Blogs from Guizhou, China, Asia - page 4

Woke up to a quiet town and calm river after a loud night here in Zhenyuan. The town might be a quiet river getaway except that it is ringed by train tracks kept busy with frequent train traffic plus bars, many of them right across the river from me, that blare loud music until about midnight. Being the height of tourist season, many Chinese come here to play, not just for the sights. I'm off on a boat trip this morning, but not before stopping for some breakfast snacks. There's a popular bun and noodle place just down the street, where locals line up. I get two of the last few buns. Then, down the street there's a woman making a fried cake stuffed with green onions and peppers. Both delicious. Zhenyuan is sandwiched between two ... read more

Yesterday as we were preparing to begin our teacher training program, the Zigen local liaison received a phone call from the local head of the Education Bureau that our program was being cancelled. Li Xiao Ping had received a call from the government that they were canceling the program. No explanation. Just cancelled. They had instructed him to call the 69 teachers who had signed up and had just been instructed to come with a dictionary and other materials for a Sunday orientation. Needless to say, we have all been in shock for the last 24 hours, trying to figure out what to do. There are 8 of us here for this year's program -- we've all traveled a distance to be here and it's really unnerving to think that this could happen. We talked and ... read more

Předposlední víkend v semestru jsem chtěl věnovat buď poutní hoře Emeishan v Sichuanu, nebo oblasti u Shaxi kousek za Dali. Ale s čínským kamarádem Mingem jsme se dohodli, že pojedeme spolu do města Anshun v provincii Guizhou - je to jen šest hodin vlakem, na Čínu co by kamenem dohodil. Lístek jsme měli na sedm ráno, takže jsem musel vstávat v pět - kdo mě zná, tak tuší, jak jsem z něčeho takového nadšený. Na nádraží nám řekli, že vlak nejede. Sice je to neobvyklé, ale prostě nejede. Žádné zdůvodnění, žádné kompenzace. Naštěstí nám vyměnili lístek na nejbližší další, tj. v deset hodin. Takže jsem mohl spát do osmi, ach jo! O Guizhou (贵州) se dost trefně říká, že není tří dní, aby během nich nazapršelo, není tří mil, aby na nich nestál kopec, a není ... read more

Aqui os copio la informacion general de Guiyang , y podeis ver tambien el mapa de China y donde voy. Parte sur, cerca de la provincia de Yunnan (China) y tambien cerca de Vietnam. http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiyang - ------------------------------------- IMPORTANTE: si quieres saber cuando actualizo mi blog, te puedes suscribir para recibir notificaciones automaticas: Para ello, en la parte derecha de la pantalla, debajo del cuadro donde aparece mi foto y mis datos, hay otro cuadro que pone: BLOG OPTIONS, pinchar en SUBSCRIBE. Te pide tu nombre, y confirmacion de tu email. En principio creo que no tendreis problemas para recibirlos pero sino me decis. Por fin hoy, ya tengo internet en el laptop en mi habitación. Me ha ayudado un mexicano de mi clase a configurarlo. Hay muchas cosas que contar, por lo que cuento desde que ... read more

Yeah...came back to Sandu because another wave of the Shui festival...the Duanjie...is about to happen again. The Duanjie is kind of newyear celebration for the Shui people, as they had been spread over an vast area since their ancester migrated here from the east, to be able to see and visit each other for newyear, their ancester decided in within 2 months time spin, each area pick a date for their newyear, so relatives could go visit the others for festival. anyways...it mostly families thing...heavely drink and eat! I was only interest to see the horse racing that was a must in Duanjie. a track had been prepared by the hillside about 300m long. villagers came with their favour horse aiming for the highest prize...the 2800 yuan! since there was couple of villages nearby had Duanjie ... read more