Blogs from Hunan, China, Asia - page 16

After 4 weeks of chinese culture the regulations of goverment forced me to leave the country,more or less. Heading off to Hongkong,seeing the western culture after weeks of the Asian one i made it back to Mainland. Because of tighten time schedule iwas forced to cut a lot of my ideas. Trying to obtain everything for Tibet is not a funny and relaxed part of this travel and having the doubts and fears of loosing more and more time i decided to rush my trip through china a bit. Nevertheless, this country is worth a travel, not only a visit. ... read more

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 mid-August so I'm planning a couple of months traveling around China. Then it's back to UK for a PGCE. Changsha So, Changsha eh? For those of you planning a visit, here are some Pro's and Con's Pro's - Known as the party capital of China, the street I live on has about 30 or 40 bars. Two new bar-littered streets have popped up since I've been here. They don't exactly offer a lot of diversity, but they're there. - Street food. You're peckish at 5am in the morning? No problem. Watch out for your ... read more

Life in Jianghua Winding down the semester in Jiang hua. A quick post of pictures. With the frog of the wall, the bearded acupuncturist friend we found. Some students and the life of the silk worm. Many students have families that raise silk worms for their silk and so many bring a few into class for pets. They eat mulberry leaves spin a cocoon of silk and hatch out to be moths. Then they lay eggs hatch and start over. A pretty fun project but it leaves the one mulberry tree on campus a little worn when all those babies hatch hungry. ... read more

Provincia de Hunan Zhang Jia Jie 湖南 张家界 Viaje con colegas de la Universidad de Jilin a Zhang Jia Jie Según los geólogos, las 3.000 colinas verdes de este territorio se formaron durante cientos de millones de años, debido a la erosión causada por el movimiento de las aguas. Hace 1.500 millones de años, los violentos movimientos terrestres que se produjeron en el área convirtieron la tierra en hoyos marinos y causaron erupciones volcánicas submarinas. La gran cantidad de cuarzo contenido en estos estallidos constituyó el material básico que formó después los bosques de colinas de piedra que se encuentran en Zhangjiajie. Hace 380 millones de años, gran parte del noroeste de Hunan permaneció sumergido bajo el mar. De tal modo, en el lecho marino de poca profundidad de Wulingyuan y Zhangjiajie se depositó una gran ... read more

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 giving the first and second year student's two 3 day weekends in a row they delayed the holiday to this weekend. Throw out the plans of students seeing their families when they were let out of the factory hundreds of miles away, teachers who had rented cars and made reservations with friends in other provinces, national edict and rumored international sanction. After a week of hearing plans dashed, ours were delayed with little interruption. Students from the town of Jianghua itself wanted to give us the tour de culture past and present. As the students usually get up at 6am they decided to ... read more