http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China en-us Sat, 17 May 2008 12:25:07 BST Sat, 17 May 2008 12:25:07 BST To be completed but please access the linkThe Olympic Torch in Nanchang John Nanchang China number 185 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Jiangxi/Nanchang/Xin-Jian/blog-277092.html So yesterday I went to work at the Post Office. I hadn't been there since the earthquake happened in China. Seriously all morning people were asking if I was still planning to go if flights were cancelled if it was going to affect the Olympics if I knew anyone in the quake etc. Some more informed collegues were comparing the Burma hurricaine and the China earthquake ... and by some I me http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Chengdu/blog-277034.html Hi there folks. Well it's almost 2AM in Beijing and my body just decided to realize it's in China so I'm wide awake and thought I would fill you in on our trevails in the process of getting here. Thankfully we stayed in KC the night before the trip so we didn't have to tack on an additional few hours to an already long trip. We had some issues with the weight limits for bags in going through http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/blog-277003.html We thought a bit of a female perspective might be a good idea so I took the camera with me for one of my times walking around Wuhan getting lost and finding new and interesting places. I did however begin my trek on the bus. I started my morning at 9 am by getting on our normal bus the 586. I hopped off at the wonderful little park with the windmill that was in earlier entries. This left me w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hubei/Wuhan/blog-276915.html A cyclone struck a wide low land area in Burma. More than 100000 corpses many still lay lying rotting in drowned fields. Stench and terror in the air aid slow to come but coming indeed. A frantic mother fear terror saddness wretched tears in eyes holds her young daughter all amidst the quiet deathly scene. A figment of reality. Reality that means it IS it IS happening right no http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-276821.html Zigong Dinosaur MuseumYou may not know this about me but I was an archaeology major in college. Before any archaeologists or palentologsts get bent out of shape I know that dinosaurs are not archaeology. I only wanted to say that I love history and especially dig sites. When I went to Chengdu in 2006 I wanted to stop at the Zigong Dinosaur museum. It's one of the three largest dinosaur museum http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Chengdu/blog-276815.html Leshan Giant BuddhaI have been dreaming of visiting the Leshan Giant Buddha for many years. Finally in 2006 I got my chance. I took a tour to Chengdu with China Odyssey Tours. It was wonderful I didn't know it but the Leshan Giant Buddha is actually an entire park like area. It is located near Leshan City which is near Chengdu City. The Giant statue is not actually of The Buddha but of Maitrey http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Chengdu/blog-276810.html Chengdu teahousesWhen I took a trip to Chengdu one of the things I planned to do was visit one of Chengdu's tea houses. I am a lover of Chinese tea and living in Guilin we don't have many traditional tea houses and so I wanted to check out what a real traditional tea house was like. There are a lot of teahouses scattered throughout Chengdu. I think I'd like to live there just to attempt to try http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Chengdu/blog-276805.html Indescribable TibetHow to describe Tibet I have heard it called ldquoShangri Lardquo and I have heard it called ldquoThe Rooftop of the Worldrdquo but there is really no accurate way to describe this amazing and mysterious place in a few simple words or even paragraphs. It is an absolutely amazing place that time seems to have forgotten. It features some of the most breathtaking man http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/blog-276786.html Aside from Eric and me booking into a love hotel accidentally think vibrating condoms 'private parts lotion' porn exclusively on tv etc the rest of this is pretty self explanatory. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-276777.html Saturday 3rd May I stayed up the night before till around 430 typing my diary and packing my bags. We had set two alarms so that we would wake up and not miss our bus that was leaving at 730. We had to be at there at 700 to make sure it wouldnrsquot leave with out us. A guy from our hotel came and knocked on our door at 715 to tell us that we had to be there now. This was not a good sign. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-276772.html A lot of things have happened since my last blog entry not all good but I'll start from where I left off.We arrived in Kunming about 11 days ago to lovely sunny weather and made our way to the Hump Hostel which would be our home for the next couple of days. There was a great communal area in this hostel with a terrace that looked out over the square below providing a nice view of the city and http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Chengdu/blog-276644.html What I thought was a simple Beijing rumbling has turned into the most devastating natural disaster China has experienced in recent decades. I was sitting at my desk willing myself to crack open my books and begin studying when I experienced a sudden onslaught of vertigo. I looked up at the ceiling and noticed my hanging lights noticeably swinging back and forth. When I stood up to get a better http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Wudaokou/blog-276571.html CHINA Inc photos of Xian to Hong Kong Well the China segment is now complete so thought Id better put some words to the picturesBeijing Host city to this summers Olympic games After being dropped in the middle of nowhere by the bus from the airport we eventually found a quiet little hostel behind a temple near to the Forbidden City. To find it you had to first accept you'd probably get lost i http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shanghai/blog-276510.html So as you've probably heard there has been a disastrous earthquake in the Sichuan province of China. It's really a tragedy what's happened. I've been getting a lot of emails these last few days to make sure that I'm OK. I just wanted to let everyone know that I am 100 fine. I am very far from the epicenter of the earthquake. Here in Nanjing it was just a small tremor. My friends who live http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Jiangsu/Nanjing/blog-276486.html Hejsa folkens nu fik jeg endelig taget mig sammen til at skrive blog men s har jeg til gengld ogs en del at skrive om tror jeg nok. For der er jo sket en del siden jeg sidst skrev. Som sdvanligt vil det vre lidt rodet...JordsklvN men frst s vil jeg lige forsikre om at Trine Jacob undertegnede og alle jeg kender er OK efter jordsklvet.Her i Nanjing mrkede jeg ikke noget til det men http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Jiangsu/Nanjing/blog-276463.html So thanks to everyone who expressed concern after this huge earthquake that struck Wenchuan 2776624029 County here in Sichuan. I am perfectly safe and was never in any danger whatsoever. I figured I would have to wait 'til LA to get to experience my first earthquake I'm totally curious to know what it's like to feel the freaking EARTH freaking MOVE and never guessed it one would strike l http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Chengdu/blog-276440.html The 9th Shanghai World Grand Wushu Festival was hosted on May 14 2008. I was invited to compete in this annual event and I signed up to demonstrate three forms. The first would be a Taiji form that I learned from Zhou Laoshi my Taiji teacher here in China. The second two were to be representative of my true love Chen Jia Wushu which I have learned back in America. I signed up for a Gun F http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shanghai/blog-276439.html EARTHQUAKE Well.. Where do I start What a crazy experience. First I'm ok and yes I'm out now of Chengdu. Thanks to all who checked in on me So as promised I'll try and fill you in on everything that happened.I arrived in Chengdu the night before the earthquake and fortunately was only planning to hang around the city area and see the local sights that day. I found an internet cafe see p http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangxi/Guilin/blog-276419.html Hello AllSurprise Surprise I have decided to take the hint from many adoptive family's I have worked with and start my own blog. Of course mine will not be quite as exciting since I will not be bringing home a child we will save that for another blog.I hope to be able to put some photos and notes about my trip to China here for all of you to see in case you are interested.I will be in Chi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-276317.html Pero ya van a ver ustedes que no todo lo que he hecho aqu ha sido trabajar no seor tambin me ha quedado tiempo para bailar un poco de merengue y salsa gracias a Dios que todava podemos no Si que pena con los vecinos pues cuando ando en son de arreglada de apartamento la msica no me falta pues me da energa el trapero y la escoba se mueven mas bonito y yo feliz que ni me doy cuenta http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Zhuhai/blog-276227.html The past couple days have been a whirlwind I went from Hiroshima to Nagasaki. The weather wasn't great here but I met the same guy in Hiroshima and we toured around. The next morning it was raining and we went to an Onsen a traditional Japanese bath on an island nearby but there were not many people there.I wanted to go to the baseball game in Fukuoka when I got back there but I didn't realize http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/blog-276190.html arrived at putong airport guangzhou at 1015am. not my first time in guangzhou so at least we know where we're heading something you would appreciate when you have backpacks on your back. arrived at the bus terminal and realised that the previous bus left at 1130am and the next bus is at 2030hrs. many many hours to kill .. so we left our packs at the baggage lockers and roamed guangzhou.well http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangxi/Yangshuo/blog-276140.html