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October 3, 2009 - The New Moon Festival fell on our second full day in China. Our hostel held a large barbeque that night with lots of fresh seafood, and vegetables that we skewered ourselves and cooked over a trough full of hot coals. That style of barbeque is really popular in China. A lot of the people staying in the hostel came down to the patio a little before dark. We drank beer together and had our formal introductions while the girls who worked in the hostel prepared the food and set up for dinner. I met a group of [View Full Entry]

Ms Bee - Clare Bridgford | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 30th 2009 | 127 Views | [diary=446007]

The Man in the Bamboo
Back in the USSR
My Sanya Sunburn

We caught the train October 1st (National Day) at 10:45...and rode for about 10 hours to Zhanjiang (a city on the southern coast of Guangzhou province). The views were both beautiful and surreal, but the ride was crowded and uncomfortable. A hundred or more people crammed into the train car in Guilin, and most of them rode for 6-7 hours, leaving us only a few precious hours to stretch our legs out in our seats. We played several rounds of musical chairs with the people sitting near us in order to be close enough to talk to one another. Every once [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 15th 2009 | 77 Views | [diary=444920]

Standing Room Only
The Views From the Train
Scenes from the Train

By leogoesrawr
October 14th 2009
Hainan Vacation, part 2 Asia » China » Hainan
Okay, sorry for the delay, I have been working literally non-stop (except for sleeping, eating, and Chinese lessons, which seem like work) since I woke up Monday morning. In any case, on my second day in Hainan, I arrived in Bo'ao, where I was to stay in the Bo'ao inn, a very small bed and breakfast owned by an American expat. I spent a while chatting with the very friendly owner, and then set out to explore the beach. On the way was a temple (I don't remember who/ what it was for anymore), and a bunch of Hainan goats grazing. [View Full Entry]

leogoesrawr - Robin | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 14th 2009 | 67 Views | [diary=444990]

Hainan goats
The ocean
The beach-side walk

By leogoesrawr
October 11th 2009
Hainan Vacation, Part 1 Asia » China » Hainan » Haikou
Due to various internet difficulties, there were a number of blog posts that got written and were not published, so I thought that it would be easiest if I just gave you the summary of my vacation (with pictures!) broken down into however many parts I feel like. The first day of my vacation was National Day, which honestly wasn't very different than any other day except that there were people selling Chinese flags on the street and when I went to the supermarket, there were people watching the festivities in Beijing on the televisions in the electronics department (they were [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 11th 2009 | 87 Views | [diary=444087]

A close-up!

By Somala
June 22nd 2009
Hong Kong Airport Asia » China » Hainan
We've arrived at the Hong Kong airport. It was a very bumpy ride considering we passed over the top of a Typhoon. It is humid & cloudy here. We only have about 2 hours of layover until our flight to Phnom Penh. I'll write more when we get there hopefully! Just wanted everyone to know we made it to Hong Kong at least =) [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 22nd 2009 | 66 Views | [diary=410932]


By JLim
April 26th 2009
Hainan, China Asia » China » Hainan » Sanya
For Spring Break we got a package deal which included round trip tickets and 4 nights at the Holiday Inn at Yalong Bay (a 5-star Hotel…no sarcasm) for $500US. Since our entire trip was taken care of by an agency, we did not run into any problems during our vacation. Our stay in Sanya was the definition of “chill”. Our group included Silas, Rochelle, Samantha, Josh, and me. On our way to Pudong Airport, Silas and I decided to take the Maglev, a train that operates by magnets and travels at 300km/hr. We arrived in Sanya where we were picked up [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 27th 2009 | 317 Views | [diary=394029]

Holiday Inn Yalong Bay
Holiday Inn Yalong Bay
Holiday Inn Yalong Bay

By Soleilcita
March 30th 2009
Mr Song & Sanya Asia » China » Hainan » Sanya
3.30.2009 After two months in Shanghai and a weekend in Sanya, I think I can say I’ve seen a whole lot of China passing before my eyes. Whether it is the persistent hard work and dedication of the principal of an illegal migrant school to the young naïve love of Chinese lovers getting ready to wed, I think I can say I have seen many different faces of China’s culture. Mr. Song, the principal of the illegal migrant school where I have been volunteering, is by far the most inspirational man I have met here in Shanghai. This man has single [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 12th 2009 | 149 Views | [diary=398373]

The most beautiful sunset I've ever seen

Have just finished two weeks of teaching conversational English at the Haikou Municipal Educational Research & Training Academy. This is our fourth year teaching with Global Volunteers & the most fun. Our team of 17 bonded quickly & the laughter & companionship developed quickly! Each morning we boarded the bus at 8AM & returned to the hotel by noon for lunch. Roy & I shared a class, consisting of 9 students, all Chinese English teachers. They were eager to increase their ability to speak conversational English. Teachers teach their English class 'from the book'. Once out of the univer [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 10th 2009 | 277 Views | [diary=380132]

OUR CLASS
ENTIRE GROUP PHOTO
STUDENTS TOOK US OUT FOR LUNCH

It was an honor to be invited to Yongxing, a small village outside Haikou City, to celebrate Gongqi, an annual celebration of ancestors. It is a day for the families to gather together to pray for their ancestors and share a meal. Two of our students, who I taught last year through Global Volunteers, invited us to share a meal with their family. Our guides to the village, were two of our students from class this year, who also teach in Yongxing middle school. We went by taxi and, because of a big traffic jam, it took 1 1/2 hours to [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 1st 2009 | 153 Views | [diary=377597]

LINDA AND SHALLY SERVING 'HAINAN NOODES'
SHALLY  HER FATHER & HER SON
TAOISM TEMPLE IN YONGXING VILLAGE

By MereM
February 25th 2009
Days 7+8 Hainan finally!!! Asia » China » Hainan
So finally after a week of freezing we get to the island of Hainan just south of China, known as the Hawaii of China. Haikou is more a of a port town than a tourist town and it definitely wasn't as warm as we would've liked it. We met a nice Chinese girl named Sunny who encouraged us to travel down to Sanya with her the night before, but she was ready to go at 8 am. I was extremely annoyed when she poked me around 7 am after five hours of sleep to inform me that it was time to [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 25th 2009 | 123 Views | [diary=376650]



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