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By gluxman
December 10th 2009
Yangshuo and Guilin Asia » China » Guangxi » Yangshuo
Yangshuo and Guilin Update: Okay, it has been a long time since my last entry...over 3 months to be precise. So to catch you up on what has happened since then; I enrolled as a student at the University of Hong Kong, I took time to adapt to Hong Kong, travelled around the region and during a semester break went to China with good friends from Xi'an and the USA. Day One: From Hong Kong we took the MTR to Shenzhen, yes its MTR not MRT (Singapore and Taiwan). A traveller's tip, before alighting at Shenzhen, get off at HK MTR [View Full Entry]

gluxman - Thomas Glucksmann-Smith | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 10th 2009 | 38 Views | [diary=459582]


Tiny is an 18 month year old Rough Collie and the most over anxious dog I have ever seen. Understandable that given when he was a puppy he broke both of his front legs... Tiny is also a Communist. I know this because when returning to the hostel reception wearing my newly purchased "fine quality" China Red Star Communist T-shirt from the market, the friendly but bonkers girl behind the desk, who appeared to have learnt all her English from cartoon characters such was her child like excitable disposition, exclaimed "MATT, why you dress like a dog... TINY have also [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 8th 2009 | 43 Views | [diary=459121]

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By Das Klo
November 29th 2009
Noch ein Shangri-La Asia » China » Guangxi » Yangshuo
Am frühen Nachmittag war es an der Uferpromenade ruhig. Eine Englisch-Klasse aus einer der vielen Sprachschulen Yangshuos nutzte das schöne Wetter und hatte den Unterricht nach draußen verlegt, einzelne Menschen standen oder saßen am Ufer und ein paar ganz mutige badeten im Li-Fluss. Ich setzte mich auf eine der Steinstufen, um zu lesen. Wenige Meter entfernt übte eine junge Chinesin Vokabeln. Als sie mich bemerkte, gesellte sie sich zu mir und fragte mich nach einer Vokabel. Sie reagierte etwas erstaunt, als sie feststellte, dass ich das entsprechende Wort auch nicht genau kannte. Ich erklärt [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 29th 2009 | 69 Views | [diary=456613]

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By Boolia
November 29th 2009
Fengyan, Yangshou China  Asia » China » Guangxi » Yangshuo
23rd Nov 2009 - Real China experience Fengyan Yangshou Peach blossom paradise Moon hill [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 6th 2009 | 8 Views | [diary=456920]

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By Das Klo
November 22nd 2009
Sonne! Asia » China » Guangxi » Yangshuo
Ich wollte ein wenig die Anzahl der mir bekannten chinesischen Rezepte erhöhen und hatte mich daher (und weil ich noch ein paar andere Leute kennen lernen wollte) Vormittags zu einem Kochkurs angemeldet. Letztendlich war außer mir nur noch ein Chilene dabei. Der Kurs war aber sehr gut. Wir haben 5 verschiedene Gerichte gekocht (und natürlich auch gegessen). Los ging es morgens mit einem Marktbesuch. Chinesische Lebensmittelmärkte haben eine ganz eigene Atmosphäre und sind nicht unbedingt für jeden zu empfehlen. In den Touristenlokalen merkt man es nicht unbedingt, aber wir Yangshuo befinde [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 23rd 2009 | 69 Views | [diary=455248]

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Ni hao! Its been a while since the last entry and so following in the footsteps of so many wonderful and beautiful endeavours we shall open with an apology: sorry about that. Furthermore this is essentially an entry about Joe, as the others weren't around in Yangshuo for large periods of time and due to Joe's natural introspection - so to roughly 2/3 of the Chinacrew fanbase: your loved ones are fine, don't worry. A second Nanbeihu trip appeared on the cards a few weeks ago. Many staff went on this one, including Katie and Andy, excluding Joe. Joe wasn't even [View Full Entry]

ChinaCrew - Andy, Katie, Joe | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 6th 2009 | 79 Views | [diary=450680]

Joe belays Si on Low Mountain
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The journey to Sanjiang and the Wind and Rain Bridge had brought us in to Guangxi province (forgot to mention that before!). On the 30th we were up early again to catch a minibus from Chengyang back to Sanjiang, and from there on to Longsheng, and then another bus to Ping'an - our target destination and gateway to the Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces. All so smooth? Not really - turned out the helpful bus lady wasn't that helpful and our third bus was not bound to Ping'an but another nearby village - no probs but we did have to jump off [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 5th 2009 | 82 Views | [diary=450951]

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By gabanie
October 26th 2009
Day 40: Yangshuo Asia » China » Guangxi » Yangshuo
We are still in yangshuo, but we are finally ready to leave tomorrow. Steph was out for two days from food poisoning, but she rallied and we made up for it. We've had 4 full days of non-sickness since then. The first day that steph was feeling better, we purged ourselves of the room we'd been staying in and moved to a different hotel. Still owned by the same people (bamboo house #2, instead of bamboo house #1) - which was good because they are awesome. That afternoon I went rock climbing, and steph tagged along. I think I only did [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 26th 2009 | 65 Views | [diary=448349]


By gabanie
October 22nd 2009
Day 35: Yangshuo Asia » China » Guangxi » Yangshuo
We just are into our 4th full day in yangshuo. The first two were awesome. unfortunately two nights ago stephanie came down with food poisoning and it hasn't been too pleasant since then, but I'll start from the beginning. We took the 18 hour hard sleeper train from kunming to guilin. This time we were on the top bunks, which are more cramped than the middle bunks, but I actually liked the top better. I'm a tall guy so my feet stick out into the aisles. In the middle bunks, people are always bumping your feet as they walk by. On [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 22nd 2009 | 64 Views | [diary=446924]


By cassieb
October 14th 2009
From Endless Landscapes... Asia » China » Guangxi » Yangshuo
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Life since my vacation has been crazy (as it usually is after relaxing for a week) but I’ve been working on this blog for 5 mins here and there and finished it at last! After seven days and 354 pictures (and that was after I deleted everything but the best ones) I returned to Wuhan with a new love of China. Claire and I made the most of our trip, waking by 10am every morning and to collapsing on our pillows between 4 and 6am every morning. I was lucky enough to experience two polar opposite lifestyles of [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 14th 2009 | 121 Views | [diary=444821]

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