Blogs from Anshun, Guizhou, China, Asia
Jaw-dropping caves and Miao minority at Gétû, the destination of the Petzl Roctrip 2011
Published: June 19th 2011Asia » China » Guizhou » Anshun
June 15th 2011
While spending four weeks in Yangshuo (), Coco and me heard a good deal of stories about Gétû, the location of Petzl's Roctrip this year. Local westerners told us that the place is amazing, though, hard to get to. That was enough of a challenge for Coco and me and so we made our way through backroads of Guizhou province and into Gétû. Since the information I'd like to share about directions and the place itself might be interesting to a broader audience, this entry is in English. Coco, whom I met in Yangshou, spoke decent Mandarin, which helped a lot to find the place and talk to the people there. Finding the place was not as hard as I expected or was told, though it does not appear in any travel guide. We had a ... read more
December 17th 2009
Guizhou, the province from south of China, that is not a economicly developed province, there are famous by natural resource and minority ethnic also. There are some thermal water resort around the Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou, Chinese are very careful about the health, a lot of foods and habits for body maintenance, and thermal water is one of them, there are so many pools in the resort, for each one they put some flavor or medicinal herbs, and there was a medicinal explanation for every pool, I don't know if that really works for those medicinal effect, but the resort was very nice place to relax. Huang Guo Shu waterfall, that is the highest waterfall in China, there are 77,8 meters of height, located in Anshun city, I had a big expectation for the waterfall, ... read more
October 14th 2008
As is customary for me, my plans made a sudden change. Instead of heading north and staying in Sichuan Province.. I head south for Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou province. Guizhou province is the poorest province in China, and inline with that one might say one of the most untouched provinces in china. I arrive at the Guiyang Train Station after 19 hours in a VERY hard seat and am greeted by my friend (and local guide) Xiao Huang and her friend whose english name is (of course) Jojo. Despite coming from Chengdu, a city deep in the middle of China, I am a little bit reawakened on the bus ride to my friend's university. DIRTY. thats my first impression. Dirty, muddy, smoggy, old. Guiyang oozes with these adjectives. I lie about my first impression of ... read more
Traveling around Guizhou...an other face of China
Published: May 15th 2008Asia » China » Guizhou » Anshun
May 7th 2008
Have I ever picked a place out of the blue and left on the first plane I could find...well...would have say no about 10 days ago...and would now say yes and asking for more ! It was one of those Saturday where you find out that you got three days off you hadn’t planed for starting the next morning...ones would think about the long list of things and sleep I could catch up on but ending up online as soon as I reached home and searched for the "deal" ticket that would get me out of Shanghai for a few days...guess the name of Guiyang the capital of the Guizhou province sounded good...30 seconds more on the net to find out where the place actually was (never heard of it before...) and bought immediately a ticket... ... read more
January 18th 2008
Student ‘homecoming’ train I arrived with the night train from Chengdu, hard sleeper. While not uncomfortable, space is very limited for a tall Dutch guy such as myself. Because of the upcoming Chinese New Year lots of students are traveling home and thus the average age of the Chinese traveler was much lower than normal. China being China, a train full of students didn't become a party train but staid quiet and orderly. It didn’t take long before I was chatting with two students: Tom (his English name) and LiJing. They’re both studying in Chengdu and their hometown is Anshun so they had the same destination as I did. When we got out of the train the next morning I was given their phone numbers should I have any trouble in Anshun. Even if I did ... read more
November 11th 2007
All lights were out in the compound, yet I was already up doing last minute checks through my 70 liter bag for sufficient changes of underwear. I scrutinized at the checklist, saying 'check' to myself repetitively. At 7: 45 I was supposed to meet a friend of mine downstairs to leave for the airport together. Thank god I didn’t bring my bag downstairs, because I waited 15 minutes in fresh morning cold for her. It was 8 o’clock when I finally bade goodbye to dad and scrambled into the car. My mood certainly did not improve knowing it was not my fault that we were going to be late. I hated being late, because I was so well known for my punctuality. When we arrived at the Guangzhou Baiyun airport (needlessly to say- late), it was ... read more
