Posted in Vietnam on 19 September 2008 | 2 Comments »
VSo, next we went on a cyclo ride through Saigon. For those of you who don’t know, a cyclo-rickshaw is a bicycle with a seat attached to the front. So I sat in the seat, and my driver pedaled behind me.
Me looking absolutely ridiculous in my cyclo.
View from the hotseat!
Our humorous drivers demonstrating how to [...]
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Places to visit in China......
................................................. Xi'an & terra cotta soldiers 西安
和兵马俑......................................
Suzhou 苏州..................................
Hangzhou 杭州..............................
Putuoshan 普陀山............................................ Shanghai 上海................................................... Inner Mongolia 内蒙古 (must ride camel!)............................................................... Beijing: Ming Tombs 明朝十三陵................ Beijing: Great Wall at Badaling 八达岭........ Find a quiet place to camp on the Great Wall...............................................................................
............................................................................. Places I've Already Been.........................
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Yunnan Province: Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Chuxiong 云南: 昆明, 大理, 丽江, 楚雄........................................................................ Summer Palace 颐和园................................... Silk Market 秀水街.......................................... Great Wall at Mutianyu 慕田峪..................... Tian'anmen Square 天安门广场.................... Forbidden City 紫禁城 /故宫........................ Lama Temple (Yonghe Temple) 雍和宮...... Temple of Heaven 天坛................................. Beihai Park 北海公园.....................................
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Places to Hit Up (Again)............................
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WuDaoKou 五道口 (Lush, Propaganda, Korean food, Karaoke).................................... Houhai 后海 (East Shore Live Jazz, paddle boats)................................................................. Sanlitun 三里屯 (Let's see if Nanjie's still there).................................................................. Peking University aka Beida! 北京大学 aka 北大............................................................... MY old neighborhood (try to locate some old pengyous, esp. the phone card lady and the little girls who enjoyed locking cats in a shed).................................................................