http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Sometimes-I-feel-like-throwing-my-hands-up-in-the-air/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air en-us Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:42:11 +0000 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:42:11 +0000 Keeping this short and sweet.In Luang Prabang Laos.It's really great here.Was at a bear rescue centre and swam in some waterfalls yesterday.Going to Vang ViengPhonsavan tomorrow.Travelling with 3 great guys.1 British.2 French Canadian.Been in the Northern Laos countryside Udomxai Muang Kuai Muang Ngoi Neua Nong Khiaow trekking relaxing getting drenched in the wet season downpours eaten http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Laos/West/Luang-Prabang/blog-417029.html Hey just a quick message to update you on my trip to Laos. Crossed the border fine with no swine flu and it's been pretty rainy. Luckily I've met some great people to travel with and at the moment I'm in LuangNam Tha. Done a bit of walkingtrekking in the area but today was a bit hairraising... A bunch of us booked a kayak day trip on the river and to cut a long story short out of the 13 of http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Laos/North/Luang-Namtha/blog-414392.html After settling into Jane's Guesthouse that evening eating some Tibetan style dinner with a GermanCanadian couple and a Korean guy who'd just done the trek that day we decided to plan on doing the gorge trek in only one day and not two. Then we could return to the guesthouse for dinner and have a bit of a birthday celebration as I asked Jane to make us some apple pies So with a long day ahead http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/blog-409349.html Just a wee update on my whereabouts for those who are worriedwonderingkeeping an eye on my movementsI'm currently in Jinghong Xishuangbanna in Yunnan province China. Tomorrow morning I'm heading into Laos by bus to Luang Nam Tha luckily with a few people I met at the hostel to keep the journey entertaining..then I'm possibly heading onto UdomxaiMuang Ngoi and then Luang Prabang.I will try http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/blog-413389.html In the morning we decided to head to the 3 pagodas in Daliaiming to miss the crowds and cram in as much as we could before 12pm when we had to get our bus to Qiaotou. Arriving at about 7am we were the only ones there so we literally had the whole place to ourselves till about 8.30 when the tour groups started arriving.Overall I'm not sure if the 120RMB entrance fee was worth it luckily I used http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-411523.html So we finally left Jingdezhen and caught our train to Kunming on the Wednesday night. Although I'm travelling pretty light a 35litre normal rucksack Brad and Kim had all the stuff they were bringing home wuith them so we had A LOT to carry betwwen the 3 of usOur friends Xiao ni and Shen jie dropped us at the station at 2am and lets just say the process of getting onto the train was an interes http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/blog-409705.html Just a little update for you all...will go into more detail when I get the chance sometime next weekAnyway...left Jingdezhen arrived in Kunming and came to Dali today..tomorrow we're off to the base of the Tiger leaping Gorge where we'll be for a couple of days then back to Kunming so that Brad Kim can catch their flight to Beijing and home..Already seen and experienced some amazing things f http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/blog-408137.html So this weekend has been a little busy to say the least...Friday was an extremely long day of giving 70 English oral tests to my students. Starting at 8am I didnrsquot finish up until 4.30pm I decided to give job interviews as their final exam so luckily I heard some interesting replies which I guess kept me going through my 8 hour onslaught.One example was an English teacher interview wher http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Jiangxi/blog-406547.html So those of you who don't really know where I've been for the majority of this past yearyear a half here are a few images of Jingdezhen from the past couple of weeks to give you a tiny bit of an idea...A couple of exhibitionstalkslectures by Brad Birkhimer USA and Peter Fulop IRELAND at the Pottery WorkshopThe old part of town during the Dragon boat festivalwhere I was invited to my fri http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Jiangxi/blog-405245.html Well my time in Jingdezhen seems to be coming to an end. I'll be back sometime over the next few months to pick up the stuff I'm leaving behind maybe stay a little while to makefinish up some studio work..but we'll have to see how things pan out I guess...So let the preparations beginI thought I'd start up this blog as I have a feeling the access to my email and internet accounts might be re http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Jiangxi/blog-405169.html