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By Rich n Di
November 26th 2007

A Night at the Doms

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Wuzhou was a lively, prosperous city with plenty to interest the visitor: parks, a night craft market and a busy street restaurant scene. As we left we passed a sign for a snake farm, and Richard was off, like a rat up a drain pipe. Fortunately, the local council had seen fit to replace the snake farm with a new housing development. However, we did discover a beautiful and large temple complex along the same road. As we were by then loaded up and moving on, we decided not to visit it, and left disappointed at discovering this gem too late. [View Full Entry]

Rich n Di - The Pearts | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 29th 2007 | 132 Views | [diary=222773]

Chinese Water Colour
The First Lesson
Temple of Confucus

By Frankardenas
November 5th 2007

Frank's Zhaoqing

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Los arboles largos
Los arboles largos
No se si sera que como los habidantes del Norte de China, los arboles tambien comen muchos noodles y es por eso que son tan altos :-)
El primer fin de semana de Noviembre del ano en curso, lo pase en un pueblito pequeno visitando a dos queridos amigos Cao y Zheng, ellos son cheverisimos y estuvieron super atentos con todo. En verdad, que aunque no escogi el buen momento, no! no estoy hablando de lluvia ni nada de eso, sino de mi estado de salud. Sin embargo, hablemos de tiempo, pues fue debido al cambio de tiempo, unos soles bastante bravos combinados con lluvia intensa, asi que mi fragil cuerpo sufrio las consecuencias; esto, combinado con mi mas grande deseo de aprovechar cada minuto, me llevo a [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 14th 2007 | 520 Views | [diary=216965]

Al dia siguiente, Din Sum
Zhao y Zhen, los amigos de Zhaoqing
La puerta del parque

After a pretty easy journey we arrived bright and early in Zhaoqing. We got our picture taken by a girl we'd been chatting to on the train and strolled out the main entrance straight into a massive chorus of 'HELLO!' from about 40 cabbies all vying for our fare. We approached cautiously when they were all grappling with each other and a gentle but firm tug of my arm led me into one of the waiting open doors. We sped into town and were dropped by the lakeside where a perfectly sychronised dragon boat team were practising for the upcoming festival. [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 9th 2007 | 100 Views | [diary=169000]


Motherland, motherland, what to say here. I believe that pictures speak a thousand words, so I will let them speak for themselves this time. Although, I do have a few thoughts in this case. One of my good friends asked me a good question. How does it feel to be in the country that determines my ethnicity in Canada? I thought I would feel out of place, away from home, lost, as a stranger in a land that is suppose to be familiar, however, I felt the complete opposite. In Zhaoqing, the area spoke Cantonese with an accent that is very [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 17th 2006 | 220 Views | [diary=75161]

Giant Buddha
600 Year Old Village
Run Rooster! Run!

So anyway, I got into Zhaoqing no problems. What a relief. At the train station I caught a cab into the city centre. I figured out how it is that Chinese people are able to drive on thier roads. They appear to follow two simple rules: heirarchy and scope of responsibility. There is one sentiment that pervades all Chinese transportational dialogue, most often vocalised through honking and yelling, which is "you must get out of my way because my car/truck/bus/ is bigger than your car/truck/bus" Its like one giant game of chicken. Although I dont understand any Chinese I see them [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 8th 2006 | 102 Views | [diary=65118]


By Jupe
May 4th 2006

Crags

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Laughing Buddha
Laughing Buddha
Little temple I found while climbing Dinghushan with a Laughing Buddha
I'm sitting in the lobby of a five star hotel. No, I'm not staying here - I wouldn't pay that kind of money for a room - I'm simply sitting here. Lobbies like these simply act as resting places for the well dressed. And being white I could walk in here wearing almost anything I liked - besides beggar clothes or my birthday suit. I came in to use the bathroom but I have a whole hour to waste and nothing to really do. Yesterday it rained - all day - and not what I used to call "Chinese rain" that [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 11th 2006 | 135 Views | [diary=58640]

Waterfalls
Dragon Temple
Dragon