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October 28th 2009 Asia » China » Hunan » Guilin
To those of you who have suffered through one of my massages...to those of you who have writhed in agony on the table as I dug my elbows into your back, your glutes, or your shoulders...to those of yo ... 19 photos [full story]
To those of you who have suffered through one of my massages...to those of you who have writhed in agony on the table as I dug my elbows into your back, your glutes, or your shoulders...to those of yo ... 19 photos [full story]
October 27th 2009 Asia » China » Hunan » Guilin
Many of you have commented that they would like to know more about Hungry, our Mascot. Without any further ado, we present...The Many Sides of Hungry!! (And yes, we ARE crazy!) ... 8 photos [full story]
Many of you have commented that they would like to know more about Hungry, our Mascot. Without any further ado, we present...The Many Sides of Hungry!! (And yes, we ARE crazy!) ... 8 photos [full story]
October 26th 2009 Asia » China » Hunan » Guilin
Let's do the math on this one. Really nice hostel = $4 a night. Lunch of dumplings and noodles in the most beautiful park I've ever seen = $1.50. One-hour massages by highly skilled therapists = $3 ... 53 photos [full story]
Let's do the math on this one. Really nice hostel = $4 a night. Lunch of dumplings and noodles in the most beautiful park I've ever seen = $1.50. One-hour massages by highly skilled therapists = $3 ... 53 photos [full story]
August 21st 2009 Asia » China » Hunan » Shaoyang
Hey everyone! So here's what happened. I went on New Years holiday and so much junk happened that I just never got around to writing about it all. Yeah, i've been lazy about it leave me alone! S ... [full story]
Hey everyone! So here's what happened. I went on New Years holiday and so much junk happened that I just never got around to writing about it all. Yeah, i've been lazy about it leave me alone! S ... [full story]
August 3rd 2009 Asia » China » Hunan
Llevo 10 días de viaje y parece que llevo mas de un mes. Llegue a Xian, sin ningún problema y muy fácil de llegar desde el aeropuerto un simple autobús que te lleva hasta el mismo centro, donde se pue ... 8 photos [full story]
Llevo 10 días de viaje y parece que llevo mas de un mes. Llegue a Xian, sin ningún problema y muy fácil de llegar desde el aeropuerto un simple autobús que te lleva hasta el mismo centro, donde se pue ... 8 photos [full story]
July 8th 2009 Asia » China » Hunan » Zhangjiajie
D1：We arrived at in the morning, take bus to “Suo Xi Yu” ,there are many hotels there,in the afternoon,we went to the Yellow Dragon Cave, only half of a day’s enough for this ... 3 photos [full story]
D1：We arrived at in the morning, take bus to “Suo Xi Yu” ,there are many hotels there,in the afternoon,we went to the Yellow Dragon Cave, only half of a day’s enough for this ... 3 photos [full story]
June 15th 2009 Asia » China » Hunan » ChangSha
So once again my Littlest Hobo moment has come and it's time to move on. Exams and marking finished last week so even though my contract is up at the end of July, I'm free to go. I have a Visa until m ... 5 photos [full story]
So once again my Littlest Hobo moment has come and it's time to move on. Exams and marking finished last week so even though my contract is up at the end of July, I'm free to go. I have a Visa until m ... 5 photos [full story]
May 9th 2009 Asia » China » Hunan » Yongzhou » Jianghua
We made plans with the other foreign teachers in Jianghua, Sam and Anna, to go see the Qing Yan cave. The Qing Yan cave is quite a large cave that winds through to the other side then back on a lower ... 14 photos [full story]
We made plans with the other foreign teachers in Jianghua, Sam and Anna, to go see the Qing Yan cave. The Qing Yan cave is quite a large cave that winds through to the other side then back on a lower ... 14 photos [full story]
May 7th 2009 Asia » China » Hunan » Yongzhou » Jianghua
It began with a bit of a hiccup. National or rumored international Mayday was the previous weekend. However, Senior 3 would need the entire school for exams the following weekend, so rather than givin ... 17 photos [full story]
It began with a bit of a hiccup. National or rumored international Mayday was the previous weekend. However, Senior 3 would need the entire school for exams the following weekend, so rather than givin ... 17 photos [full story]
May 21st 2009 Asia » China » Hunan » Liuyang
After a 3-1/2 hour bus ride that turned into a 4-1/2 hour ride we arrived in Louyang about 45 minutes late. The road was really rough, too rough to read, the driver went really super slow, stopping f ... [full story]
After a 3-1/2 hour bus ride that turned into a 4-1/2 hour ride we arrived in Louyang about 45 minutes late. The road was really rough, too rough to read, the driver went really super slow, stopping f ... [full story]
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