Jun 11, 2008 - moving on to Luoyang ..a short train ride...5 hours!

Hi all, Well, this morning the city turned the power off in our quadrant of the city to test the lines. You certainly have to be fast if you are hungry! We arrived in Luoyang around 8:30 and disembarked. ... It took a while for our guide to find us but he eventually did.Hi all, Well, this morning the city turned the power off in our quadrant of the city to test the lines. You certainly have to be fast if you are hungry! We arrived in Luoyang around 8:30 and disembarked. ... It took a while for our guide to find us but he eventually did....

Oct 18, 2007 - Luoyang

Today we went to the Dragon Gate Grottoes near Luoyang. ... It was really amazing, the figures carved into the cliffs along a river.Today we went to the Dragon Gate Grottoes near Luoyang. ... It was really amazing, the figures carved into the cliffs along a river....

Aug 20, 2006 - Drive to Luoyang via Song Tombs

Wake up call this morning at 6:30 and off the Luoyang at 8:am. ... Most everything is new and clean; even has internet access and a computer in each room!! Since the reopening of China in 1988, Luoyang is one of the 24 cities designated by the Chinese government for progress. ... It is a city of 6 million and money is pouring in here for modernization and skyscrapers.Wake up call this morning at 6:30 and off the Luoyang at 8:am. ... Most everything is new and clean; even has internet access and a computer in each room!! Since the reopening of China in 1988, Luoyang is one of the 24 cities designated by the Chinese government for progress. ... It is a city of 6 million and money is pouring in here for modernization and skyscrapers....

Aug 9, 2006 - Shaolin Temple, Henan Province

I'd heard of the Shaolin Temples ever since I began listening to Wu Tang Clan back in high school.I'd heard of the Shaolin Temples ever since I began listening to Wu Tang Clan back in high school....

Sep 24, 2005 - Luoyang - Longmen Grottoes

B: We left on a bus from Luoyang for the Longmen Grottoes. ... Our local guide, Jeff, had an inferiority complex when it came to his home town.B: We left on a bus from Luoyang for the Longmen Grottoes. ... Our local guide, Jeff, had an inferiority complex when it came to his home town....

Nov 19, 2004 - Luoyang

komfort jazdy pociagiem i kultura posazerow (plucie itp) systematycznie spadaja. luoyang to, w porownaniu z pekinem, straszna prowincja. ... niby fajnie ale egzotyki trzeba sie troche naszukac, np lokalne targowisko (btw kura mozna kupic za Y5, nie wiem jak mozna wychodowac kure za niecale 2.komfort jazdy pociagiem i kultura posazerow (plucie itp) systematycznie spadaja. luoyang to, w porownaniu z pekinem, straszna prowincja. ... niby fajnie ale egzotyki trzeba sie troche naszukac, np lokalne targowisko (btw kura mozna kupic za Y5, nie wiem jak mozna wychodowac kure za niecale 2....

Oct 20, 2004 - Glasshopper

Well, I tell you, I am thrilled to bits to be here, at THE actual Shaolin Temple, the Mecca of the Martail Arts world.Well, I tell you, I am thrilled to bits to be here, at THE actual Shaolin Temple, the Mecca of the Martail Arts world....

Sep 21, 2002 - Luoyang

Our journey to Luoyang consisted of a short, one-hour train ride to the capital of Shandong province, Jinan, with a connection to the 12 hour overnight train onwards to Luoyang. ... Dan's experience with the conductor was his daily cultural lesson; this time, that you often can't tell someone's intent by their tone of voice! Luoyang was a musty backwater of a "town" of some 6 million people. ... Carved into the cliffside on the banks of the Yi He river in suburban Luoyang are more than 100,000 Buddha images and statues in the Dragon Gate Grottoes. ... Our last day in Luoyang we happened upon a mostly-deserted amusement park in the middle of town beside a sad and decrepit zoo. ... We were crushed to find that Luoyang did not have any English language TV service and so were forced to buy an inexpensive short wave radio so as to keep up with the world news. ...