Managed to get some pictures online.

Pingyao - street scene.

Pingyao - view from the city wall.

Xian - train station ticket counters. No comment.

Xian - lotos lake park.

Leshan - street scene with rickshaws.

Leshan - yep. That is him.

Leshan - scenic beauty and pure humidity.

Leshan - Great Buddha. View from the river.

Chengdu - downtown.

Chengdu - Mao’s humble greetings.

Pictures all taken within minutes at QIANMEN Hutongs.

On the way to university in the morning.

ZHI XIN XI LU. The street I live on.

Some local stores and restaurants towards university.

(View) from an intersection.

CHENG FU LU. The street BLCU is on. Up the road is WU DAO KOU subway station - technically.

And. Keep in mind. THIS IS NOT FOG.

I was feeling relieved too early.

Sunday, while travelling in Henan province, I had another relapse. It again went up to the point, where I could not even keep water in my system and thus completely dehydrated. After I arrived in Beijing early Monday morning, I decided to finally go see a doctor. The diagnosis was acute enteritis coming close to being chronic.
Good thing, I went.
After a three hour infusion of antibiotics and hydrating solution at the hospital, I was dead tired and went home to sleep. I am now taking more antibiotics and medicine against diarrhea.

I am exhausted.

Besides that, my weekend trip was great. Fantastic weather and some amazing places. See the pictures.

Other than sleeping a lot and not going to class a lot, I am trying to prepare my trips in summer a little bit. It is rather difficult, because there is such an endless choice of amazing places to go to in China. I simply do not have time to visit them all. While checking on trains, flights, and places to go, I realized something:

Since I am in China I have already travelled more than 7000 km on just 3 weekends and one 5 days trip. Amazing, no?

Henan province.

Martial Arts students training on the grounds of Shaolin Temple.

Inside the temple itself.

Forest of Pagodas. Gravesite for Shaolin Monks.

At Luoyang Longmen Caves, UNESCO World Heritage.

Waking up in Zhengzhou, another of those Chinese Cities. Population: A good six million.

Really now?

Visiting the Yellow River with a hovercraft boat. James Bond feeling.

Downtown.

The sea.

At the beach: Toilet. ?!.

At the beach: Mansion. ?!.

Certainly the …ehm most interesting KFC, I have ever seen.

Contrasts.

Pool.

Utopia.

Just got back from a trip to the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Impressive.
Beautiful landscapes, amazing people and a lot of insight into ‘the real China’.