Archive for December 2011 | Monthly archive page
Remember a few years ago when the movies used to be called “the pictures”? I vividly remember that era as though it were yesterday, so I’m going to write some of my experiences of those exciting times from my youth.
They call them cupcakes now, but in an earlier life they were patty cakes. That was until some cretin decided the American cupcake sounded better.
Part 4 – Shanghai Sunday 27/6/2010 This is the final destination of our holiday in China. It’s 6.00 am on a wet and misty but beautiful morning as we sit on the street-level terrace eating breakfast in Yangshuo before our cab arrives for the ride to the airport.
Part 3 – Yangshuo Wednesday 23/6/2010 The staff at the Ibis Hotel arranged a cab to run us to the airport for our flight to Guilin, and eventually to beautiful Yangshuo. I’m not sure if the taxi driver was on a promise or what, but he was certainly in a hurry to get to the [...]
Part 2 – Xi’an Sunday 20/6/2010 Our cab arrived promptly to take us to Bejing Airport for our flight to Xi’an, a little over an hour’s journey southwest of Bejing. On arrival at Xi’an (the ancient capital of China) a tout approached us inside the terminal and offered to drive us into the city in [...]
