Tag Archives: shanghai
Getting to Xi’an via Night Train
September 10, 2009 
Tim 
Note: I’m in Beijing now, but still posting content that I’ve written up in my offline journal. I’m waiting until I get back to the U.S. to post my overall impressions of each city and the country. I didn’t do
Tags: Surviving a water pipe burst in my Shanghai Hostel
After a very nice dinner in Shanghai with my Chinese friend, which I tried dog, fried noodle with eggs, some sort of fish, and fried dumplings, I was very full and asked my friend to take me back to the
Chinese Life outside Shanghai
After buying a train ticket to Xi’an, my friend from Shanghai wanted to take me outside the city to get a different perspective on Chinese life. We headed for an adventure in the town of Tongli which is about 90KM
Buying Train Tickets in China
Buying train tickets in China is not as easy one might think it should be. In fact, I would call it an interesting chore. On one of my last days in Shanghai, I told my friend – “wo xu yao
Experiencing Chinese Life in Shanghai
Whenever I have gone somewhere to travel, I’ve always wanted to know how the locals live their lives. This may seem like a naive goal, but I have found that if you can get an understanding of how the locals
