Trip to China - 15 of September - 5 of November of 2006
CHENGDE
It is not a city that I liked, because the summer palace that she has is not nothing of special, the one of Peking is infinitely better, this as soon as he is nothing. The train in Peking in the central station is taken. It takes 4 hours.
They have a Palace of summer and temples in miniature, like the one of Potala (but that whatsoever has 4 or 5 plants), and several more (Puning. ).
The street that recommends the Lp to eat is very interesting, especially the seafood restaurant that there is at the end of the street. He is small and it makes corner. You can eat a plate of mussels, another one of prawns and drunk by 3 Euros. He is very cheap and probably the best seafood restaurant than I have seen in Chinese as far as price.
There is Inn of no youth. The hotel that there is next to the station of trains: Nº 24. Jingcheng Hotel, is of 3 narrow ones to Chinese style. Sufficient.
PINGYAO
It is a town tuna, very tuna. Typical with Chinese houses, very interesting and calm.
The train of Peking - Pingyao leaves the station of trains West de Peking in the evening (the West) is grandísima, much more that the power station, but everything is very well organized. There are many restaurants and stores of food. He is to 5 minutes taking a walk of the tube station Junshibowuguan. The N201 train that goes to Pingyao is clean and comfortable. When it is arrived at Pingyao is at night to the 5:20 a.m., the ideal is that they come to recogerte some taxi or richaw of the hotel. Usually it is free. To leave it this when the hotel is reserved from Peking.
There is multitude of guesthouse, in that I was a very pretty house typical Chinese, with patio,…, the historical helmet of the town is closed to the traffic, reason why it turns out very calm to take a walk.
It has several sites to see: The house Him Lutai, the bank, and several temples. Tícket of 12 USD can be bought and everything in days can be seen both that are valid tikect since it is bought.
In the morning to arrive to spend one night and to leave on the following day in the evening is more than sufficient.
XIAN
The train from Pingyao to Xian leaves in the evening and arrives in the morning at Xian. He is comfortable.
In order to see this city with two days it is sufficient. A day to go to the Warriors Terra-cotta and exceeds half of afternoon and other to see pagoda of goose and the museum, tower of the bell, the mequita and the market of the Muslim district. He is everything near the tower of the Bell.
Warriors terra-cotta. Nº 306 can be gone in the line bus that leaves against the train station. In that site it has the first shutdown and the terra-cotta warriors is the last one. It takes between 60 - 80 minutes. The bus costs 7 CYN. Not to confuse with the minibases for tourists who take to you there also but the price is 10 times superior. Of return to take that same bus that is taken in the same esplanade of parking of the Terra-cotta.
There there is no site where to eat, so that the ideal is to go had breakfast and to have lunch when returning in Xian. The ideal is to arrive quite early about the 8.30 h. And to spend all the morning there.
The Museum of Xian and the Pagoda of the Great Goose. No of the 2 things deserves much the pain, are close the one of the other.
Bell Tower Youth Hostel. He is in the place of the tower of the bell, next to the post office, with cateles of green color. He is in the third plant of the building. It is the best site where to remain of the city because it is total center and to arrive from the station of trains costs 10 CYN in taxi there or 1 CYN in bus 601. Right here they have a counter that works of travel agency to buy tikets of train or airplane.
The bus to the airport is taken in pueta of the Melody Hotel (in front of Bell Tower Youth Hostel), costs 25 CYN.
The cafeteria 24 hours of the Sheratton Hotel has a food letter with effort. I ate tallarines with seafood that was very good, to repeat. With drink by 12 €. Entering the hotel the hall that there is to the right.
Continuous ....... Part 6
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