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After a reccommendation from a friend, I went to a Temple in the mountains near Dali. For a week I was doing Tai Chi with a few foreigners and some Chinese. 'Wu wei (traditional Chinese: 無爲; simplified Chinese: 无为; pinyin: wúwéi) is an important concept of Taoism (Daoism), that involves knowing when to act and when not to act. Another perspective to this is that "Wu Wei" means natural action - as planets revolve around the sun, they "do" this revolving, but without "doing" it; or as trees grow, they "do", but without "doing". Thus knowing when (and how) to act [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 18th 2009 | 171 Views | [diary=409644]


By ellehcimclarke
May 18th 2009
Onward in China Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming
What with exams and various complications with the teaching, I decided to move on so went to Kunming, the capital of Yunnan in South West China [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 18th 2009 | 26 Views | [diary=409639]


Owen College for a little while. Voluntarily teaching English in Primary schools in return for free accommodation, food and chinese lessons. [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 11th 2009 | 36 Views | [diary=397933]


Beijing - Xi'an - Shanghai - Yangshuo - Longjo Terraces - Hong Kong [View Full Entry]

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By ellehcimclarke
March 27th 2009
Arrival in China Asia » China » Beijing
Teh Trans Mongolian ended up in Beijing. Beijing is wonderful! [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 11th 2009 | 14 Views | [diary=397929]


By ellehcimclarke
March 22nd 2009
Mongolia Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar
A couple more days on the train to reach Ulaanbaatar. Visited a Ger camp. [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 11th 2009 | 9 Views | [diary=397928]


By ellehcimclarke
March 14th 2009
Trans Siberian  Europe » Russia » Siberia » Irkutsk
The train from Moscow to Irkutsk and then Lake Baikal was 4 nights on the train. [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 11th 2009 | 14 Views | [diary=397927]


Moscow times. [View Full Entry]

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The overnight train was an adventure - especially with the Border control. [View Full Entry]

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It was festival time. Traditional Lithuanian experience! [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 11th 2009 | 14 Views | [diary=397921]




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