Blogs from Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, Asia - page 3

Dongqian Lake is one of the main tourist spots in Ningbo, so we hopped in a taxi and headed there. Since the lake is massive and we didn't know which part we wanted to be at a quick phone call to someone gave us a location to show the taxi driver. The journey took about twenty minutes. The taxi dropped us at the start of a smaller road and we walked down it. There we found a ticket booth and paid the entrance fee to Tao Gong Island. I can't remember how much it was now. The God of Wealth, Fan Li, and Venus, Xi Shi, lived on Tao Gong Island several thousand years ago, or so the story goes. We consulted the map and it seemed that there were a few things to do on ... read more

My first exploration into my new city. Tiangong Farmstead was about a half hour's drive from where I live. I think it would have been quicker if the bus driver hadn't got lost and took us to another farmstead first. The first place we visited was a square surrounded by workshops. The buildings are all in the traditional Chinese style, they looked so pretty. We wandered through the various workshops, looking at what the artisans had produced. There were lots of gorgeous carvings and lanterns among other things. This place must run art classes as in front of the workshop/shops were lots of kid sitting on little stools sketching and painting. It was an adorable sight to see. After wandering the shops, we decided to head out and see more of the farmstead. While there had ... read more

this is the record of my first bolg on "travel blog", to start with I am gonna share my trip to Shaoxing, a town very close to Ningbo. it's famous for its unique riverside view (ancient Chinese riverside houses, boats as popular transportation tool) and its yellow wine (home made with very high alcohol content). I believe my discription may reminders you of venezia, but i would say, the boats in Shaoxing is relatively small and plain, with black covers. I am gonna be there for a overnight trip on Mid-autum festival, and i will share more when I am back from there. 这是travel blog的第一篇，将用我的绍兴之行作为开始。绍兴是个江南水乡，离宁波很近，因为河岸风景和黄酒而出名（古老的中国式河边屋宇，船只是很流行的交通工具,家酿黄酒酒精度很高）。也许这样的介绍会让你觉得有点像威尼斯，不过绍兴的小船要小而且简朴。我将会在那里住一个晚上度过中秋节。回来之后我将会介绍更多。 I have been to ShaoXing once when i was in jounor high, organized by school, the memory is not that clear since all i can remember is the crowd. I remember ... read more

Geo: 29.8693, 121.557Today we were up at 6am after going to bed at 2am !! Oh well....you only live once!!!So an early breakfast the we walked about 6 blocks to a market area but we were too early so we wandered until some shops opened, again we were taken by a man down some alley ways for bargain shopping, not like Shanghai where there were lots of these sellers, but he only took us to 1 shop and it was mainly men's stuff, small shop too. We went back to the markets and with limited time, we split up and wandered separately. I found some clothes for the girls, hopefully they will like what I bought. Back to the hotel to do our final packing, we then waited to be picked up by Cookie and Mr ... read more

I have finally arrived in Ningbo (after a mission of a journey)! It is so strange to finally be here! I am all settled in my new apartment, which is very cosy. I have spent the day cleaning and killing some seriously hideous looking insects and setting up possibly THE most retarded internet connection ever! It took me about 4 hours to follow some useless chinese instructions (looking every other character up in the dictionary) and once I had finally connected I discovered that it takes almost 5 mins to load 1 page. God knows what skype will be like! Anyways, at least I have some sort of access to internet! Apartment is nice and is loacted within the main campus grounds of the uni. The university is massive though! It is like a self-contained city ... read more