Blogs from Guangdong, China, Asia - page 135

W21/03/2007: A beautiful day at Guangzhou zoo Asia » China » Guangdong » Guangzhou By LilooChinaMarch 21st 2007The zoo of Guangzhou is one of the biggest zoos in China. The entrance is quite expensive for China (about 12 euros) but you can enjoy seeing animals that you will probably never see outside Asia like pandas. Moreover, that’s the first time I touched a baby white tiger and I remember that in France it’s impossible to touch such animals in any zoo. I and my friends behaved like children but how can we act differently front of this fantastic exhibition of animals from all over the world?! We can just say: “WWWAAAAAAA!!!! I want it at h... read more

On that day, Rym was the Queen. She celebrated her 23rd birthday in China and we offered her a set for painting. I was in charge of buying the birthday cake and for the price of a piece of cake in any pastry in France, I got an enormous fruit cake hyper delicious! Mmmhhh… She was touched by our small gesture because we don’t know each other since a long time but it promises that our new friendship will last forever… :-D By the way, I hope she will discover soon her talent of painter for decorating the white walls of our apartment! HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYM! WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST! ... read more

Rachel's here! Rachel's here! I've spent a total of three years in China now, and this is the first time anyone has ever come visit me. I've been dancing around in anticipation for weeks! And now she's here! Rachel arrived in Hong Kong on the 15th and after a wonderful trip on various forms of public transportation (take the bus from the airport to the train stations, take the train to the border, walk across the border, and finally take a taxi from the border to home), she arrived in my wonderfully quaint little apartment and said, "This is cute. I love the way the shower is in the middle of the bathroom and you have to squeegy the floor after each shower." Actually, she didn't say that, but I could see it in her ... read more

Hi there!!! Ni hao ma? (How are you?) Sorry for beeing so crappy with keeping you updated on my China life lately... Hope you're good! Heard the sun has started showing its pretty face lateley :) That usually makes a nice change after a dark winter! Wo hen hao! (I'm very good!) Really happy to have started stuying Chinese! Started Thursday last week, in a beginners class of 20 people in different ages, from literally all over the world - Brazil, Panama, France, Egypt, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Korea, USA, Thailand, Ukraine, Mexico... It's really cool to have such a mix, especially in a city like Guangzhou with so little Westerners - at least where I live. My place is about 30 minutes walk from Uni, which is perfect. Have also started working with my dad's ... read more

Today, we got the luck to have a free tour of Guangzhou thanks to our welcome university. We went to the temple of the Chen family’s ancestors I had already visited last Wednesday and we went to the Guangzhou museum which is in Yuexiu Park. As you already know how is the temple of the Chen Family’s ancestors, I will not tell you more about it. Let me just present you the Guangzhou museum… The pictures will explain you in a better way than mine what beautiful historical objects the museum encloses. ... read more