Hostel from hell and more Buddhist Grottoes

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December 10th 2011

Published: January 6th 2012

In Pingyao we met a nice French lady named Maria and she told us about the Luoyang caves she was just going to. Even though we already visited Yungang Grottoes in Datong we decided to check this place out. Besides, Luoyang is a base place for visiting Shaolin Temples so we were quite happy to stop there. We choose International Youth Hostel in the Old Town, quite far away from the train station. ... Read Full Entry

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Beata and Tomek

Our RTW lasted 583 days = 1 year, 7 months, 5 days. That means 83 weeks/13,992 hours/839,520 minutes/50,371,200 seconds of LIVING THE DREAM We love to travel. It is as simple as that ;-) 30.09.2011 we embarked on the trip of our lives ;-) in 2007 we got inspired by our friends (Monique and Nigel who constantly travel and have been on the RTW) and since then we have been thinking about it all the time. We finally set up a date, started to save up and focused only on preparation ;-) We could not just stay at home all the time so we traveled a bit in between but ... full info

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6th January 2012

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

Cold rooms
Perhaps they thought they were doing you a favor by putting two others in your room to help heat it up! Anyway, best to move south to warner parts. Keep up the good blogs.

8th January 2012

Beata and Tomek
us At Home Abroad

Hi
perhaps you are right ;-) the minute those ladies entered the room they found air con remote and switched the heating of ;-( we were back to cold then hahha

7th January 2012

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

LONGMEN GROTTOES...a Poignant Experience
Should be China's best carved grotto site...most picturesque location on both sides of the Li River...but due to the wilful destruction/defacing during the Cultural Revolution and European collectors in the 19th Century...I had a heavy heart when I visited there in 2007 and saw the extent of the damage. Glad of your news that it is making a recovery...and I agree it is well worth a visit. As to Shaolin Si...surprised you were not enticed by its "Five Star Tourist Attraction" rating.

8th January 2012

Beata and Tomek
us At Home Abroad

;-)
Yes Shaolin was on our list but met so many people who just told us it was not worth it. Maybe it was the dull time of the year? We are planning to come back to China in the future and visit all the major mountains so maybe we can revisit this place;-)Cheers,B

9th January 2012

liliram
liliram

aaaah.....so much to see in China
I've only been to the major sites like beijing, xian and shanghai. I really need to spend more time there and explore as you guys did. But the cold! Yay. Have to do it in milder climate. Love the photos and your entry.

10th January 2012

Beata and Tomek
us At Home Abroad

thank you
to be honest we did not expect the cold to be that much of a problem when we planned this trip ;-( Always thought China was one of the warmer countries ;-)There is a plus side to it - no crowds which we have been enjoying a lot ;-) Thanks for reading, B&T

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