When we first arrived at Buckland Teachers College we were taught a few Chinese phrases to get us by like 'how much?', 'too expensive!', 'Hello, how are you?' and 'I am a teacher, I have no money' so shopkeepers dont think just because I am a foreigner that I have lots of money. Soooo.... I have been happily going along saying..wo shi lao shi saying it exactly as it reads, but the first shi is pronouced shi and second is prounced tsi.. instead of saying I am a teacher, i have been saying... I am a mouse........!!! Chinese have 4 tones [View Full Entry]

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FRIDAY 23 FEBRUARY: Well, I have arrived into Guigang and I could not have wished for a better school, apartment or teachers. Guigang is very clean, quite modern from what I have seen, with wide roads and friendly people. The school is very small, 950 students compared to some of the others that have around 6000 students, the class sizes are 36 - 40 compared to some other school that have up to 100. I was picked up from the bus station by the Headmaster, Mr Huang and the Vice Headmaster, Mr Deng (pronounced Dung) and the Head of English Liz, [View Full Entry]

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It is hard to put everything I see, hear, taste and experience into words. I went for a 'hair wash' yesterday. My hair was washed while sitting in the chair opposite the mirror, I received a wonderful head and neck massage for about 20 minutes then I was headed over to the wash basin where I lay down on a comfy leather bed with my head on a leather pillow inside the wash basin, the shampoo and condition was rinsed out and afterward I was asked how I would like my hair blowdried.. $3 and 45 minutes later my hair was [View Full Entry]

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Firstly, all instructions for the computer are in Chinese and I have no idea how to download photos from my camera.... will definately work it out by my next blog... Love to all... Danz. My flight to Hong Kong was squashy, hot, bumping and smelly... The Chinese man, probably in his early 40's sitting next to me slept most of the way and had his face leaning towards me with his mouth open.. breathing his stinky breathe all over me for almost the whole trip.... I had to do something as I couldnt breathe!!!!!! So i lifted my arm up and [View Full Entry]

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Probably not the norm for a travel blog but here are some photos from my birthday / going away drinks on Saturday.... 3 days til I leave for China!! [View Full Entry]

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Been home for 3 months and have found some new photos from my time in Kanchanaburi and the Tiger Temple just outside of Kanchanaburi (about 90ks west of Bangkok).... [View Full Entry]

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After meeting Damien at Bangkok Airport we caught a plane straight to Krabi which is south Thailand the gateway to the islands on the west side of Thailand. We decided to go to Ko Phi Phi and stayed for 4 nights. It was wonderful to relax in the sun. drinking, eating, swimming - the water was so warm. I have been staying in guest houses that only have cold water so the warm sea felt a little strange on my body. The first day we just laid around, checked out the island. Phi Phi was completely destroyed from the Tsunami in [View Full Entry]

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Yes i was attacked by an evil Monkey in Lop buri... more on that later!! Sukhothai Historial Park was really really beautiful. It was about a 20 minute local bus ride out to the historial Park. I hired a bike and strolled (can you stroll on a bike???) well peddled slowly anyway. Weather warm, sky blue, grass green and freshly manicured. After a couple of hours cruising around i came to a Massage House....... Geeez, how can i resist i tell ya??? i stopped in for an hour thai massage 100 Baht then hop on my trusty bike, water bottle in [View Full Entry]

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I was in Vientiane, Lao about to cross the Laos / Thailand border via a huge bridge that crosses the Mekong called the Friendship Bridge, financed by Australia at the end of my last blog.... I think i should go back a few steps as there are a few things i forgot to say about Lao. I forgot to mention that while i was there i went to a Traditional Lao Massage house every single day, yep, every day - except for the last day during my projectile vomiting stage. First up i would go for an hour massage which is [View Full Entry]

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Days away 16 Massages 6 Traditional Lao Stream room 2 Marriage proposals 2 I am at peace when i live in the moment. I a [View Full Entry]

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