http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Hunan en-us Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:04:41 +0000 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:04:41 +0000 Weekend avec mes collegues fin Novembre... Apres une soiree dans la city de Beijing le jeudi soir matin ... ... on sest envole pour la province de Hunan et plus precisement la ville de Zhanggiajie... Ouaip Pas facile a prononcer... Au programme rando dans les montagnes avec des paysages a couper le souffle... C est un site qui est tres touristique mais que de la population chinoise... Res http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/Zhangjiajie/blog-457397.html Many of you have commented that you would like to know more about Hungry our Mascot. Without any further ado we present...The Many Sides of Hungry And yes we ARE crazy http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/Guilin/blog-448576.html Let's do the math on this one. Really nice hostel 4 a night. Lunch of dumplings and noodles in the most beautiful park I've ever seen 1.50. Onehour massages by highly skilled therapists 3.50. The temperature outside 79 degrees. They have mountains palm trees and wild monkeys. We may never leave this townAh Guilin. This is the spot I was most looking forward to and it does n http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/Guilin/blog-448307.html Hey everyoneSo here's what happened. I went on New Years holiday and so much junk happened that I just never got around to writing about it all. Yeah i've been lazy about it leave me alone So what's been happening I finished the school year went back to the USA and decided to come back to China for another year. wheeSo we will basically pick up like I was never gone and just start writi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/Shaoyang/blog-429850.html Llevo 10 das de viaje y parece que llevo mas de un mes. Llegue a Xian sin ningn problema y muy fcil de llegar desde el aeropuerto un simple autobs que te lleva hasta el mismo centro donde se puede encontrar la torre de la campana Bell Tower fui andando a mi hotel que estaba al lado de la muralla Sudoeste de la ciudad. La ciudad de Xian se ve muy rpido en cuestin de medio da has visto http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/blog-425080.html After 4 weeks of chinese culture the regulations of goverment forced me to leave the countrymore or less.Heading off to Hongkongseeing the western culture after weeks of the Asian one i made it back to Mainland.Because of tighten time schedule iwas forced to cut a lot of my ideas.Trying to obtain everything for Tibet is not a funny and relaxed part of this travel and having the doubtsand fears o http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/Guilin/blog-419067.html D165306We arrived at Zhangjiajie in the morning take bus to ldquoSuo Xi Yurdquo there are many hotels therein the afternoonwe went to the Yellow Dragon Cave only half of a dayrsquos enough for this view spot. We lived in ldquoSuo Xi Yurdquo.D265306Buy ticket from ldquoSuo Xi Yurdquo we took hybrid bus in the square to Tianzi Mountainthen we took cable car upto the He Lon http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/Zhangjiajie/blog-416506.html Life in JianghuaWinding down the semester in Jiang hua. A quick post of pictures. With the frog of the wall the bearded acupuncturist friend we found. Some students and the life of the silk worm. Many students have families that raise silk worms for their silk and so many bring a few into class for pets. They eat mulberry leaves spin a cocoon of silk and hatch out to be moths. Then they lay eggs http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/Yongzhou/Jianghua/blog-408345.html Foreign Teacher expo ning Yian. This was a foreign teacher appreciation day for the teachers in our area Yongzhou City. We went to an area called Ning Yian. We were able to see a temple to a sun dynasty emperor a mountian with etchings from li bai and a giant cave where we watched and did a performance. Everyone was told about the expo the day before or the night before drove the next morning wa http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/Yongzhou/blog-408343.html So once again my Littlest Hobo moment has come and it's time to move on. Exams and marking finished last week so even though my contract is up at the end of July I'm free to go. I have a Visa until midAugust so I'm planning a couple of months traveling around China. Then it's back to UK for a PGCE. Changsha So Changsha eh For those of you planning a visit here are some Pro's and Con's Pro's http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/ChangSha/blog-402205.html We made plans with the other foreign teachers in Jianghua Sam and Anna to go see the Qing Yan cave. The Qing Yan cave is quite a large cave that winds through to the other side then back on a lower level with a boat ride from a lower level under. We brought along two girls from my Senior 1 level class Becky and Lyda and two students from Steve's Senior 2 classes Berry and Michael as our guid http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/Yongzhou/Jianghua/blog-401970.html After a 312 hour bus ride that turned into a 412 hour ride we arrived in Louyang about 45 minutes late. The road was really rough too rough to read the driver went really super slow stopping for the men to take pit stops behind bushes on occassion.We finally arrived in Louyang but Ryan Townsend who was to meet us was nowhere near. Mike and I went out to the street and looked around but n http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/Liuyang/blog-401693.html It began with a bit of a hiccup. National or rumored international Mayday was the previous weekend. However Senior 3 would need the entire school for exams the following weekend so rather than giving the first and second year student's two 3 day weekends in a row they delayed the holiday to this weekend. Throw out the plans of students seeing their families when they were let out of the factory http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/Yongzhou/Jianghua/blog-401669.html Provincia de Hunan Zhang Jia Jie 2824621335 243522347830028 Viaje con colegas de la Universidad de Jilin a Zhang Jia JieSegn los gelogos las 3.000 colinas verdes de este territorio se formaron durante cientos de millones de aos debido a la erosin causada por el movimiento de las aguas. Hace 1.500 millones de aos los violentos movimientos terrestres que se produjeron en el http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/ChangSha/blog-398227.html Saturday the April 18th we received a 9am phone call from an echo outside our window. Our foreign affairs officer Solar standing outside our door wanted to take us for an outing. We have now learned an outing can be anything from mountain climbing to a fancy dinner. We were not to be let down.We were hustled out the door grabbing what we thought we might need and changing into what we thought mig http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/Yongzhou/Jianghua/blog-396195.html Just a few pictures from a BBQ we had a few weeks back. Our students on the Australian programme finished their exams so we went to the Botanical Gardens to have a BBQ and see the cherry blossom.Most of my teaching this year especially Maths teaching has been centred around these students so it was nice to see them off. The teaching load has reduced since then which has also been a relief.Seei http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/ChangSha/blog-388909.html Zhangjiajie is situated in the northwest of the Hunan province just south of the Yangtse river. The forest park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992. It is a well known in China but not so much outside China. It is a bit difficult to get to although there are connections by plane and a few trains connect the area to Changsha and other Chinese cities. I had read a little about it somewhere http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/Zhangjiajie/blog-384112.html Steve and I have been teaching for 3 weeks now in Jiang Hua. It's not the original town we thought we were going to but it's not too far away from Jiang Yong. Jiang Hua is a small city located in southern Hunan province and it's a short walk to the outer edge of the city where there are green rocky hills lowland farms growing rice vegetables greens and mushrooms and a large silty river. T http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/Yongzhou/Jianghua/blog-381850.html Pictures from our last month in China http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/blog-367301.html Wow. So what a holiday i've had. I've spent New Years in Hawaii with friends without friends mostly without friends KUKU But this year was bar none the best holidays i've ever had. Amazing new friends amazing new girlfriend yeah yeah i'm sure you all heard from someone by now. and an amazing new country. First off let me explain something. Christmas is NOT a holiday that is recogn http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/Shaoyang/blog-359708.html