pot. The waitress gave us a pile of napkins. I was quite impressed by her generosity, but soon we realized with that amount of hot peppers and an-inch-thick spicy oil flowing on top of the soup base, some of us end us with sausage lips and tomato faces. This pile of ... read more

hey sorry for the hold up I couldn't get a chance to upload my photos or get on the internet. well a recap for all the days I missed. um.. over the weekend we stayed at the new apartment that they bought. it was really fun but with a lot of mosqitoes so I got a lot of itching red spots on me. lol I got one on my right calf, 2 on my right ring and pinky toe. (one on each one) I got 3 on my left arm and 2 on my jaw. .. wait make that 3 on my jaw. at the new house/apartment I got a new bike that was dark greenish grayish blackish lol ish hehe. they were raising a turtle which I named Alfred (BATMAN! lol) 'cuz he was all ... read more

"Whore of the Orient, Paris of the East; city of quick riches, ill-gotten gains and fortunes lost on the tumble of dice; the domain of adventurers, swindlers, gamblers, drug runners, tycoons, missionaries, gangsters and backstreet pimps; the city that plots revolution and dances as the revolution shoots its way into town" is how the Lonely Planet on China describes Shanghai prior to the Communist revolution. Since then, a lot has changed. After the Chinese government dropped some of its Communist principles and decided to embrace capitalism in a form which it calls "socialist market economics", Shanghai has been unstoppable. It is now one of the largest, most modern, and richest cities in China. It grows and changes at an astonishing rate. The Pudong area of town, which used to be farmland until 1990, offers an impressive ... read more

The day started like any other. Got up brushed our teeth, etc.....oh wait you don't need to know all that you want to know what's up with the title of this blog?? Well the bad day started with a 530am wake up call, that's not all that bad, but it's still early! The day got a little worse after 4 hours of driving we arrived at a restaurant and after eating a very poor meal we found out the prices listed in the menu were not Yuan (Chinese Currency) but in American dollars. So instead of 2Y it was more live 15Y. That is a fairly hefty ticket for a meal that was not that good!! Ok still not a bad day enough for you? Let me just say that Tibet's roads are not quite done ... read more

Hi guys I ( Hagit ) have decided to share with you my thought and feeling after a month on the road in order to help you understand a little more about the experience that we are having; the happy times and the difficult ones 。 getting ready to the trip the months of mental preparations before the trip， both by Yaron and by our friends helped me adjust to the idea of leaving everything behind and going to a long trip for the first time in my life 。 I was a little scared but knowing Yaron has traveled before gave me comfort 。 relationships many people warned me and prepared me for many fights and argues with Yaron " it isn' t easy to travel for long time together。。 " " you will wont ... read more