funny sign on the way up

direct translation from Chinese. There were loads of them around and not many made sense ;-)

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Hostel from hell and more Buddhist Grottoes

December 10th 2011
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 more

Asia » China » Henan » Luoyang

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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