http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Henan/Kaifeng/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Henan , Kaifeng en-us Sat, 12 Dec 09 07:29:33 +0000 Sat, 12 Dec 09 07:29:33 +0000 KaiFeng Henan ChinaKaiFeng is a small yet old city in the eastern Henan Province in China. Itrsquos only about an hour and a half from Xuzhou on the fast train. In May we along with another friend of ours decided to take a trip there. Honestly the only reason we went there was because our friend Jane was taking care of the tickets and had done all the research already. So with Jane a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Henan/Kaifeng/blog-445961.html We made it to take Melinda and her boyfriend to go with us to Kaifeng. The train was sick. It was sooo crowded. I donrsquot know how but we had to stand about 2 hours before we get to the destination station. Itrsquos the city with the Legendary Judge Bao. The city has more cultural ambience than most developing cities in China. We went around the town then had a lunch at a crowded restaurat. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Henan/Kaifeng/blog-374440.html After seven weeks in China my VISA had all but expired so I head for a small city called Kaifeng a four hour busride from Luoyang in hopes of getting an extension.Unfortunately because of the Olympics 2008 is China's 'Special Year' and VISAs are hard to come by. In Kaifeng they could only give me a 10 day extension from that day not much point when I still had 13 days left on the current http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Henan/Kaifeng/blog-297378.html In Henan we have four cities called ancient capital citiesthey are LuoyangZhengzhou.Kaifeng and Anyang.Luoyang is famous for the Longmen caves Guanlin templeWhite horse temple and so on. Zhengzhou is famous for the Shang dynasty3500 years agothe king of the Shang dynasty made the capital in Zhengzhou so that is why until now Zhengzhou has another name Shang city. Kaifeng is famous as http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Henan/Kaifeng/blog-282725.html On Friday Jan. 18th we found ourselves back in Hong Kong with goal 1 being change Stephaniersquos tourist visa to a work visa. After crossing the ShenzhenHong Kong border at Luowu we headed straight for the visa office where Cody kept our packs company outside theyrsquore not allowed in the PSB FYI for two hours while Stephanie waited for her handed in her paper work and crossed he http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Henan/Kaifeng/blog-242610.html Kaifeng is good unlike all other Chinese cities weve been to town planners have restricted the hight of buildings to three stories resulting in an atmospheric humanist enviroment. Charm is especially abundant at 6.15 each evening as a night market opens in the town centre creating a bustling gastronomic extravaganza with speciality foods from all over the country. Weve enjoying some delicious Ui http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Henan/Kaifeng/blog-39984.html Kaifeng 7.02.06After all our recent time in modern Chinese cities we wanted our next stop to be something a bit different. We decided on Kaifeng a much less developed place where skyscrapers are banned for fear of destroying the old city that lies beneath it meaning that it has managed to escape much of the industrialisation of modern China. You can feel the difference as soon as you arrive. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Henan/Kaifeng/blog-39798.html