http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Devin MoHonglei/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Devin MoHonglei en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:36:50 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:36:50 UTC For those interested I'd just like to go about a quick and mildly comprehensive of my experience here in Guizhou China. Without delving too deeply into the personal reactions observations etc...I would just like to share with you some phenomena and general occurrences.Since completing the summer English language training program in August I decided not to return to Tsinghua University in Beij http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guizhou/blog-218248.html Hello genteJust writing a quick note to let those who by some stroke of fate might be thinking about me and whether or not i'm still alive or lost out in the world. I assure you i am thriving and quite alive just busy out my ears lately and by lately i mean all the time. i apologise for not writing for a good long while and if things quiet down or i feel i've made enough language progress the http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guizhou/Guiyang/blog-211347.html Guiyang My days here in Guiyang consist of roughly 10 hours of teaching. I teach 20 aspiring English Tour Guides the English language in the context of Tourism etc... from 900am530pm with a 2 hour break for lunch and time to prep for the following dayrsquos class. Though I am tired to the point of losing all abilities of comprehension I love every minute of this liv http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guizhou/Guiyang/blog-192407.html Situated in the hills that surround Congjiang the riverside Chinese equivalent of a onehorse town Basha is perhaps the most wellknown and popular Miao village in the state. In terms of scenery Basha most certainly puts the former to shame. While still touched by the hand of development evident in one or two of the photos I posted this village spread through the lush foothills of southeast http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guizhou/Basha/blog-180468.html PERFORMANCETANG2AN12007 June 6 Woke up early as the crowing rooster outside our room 4am6am ventured over to the restaurant to nibble at some Chinese breakfast but just consumed a bunch of tea and had a little bit of Chinese bfast dumpling. After exploring the surrounding rice paddies and taking in the scenery with some of my friends we all went to the entrance of the village to follow http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/blog-167158.html ZHAO4XING2007 June 6 Nyah4 lai4 ldquoni3hao3rdquo in Dong4hua4the language of the Dong After flying into Gui4yang2 airport the ventricle to the vast and varied yet continuously rainsoaked at least during this fertile and most rainy of rainy seasons province of Gui4zhou1 we the WM tour group led the wonderful miss Li4 Dong1xia2 Dongxia as we kindly address her and local Guiz http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/blog-167154.html Hello friends and family alike Itrsquos me Devin writing to you from Hong2Qiang2Fan4Dian4 Red Wall Hotel in Jing3Shan1 a zone in Beijing fairly central just several blocks from the Forbidden City itself as well as Tiananmen Square. I thought I would keep you up to date from time to time on my life here in China for the next 7 months sorry if I forgot to mention it so I hope you all http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/blog-165149.html