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April 16th 2013
Petite journée Zen Aujourd'hui. Ça fait du bien, question de se ressourcer un peu. Nous venons de revenir à l'hôtel et sommes environ une trentaine sur nos appareils électroniques à communiquer avec vous, regardez la première photo Début de journée par une visite d'un jardin typiquement Zen. De beaux paysages, de la musique douce, des bonzais à profusion. Une détente parfaite. Les jeunes étaient en contrôle de leur ying et de leur yang. Un bel équilibre entre le bien et le mal. Nous sommes en voie de découvrir notre balance intérieure. Attention, nous reviendrons habillés de toges oranges et la tête rasée. 71 nouveau adeptes bouddhistes (on m'a choisi comme comme le bouddha du groupe.....je ne comprends pas pourquoi!!!!) Ensuite promenade au bord d'un canal vieux de plus de 700 ans qui servait à relier Souzhou, ... read more
Guizhou－Volunteer trip- Orphan villages- Hope school- Qindongnan Country
Published: March 24th 2013Asia » China » Guizhou
March 22nd 2013
It’s my 2nd time to Guizhou, this time is not only for traveling. One of my friends asked me to go as a volunteer to take photos of poverty students, who live along Mountains. Studying at Hope Primary Schools. 2 Hope primary Schools, 102 students in total. Some of them are living to inside or top of mountain, even no road for Car can. We have to walk or climb mountains for going inside. It’s will be a hard trip. Most of children of those villages that we visited are orphan; the villages are called orphan villages. Those children are living deeply insides of mountains. For some villages, we have to walk inside. No road for cars. We were 3 cars going, 12 people for 80 more kids. The original plan was 7 days. Guizhou ... read more
February 23rd 2013
Day 4 Kaili Our final day out with Mr Wee was to be shorter then the previous two - mainly because we had to travel two hours by local bus late that afternoon to the capitol city of Guizhou Province, Guiyang, in order to overnight there as we had a very early flight from Guiyang to Chengdu the next day. Our first stop was in the village of Matang, home to the minority group the Geija, famed for their bright orange embroideries and fine batik prints. The Chinese Government consider the Geija people part of the Miao culture - they however consider themselves to be an independent minority and are fighting to be recognised as a separate and culturally rich group. The village was similar to most that we had visited as in the houses were ... read more
February 22nd 2013
Day Three in Kaili. On our third day out with Mr Wee we were heading to the Shidong markets, one of the largest markets in the Kaili region. The market is held in a small riverside town on the riverside shingle, under the span of the long bridge. We left early and an hour later we arrived in the traffic jam of minibuses and motorbikes around Shidong. As we were getting closer to the town we stopped to watch a wedding party. Again all the men were waiting outside a group of houses, the yard full of low round tables covered with the soon to be consumed feast. The bride and all the female members of her family were walking down the road towards the group of men. That day all the women, including the bride, ... read more
February 21st 2013
Day 2 in Kaili It had rained heavily during the night but day two of our trip around the Kaili dawned clear but it was very cold as we headed out to meet Mr Wee. Today we were driving to the remote village of Fanpai - over two hours drive from Kaili. For the first forty minutes or so we were never far away from the huge highway towering above us until eventually we moved further inland passing tiny villages tucked into valleys before we stopped in a very muddy street in a small town full of newly built cement block, white tile covered buildings where Mr Wee suggested that we stocked up on something for lunch as there would be no food available in Fanpai. Thankfully we had already done so the previous evening as ... read more
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The long way round to Congjiang and Basha
Published: February 27th 2013Asia » China » Guizhou » Basha
February 18th 2013
Leaving Zhoaxing was as challenging as arriving in the village. We had checked with the hotel owner re a bus onwards to Congjiang and he advised us that one left every morning at 7.30 and we just needed to hale it as it drove past. When we went to leave the hotel next morning we had to wake the owner who in his fetching fluffy dressing-gown and slippers unlocked not one, but two, doors to let us out. In most hotels in Asia you are locked in at night - something we try not to think about as it is a hazard re fires. He locked up behind us and presumably went back to bed. Usually there is somebody sleeping on a couch right beside the door, but not always. We were greeted on the street ... read more
February 16th 2013
Zhaoxing, in Guixhou, was a fascinating place which we absolutely loved. Another Dong village - in fact the largest of the Dong villages - it was however a little frustrating to actually get there. We left pretty Chengyang by local bus thankfully giving ourselves plenty of time to make the 11.30am direct bus to Zhoaxing from Sanjiang. However, as all travellers have experienced, plans are made to be thwarted and upon arriving at the bus station we were told firmly 'no bus' - whether that actually meant no bus was leaving that day or just that it had already sold out we were unable to find out. As there was only one scheduled bus to Zhoaxing each day we were wandering what to do next when a kindly security guard came to our rescue. He quickly ... read more
September 16th 2012
It is a good rest to spend several days in a quiet village without many tourists. Meanwhile, it is also a happy experience of enjoying a couple of days in a famous Miao village, which has good facilities and entertainments for tourists in the middle of August according to Chinese lunar calendar. Xijiang is the most famous village in Kaili area. I chose it as my first stop to get used to Miao’s life easier. Once your enter the main gate of the village, beautiful Miao girls will come to offer you a cup of traditional rice wine. It is sweet and nice. You even can’t feel the alcohol. But be careful, don’t drink too much, you will know its power afterwards. Various entertainments seemed to be hold all the time, from sunrise to sundown. Young ... read more
August 29th 2012
Moved further west into Qiannan region to Sandu, the area that inhabited mostly Shui people. I couldn't recollected anything of Sandu inside my memory as the the town had been renovated, seem tidy and clean, but all the exit road are under construction. which I dislike. I did plan to visit some markets in the area but....with the roadworks...！beside...the Shui's costume wasn't very inspiring, and I had seem them before, so I pressed southward after a short stay in Sandu. temperature still hang high and my skin colour getting more brown each day. Stop in Libo and just in time run into the Huangmeng market situated right next to the mian tourist site of Libo, the Seven Holes Bridge. There I seen again the unique subgroup of the Yao, Baiku Yao. The local call them “liangpianyao”, ... read more
August 23rd 2012
The bus ride from Liping down to Rongjiang was unexpectly pretty. especially between Bazhai and Zaidang. many Dong villages stood tidily along the road. the calling card of the Dong are drum tower. it shoot up significently in every village that our bus came across. reminded me of the Dai pagoda in southern Yunnan, also the symbol of every Dai village. No memories did come back about Rongjiang when I stepped into town, but strangely nothing look new here. seem like renovation was fall behind in Rongjiang. later I find indeed another new old-town is underway in town center. a wholesale market is right by the rundown bus station. there are many guesthouses offered hit and run brothal style sleeping place. the first thing when walk into the main door was the smell of shampoo！ Rongjiang ... read more
