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<\/a><\/p>\nThese are 2 of the carriages\u00a0from the train.\u00a0 I am returning on the train equivalent of a motor tricycle as it will take nearly twice the time.<\/p>\n
The taxi driver let me off on the main road near the hostel and then I had to walk down a pedestrian street for about 5 minutes to reach my hostel.\u00a0 The street was still well lit with some open shops and even a few people with bicycle stalls trying to sell food and fruit after midnight. \u00a0\u00a0I hadn\u2019t been to this hostel before but had patronised the first of what now seems a chain, and it is in the same pedestrian street. \u00a0They are ideally located for visitors wanting to visit any number of tourist locations.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 The ground floor or as it is known in China, the 1st floor.<\/p>\n Another view of the ground floor.<\/p>\n I chose this hostel because it is unusual being a 240 year old guesthouse said to have been frequented by an 18th<\/sup> century emperor and other nobles.\u00a0 It is also notable for its 2 storey construction around an internal courtyard.\u00a0 Large\u00a03rd storey windows let in light making photography difficult as the ground floor is in the gloom.\u00a0 The courtyard area is decorated with antiques and furniture from previous times.<\/p>\n My bedroom is small and basic and includes a TV and air conditioner.\u00a0 It has its own unique charm with material on the walls and paper over the glass wall facing the courtyard.\u00a0 It is close to the bathrooms. \u00a0In common with what seems to be all but top notch establishments in China the new bathrooms are fading around the edges and the older modifications tell their own story.\u00a0<\/p>\n Check back in a few days and see if I have taken and added some photos of the entrance and the nearby street.<\/p>\n \u00a0 My bed and chair<\/p>\n My plans for this weekend were disrupted so I had to replan my itinerary.\u00a0 Today\u2019s atmosphere was seriously compromised but I went to Behai Park and will post some photos another time.<\/p>\n These photos show the food I bought today.<\/p>\n These mutton kebabs were cooked over a charcoal fire and dusted with herbs and spices.\u00a0 They were delicious.<\/p>\n I thought I was ordering cooked vegetables but they wern’t.\u00a0 They tasted as if they had been pickled a bit and basically I have no idea how they were prepared.\u00a0 I did eat some but was uncertain about their safety so left most of it.<\/p>\n I was still peckish so further on I encountered these fried tofu\u00a0in some sort of sauce.\u00a0 Again I ate a couple and not being rapt in them nor convinced of their safety ditched them in a bin.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n