Blogs from Inner Mongolia, China, Asia - page 12

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 top. We all have top bunks because that's all that was left when we bought our tickets. Our train left Hohhot at 9:23 PM and will arrive in Beijing at 7 something in the morning. It's currently about 10:05 PM which means I will probably have another 25 minutes until they turn off the lights. I'm definitely in very different sleeping conditions than I was last night. The experience in the yurt was fun, though in the middle of the night I woke up a few times because I was so cold. I just pulled the covers over ... read more

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 days of national mourning, on which each day at 14:28, the exact time of the earthquake in Sichuan province, three minutes of 'silence' is held to commemorate the lives lost. In China this is done by sounding the alarm and all traffic sounding their horns. It was actually a good experience to be there at that time, It really felt like this huge populous country was united for three minutes, all thinking about the same thing. I just wanted to share that with anyone interested, unfortunately, the video quality of my new camera isn't too good. I also added some pics ... read more

Okay what better to do after getting BBQed then go to the dessert, right. Or maybe the desert... Well we have seen a lot on our trip but we haven't seen a desert so it looked appealing. Since our Yurt excursion didn't go as planned we were short on time. Unlike most of out trip we decided to go the quick expensive route instead of the relaxed local route. Our time was cut even shorter than planned because the express bus that we took to Bautoa got a flat tire half way between the two towns. Luckily we were only a few km from a little town with a row of mechanics, so we limped to the town (10 min) and had the tire changed (30 minutes). So after the pit stop we arrived in town ... read more

I am sure a nice place Inner Mongolia, I love it! culture and history are different other cities in China. ... read more

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 Huhehaote, Hohhot, Huhhot, you name it, they're all one and the same..... Just thought I'd tell you, don't want anyone to be confused now... I've recently bough an electric bike which is absolutely great! I'm so happy with the newly acquired freedom that every chance I've got (which basically means my days off) I drive it out the city to explore. And therefore a new blog. I decided to record some of the cultural landmarks of Hohhot this time, and whatever else came along. First I took my bike for a spin towards the east of the city, where the originally named ''East River'' lies, which basically serves as ... read more