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By malli
October 7th 2009

Kaili, Part Two Asia » China » Guizhou » Kaili

Miao Models

Hey All, I’m back on campus and taking a deep breath as I decompress from our homestay that, as you can tell, was chockfull of adventure. Happily, I can tell you that despite the little side trip to the hospital, it was truly an enjoyable experience. One unexpected plus is that my Chinese is actually improving. I can now string together elementary sentences such as “My horse is fat,” and “My dad is busy.” I can say the same things about your horse and father, and even about his/her horse and father. Don’t act like you’re not impressed. [View Full Entry]

By Monkey and Bear
April 16th 2009

Country and Village life in the mountains around Kali Asia » China » Guizhou » Kaili

Looking over the ricefields

Dear friends, In this blog, travel with us in the mountains and enjoy the pictures of the Miao peoples countrylife. One picture tells more than a thousand words. Stay tuned for our new adventures in Yunnan Provence. From Kali with love. Monkey and Bear. Lieve vrienden en vriendinnen, In deze blog weinig of geen tekst. Want een foto vertelt meer dan duizend woorden. Reis met ons mee door de bergen en ervaar het dagelijkse leven van de Miao bevolking in hun eigen leefomgeving. Deze rondreis is er zo een die wij nooit meer zullen vergeten. De vriendelijkheid en de ga [View Full Entry]

The old doctor of the Village. He is the most important man

By Monkey and Bear
April 15th 2009

Sister Meal Festival Asia » China » Guizhou » Kaili

Sister Meal Festival

Dear friends, In this travelblog an impression of the Sister Meal festival and other Miao festivals we visited during the last 7 days. We have had a great time, lots of fun and we learned a lot about the Miao people. The Sister Meal festival is for the Miaos the most important festival every year. Why???????????? Here is the information. Thanks to Tony Wang. The Sister Meal Festival. The festival represents a nation's culture. In China, each of 56 ethnic communities boasts their own festivals which record and carry forward traditions, cultures and ethnic folklore. The Sist [View Full Entry]

By KarenandVinny
April 12th 2009

Maliao Homestay Asia » China » Guizhou » Kaili

Chicks

This was our last homestay and trek in China and again we were trekking through rice terraces but having come further south and with the weather much warmer more people were working in the paddy fields. They grow the rice seedlings in large rectangular trays and then divide them into little round dishes which stay afloat in the paddy field as the workers stoop over, knee deep in mud, planting the seedlings. We saw water buffalo ploughing the narrow terraces. This area seemed to be much poorer and we noticed a lot of young kids who were not in school as [View Full Entry]

By Monkey and Bear
April 11th 2009

Miao People the way they live - their festivals - and the countryside in the mountains Asia » China » Guizhou » Kaili

Welcome ceremony - drinking rice wine and rice wine and.......

Dear friends, The next coming days we are staying at the Miao family guesthouse. It's realy perfect to stay and sleep with the local people. Let you inform about the Miao Minority people. Read the article below. The information about the Miao minority is provided by www.china.org.cn. Many thanks foor the information. The Miao ethnic minority With a population of 8,940,116, the Miao people form one of the largest ethnic minorities in southwest China. They are mainly distributed across Guizhou, Yunnan, Hunan and Sichuan provinces and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and a [View Full Entry]

By team shwinter
May 13th 2008

The bus that turned into a boat! Asia » China » Guizhou » Kaili

Howdy - we'll we've certainly had an action packed couple of days, we're in Kaili in Guizhou province right now (nowhere near any earthquakes if you were wondering) but I'll step back a couple of days. From Sanjiang (last blog) we moved by bus to Conjiang (pronounced chongjiang - that caught us out for a while!), in the process switching from the Guiyang province to the Guiyang province - although there was merely a sign along the road somewhere, no U.S mexico border or anything. Both Sanjiang and Congjiang were fairly unremarkable but were means to an end. And that end [View Full Entry]

By Rich n Di
October 28th 2007

Rites of Passage Asia » China » Guizhou » Kaili

Have Ox will Travel

Hello from San Du in Guizhou Province. We had a lovely break in Guanling to see the waterfalls, and stayed with a very friendly family. The eldest lad was teaching himself English from the internet and doing well. He wanted to know about our journey and after seeing our family photos on the blog, with the garden in the background, he looked at Ockbrook on Google-Earth. His dad gave us a lift to the waterfalls. It was a bit of a hairy ride, though interesting to see the view from the other side of a windscreen. Since then, we have moved [View Full Entry]

By Jabe
October 11th 2007

A change of direction Asia » China » Guizhou » Kaili

A water feature during a drought

With our ultimate destination next being Kunming, we had 2 routes to get there - either through Sanjiang and Liuzhou, or through Kaili. For various reasons, Sanjiang was our preferred waypoint but, at 9:30AM when neither the 7:30AM nor 8:30AM buses to Sanjiang had come through (supposedly the only morning options), we felt forced to change our plans. Buses to Congjiang and Kaili took up the rest of the day, with uncomfortable hours of traditional music on the DVD player pitched somewhere in the screeching range. The next day we boarded a sleeper train for Kunming and, 14 hours later, were [View Full Entry]

By JohnandFrank
September 28th 2007

Laatste dagje Lijiang en Kaili Asia » China » Guizhou » Kaili

Naxi orkest in Baisha

Toch nog een computer gevonden in Kaili waar we nu zitten. We zitten in een ruimte met wel 60 Chinesen die allemaal met een computer zitten te spelen. Kosten Euro 0,20 per uur. Maar eerst nog even Lijiang afmaken. Op de avond van onze eerste dag in dit oude plaatsje hebben we weer heerlijke dumpling gegeten. Maar we maken jullie allemaal te lekker met het Chinese voedsel dus daarover vertellen we nu niets. Eergisteren hebben we in de vallei rondom Lijiang een fietstocht gemaakt en een van de leukste dorpjes in de omgeving bezocht: Baisha. Dit was voorheen de voormalige hoofdstad [View Full Entry]

Ons eerste Chinese ontbijt in voorbereiding

By mwafercross
July 28th 2007

Kaili, Heart of the Miao Country Asia » China » Guizhou » Kaili

Gorgeous country

Our first afternoon in Kaili included a trip to the bird and flower market; it was a fascinating regional market with baskets of spices; cages of birds, exotic animals and reptiles; interesting plants; and piles of local fruits and vegetables. Unfortunately, we were caught in a torrential downpour and were not able to enjoy the market scene. The rain complicated the afternoon trip to one of the nearby minority villages, so we went to a regional museum that had minority dress and cultural artifacts on display. The most interesting parts of the museum, however, were the women artisans who were [View Full Entry]

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