kiwi303 on louischuahm 's blog Back to school...(8 comments)
That market near Shapingba... would it be CiQiKou ancient town by any chance? when I went there it looked like the market committee had snaffled a bargain lot of unwanted irish trinkets... every third stall had shamrocks or 4 leaf clovers on sale. Full Comment>>
kiwi303 on louischuahm 's blog Chongqing semester ends...(7 comments)
Sounds a lot like my time in CQ, my students would invite me out with them to places like HongYaDong and CiQiKou, as well as a lot of small local attractions that I would never have found by myself. Full Comment>>
kiwi303 on news 3 Cheap Travel Websites for Booking Your Summer Holiday From China(15 comments)
Where is Elong.net and Elong.com on the list? That is the one I used the most to get around in China and off to the philippines et al. Full Comment>>
kiwi303 on louischuahm 's blog Back to school...(8 comments)
I still have a 10 RMB hat one of my students bought for me Jan 2012 at CiQiKou :D lasted pretty well for a $2 object. The history of the market is fairly interesting. It was located there on a deposit of clay and the name translates roughly as porcelain village. Full Comment>>