Travel Blog » Asia » China » Guizhou

Guizhou Travel Blogs

Background: For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. After World War II, the Communists under MAO Zedong established an autocratic socialist system that, while ensuring China's sovereignty, imposed strict controls over everyday life and cost the lives of tens of millions of people. After 1978, his successor DENG Xiaoping and other leaders focused on market-oriented economic development and by 2000 output had quadrupled. For much of the population, living standards have improved dramatically and the room for personal choice has expanded, yet political controls remain tight.

China

Map of China

China's Flag

Hostels in China
Latest Guizhou Blog Entries
Guizhou Photos

By Yves en Anne
November 29th 2007

Minority Report Asia » China » Guizhou

Xijiang
Trotse opoe naast kleindochter

Dag allemaal, Het is weer eventjes geleden dat we nog eens uitgebreid konden internetten. Travelblog bleek ook een aantal dagen achtereen ontoegankelijk voor ons, misschien was de site geblokkeerd door de overheid??? Volgens een in Amerika wonende Chinees alleszins wel... Na de rijstterrassen wilden we verder trekken naar de volgende provincie maar een voedselvergiftiging stak een stokje tussen de wielen. Overgeven, diarree en koorts kwamen en onze reisroute werd noodgedwongen ingekort tot Sanjiang waar we een hotel hebben genomen op wat op kracht te komen. De details van het hele zieke [View Full Entry]

By Sonya and Nigel
November 21st 2007

From Kaili; a spin around the back roads Asia » China » Guizhou » Liping

Embroidery

We arrived in Guiyang off an overnight train from Chengdu. On the train we met a Chinese student (Judy) studying English as her major. We enjoyed conversation and she also helped us to retrieve our bicycles at Guiyang. During the conversation she warned us about ‘chiefs and robs’ in the area we are planning to cycle in. As this area is famous for its ethnic minority groups (aka hill tribes) I had in my mind an image of an angry chief! (however she was actually referring to ‘thieves and robbers’) China’s railway service was taking such good care of our bicycl [View Full Entry]

By kathz
November 14th 2007

Camp Guizhou- Moon Craters Asia » China » Guizhou » Shuitang » Ziyun

The Road
Bitumen road! and what i thought was our destination- the cave.

All everyone wanted to do was to get the hell out of Guizhou. The situation was looking hopeless. If it gets worse, students would have to be sent home. It was sad really because the hosts cooked a table full of breakfast for us. At the breakfast table, I carefully avoided those fragile girls who were still shaken from last night. I sat with the my new friends who I made on camp, those who were not so easily defeated by mountains and who appreciated the hospitality of the locals. We left the village sometime between 9 and 10. Peopled eyed [View Full Entry]

By kathz
November 13th 2007

Camp Guizhou- The Breakdown Asia » China » Guizhou

Campsite
Everyone had trouble packing up the tents, sleeping bags and mats

I unzipped the tent to find the searchlight glaring into my eyes. I swore at the person with contempt as they laughed at the state of my morning hair. It was 5:30, yet the hilltops were still silhouetted against the moon. I gave my tent buddies a nudge, none budged. I gave up and made my own way to the hole, trying not to look down. By 6, all tents were unzipped; I had trouble rolling the mat and sleeping bag but I had no intention to copy the girls who at that point were all checking out themselves against the [View Full Entry]

By kathz
November 12th 2007

Camp Guizhou- Wasps, S'mores and Holes Asia » China » Guizhou

Apetizer
Anonymous biting the head off the wasp

My roommates and I took turns to have showers, but being up at 5:30 didn’t give us much time to soak ourselves. I got out of the shower in time to see a roommate putting on makeup (dear God). We had a lousy breakfast. Everyone seemed to be eating a plentiful of eggs, and I swear I saw eggs disappearing into people’s pockets. Without drying my hair I plunged myself into the icy cold of the Guizhou morning. The same buses were waiting, never had the hot fume been so welcoming. The sun rose as we drove deeper into mountains, and [View Full Entry]

By kathz
November 11th 2007

Camp Guizhou- Tears and Tantrum Asia » China » Guizhou » Anshun

In the Airport
Us goofing around in the airport

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 [View Full Entry]

By Jason Wong
November 9th 2007

A Great Man in His Time Rose Sharply from Here Asia » China » Guizhou

Mao Comrades
posing in front of the site of the Zunyi Conference

Zunyi had no other particular interested except it was the location of the Zunyi Conference where, at the end of the Long March, Mao criticized the poor Soviet military advice and became Chief Assistant to then Communist leader Zhou Enlai in military planning. This site is seen as a pivotal point in Mao's rise to power. When I told Xiao Mei where I was going, she gave me a quizzical look and asked, "Why??" The people of this city seemed more well off than in other cities. The latest fashion for a lady of status was the 1920s aviator look. Many [View Full Entry]

By Devin MoHonglei
November 9th 2007

words Asia » China » Guizhou

A Late Chinese Halloween

For those interested, I'd just like to go about a quick and mildly comprehensive of my experience here in Guizhou, China. Without delving too deeply into the personal reactions, observations, etc...I would just like to share with you some phenomena and general occurrences. Since completing the summer English language training program in August, I decided not to return to Tsinghua University in Beijing, for many reasons that I will simply summarise by stating that the language environment simply does not match that offered here in the South (despite the South's doubtless influence on my standa [View Full Entry]

By B n B
November 8th 2007

OK ok new stuff, yay, about time eh? Asia » China » Guizhou » Guiyang

Hi again fowks, this blogging thing has been running into all sorts of delays and hiccups, not sure where the blame lies. Could be me, not a lot of time with work and socializing and that, could be the computer….one thing all should know about China….nothing works…including our PC. We had a big ass system crash after having a shop in town fix a couple of things, so muggings here spent the better part of two weeks trying to install dodgy Chinese windows (you know what I mean) and then installing all those little bits of essential software. Then we ran [View Full Entry]

By NicholasFindley
October 30th 2007

Waterfalls, Caves and Food Asia » China » Guizhou » Guiyang

The waterfalls!
Huge

The school decided to let us off with a week! A whole week to not teach and also to give us some spending money, so wasn't going to pass off this opputunity to get out of the province. Felt like Yunnan was getting too small for me in relation to traveling. So I looked up on the good old c-trip for cheap flights and one of the cheapest was to Guiyang which I had never heard about and there was barely any information in the lonely planet book, but it seemed like the best idea so decided to take full advantage [View Full Entry]

Travel Blog » Asia » China » Guizhou

Guizhou Travel Blogs, page 4

Guizhou Travel Blogs

China