Pingyao Travel Blogs

DAY 1 We arrived at Pingyao’ s station at about 7am, and our first thing to do was book onward tickets, but after looking at the que we decided to come back later for tickets. So we took our free ride to the hostel we booked, which cost us 50p each, thus setting a new record for cheapest room. …

People i met here, who contributed to and improved my trip: Juliana (Russia) Unfortunately there had been no through train from Datong to Pingyao, so we were awoken at 5.30am in Taiyuan, still 3 hours from our final destination. We found a minibus heading there, but had to wait an hour whilst it w…

Pingyao said to be the best preserved ancient city in China and I spent there 3 days (too many I feel) as I was not able to get a train ticket to Xi'an my next destination as the whole China is on the move due to 1-week national holidays. Actually it was a hassle even to get to Pingyao as I had to …

Starting in Beijing and going to the south until...Who knows!!

Not such an easy place to get to. Actually that is not quite correct. It just requires a change from the train to a bus.  Since a number of us foreigners were leaving Datong on the same train we decided to group together. A little hard when we were all in different carriages! Anyway, a hard sl…

A three week trip through China, across the Himalayas to Lhasa by rail, Khatmandu and Bhutan

Nice breakfast in the guesthouse, then on to the visit of PingyaoWe see the walls (rarely prserved in China, Mao destroyed the Beijing walls to build a belt parkway...) the most important bank, the Justice Palace were we catch the renactment of a trial and we can see pictures and objects related t…

2007 Kang's first trip to China.. so keen on traveling in world heritage.. "Pingyao" must go place!!!

An impression of 4 weeks in China!

Pingyao is a pretty little walled town, with plenty of narrow streets complete with wooden-fronted houses. It's quite touristy: lots of shops selling "antiques" and the usual Chinese souvenirs. There are some nice things to be had as well; I picked up a few extra presents for family back home. We …

Shows what I knew, eh?

as previously noted pingyao is a restored ancient town. beautiful buildings, a 6km wall surrounding it and tons of tourist shops inside. it is perfectly walkable as it's only a couple of hundred meters long and wide. there are main streets and small grey alleys and if you look a bit closer you see…

We were met after a sleepless nights train ride (thanks to the loudest snorer I have ever had the pleasure of meeting) by a man and his electric tuk tuk,holding a sign for JOHN TILLER. We were quickly kidnapped and whisked away to Jin Jing Lou's Guesthouse. Admiring our new surroundings a…

De reis van 2008. Van het gesloten Noord-Korea naar China (inclusief eclips), Tibet en Nepal!

China Railways should rename the "hard seat" to "hard to sit". I was the very last one to board the train wagon and a quick look into the wagon told me that it was packed with heaps and heaps and even more heaps of Chinese. OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD and OH MY GOD how do I reach my seat raced through my …