Chinese Traffic Rules are quite flexible. Dont try to understand it, make sure you dont get hit! The strongest will survive - and you are on the lowest step of the food chain in traffic!
The cracks in this window show some good examples of road-kills!
Crossing streets is an interesting natural phenomenon. A single person never crosses main streets. People wait for 5 minutes until there is a crowd of up to 50 people. Than the whole herd moves over the street:
A car can run over a single person, but never over such a large crowd
Written May 14, 2005
this is sad, but we need to understand that many tourists use flash!
I took this photo without being noticed - not using flash to harm the sculptures
Written May 27, 2004
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this is sad, but we need to understand that many tourists use flash!I took this photo without being noticed - not using flash to harm the sculptures
Q: Hi, I am deciding between stopping over in datong or luoyang to see the caves on my way from beijing to xian. Can anyone...

A: Difficult answer!!! Longmen grotoes are near Luoyang , you can take the local bus or get a taxi there. It is a very nice place with the main caves in one side of the...
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On our trip from Mongolia to Labrang in China and Tibet we visited Datong. We arrived in Datong with the Trans-Mongolian express coming from Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia. We stayed two days in Datong...
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Stop by in Datong on your way from Beijing to Xian

Datong is certainly undervalued and most people pass by without knowing what they just missed! It is right on the way between Beijing and Xian. By train it takes about 6 hours to get there from...
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Short after the Transsiberian Train reaches the lower plains after descending from the Gobi-Desert the station of Datong lies in the middle of coal mines and fruit plantations. The old part of the......
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Datong can be reached by train from Beijing. If you only wish to make a daytrip, there is a night train to / from Beijing that gets you into Datong early enough for a full day's worth of sightseeing....
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Budas y Templos / Budhas and Temples

Con la vara de medir China , Datong no está lejos , pues tardamos 5 horas y media en tren y desde Beijing . Datong , en la provincia de Shanxi , que fue capital del imperio con varias dinastÃas es......
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