Blogs from Guangdong, China, Asia - page 149

Guangzhou is to the west of America as Dalian is to the east. People in Guangzhou are relaxed and take time in their lives to truly spend freely. People in Dalian are busy - never have time to do anything but study and work. Guangzhou is full of greenery and has water running through it. Dalian has no greenery and has water running on two sides of it. These are some of the observances I've made today as I have traveled around Guandong a little bit - to parts of Guangzhou, Foshan and Daliang. This morning after getting ready for the day I walked around and found the metro to Yuexiu Park where I walked around for quite some time. There were people relaxing in all different parts of the park. Sitting reading books, dancing with ... read more

It has been almost three weeks since I have last been able to put together an entry. The activity level has increased, we have each made some out of town trips, and we have had some more visitors to help us out in our efforts. This past weekend I went to Hong Kong for some professional visits. One of our students was presenting the outline of her research at a conference for Hong Kong and Mainland students. She worked with Ellen on the project (a small bit with me as well) and won the award in her category. She was very pleased, as were we. I also paid a visit to the research center on suicide attached to Hong Kong University and met with some of their staff. They have researched suicide in HK and offered ... read more

Team extraction complete, the elite members of the Beertjie Brigade, Beertjie (Andy), Chewy (Wayne), Nicns (Nic) and operations specialist Crocodile George arrived in Hong Kong to little fanfare. The beginning of this mission however has not been straightfoward stealth tactics. In the first 24 hours the team almost lost Crocodile to a brief encounter with the Third Kind.....but that's another story. Awaiting Nicns arrival at 3:30pm, Beertjie, Chewy and Crocodile landed in Hong Kong at 8am and decided to hit the town, or the island in this case. Jet-lagged from 6 crappy 4x6cm movies, off-the-shelf DIY sleeping pills, and that smell that is so quintessential Asian, we headed straight for the oldest British pub in Hong Kong, The Old China Hand in Wan Chai district - we figured we could grab a bite and even catch ... read more

I am now in Hong Kong after a tough week and a half or so after leaving Xian. I don’t know if I’ve been having bad luck or just what it is, but I can’t say that I’m having a whole lot of fun right now. Mainly trying not to get cheated everywhere I go. And I’m not being too successful at that right now either. I should start out in Xian, where I last left the blog. I spent 4 or 5 days there, the second time I’ve been to Xian. I was mainly there to relax and set up my trip down the Yangtze, but also to see a friend I’d met at the hostel I stayed at last time. That may be where my bad run started, because I was never able to ... read more

Summary - In Happy Valley in Shenzhen you find the theme park SPLENDID CHINA. Splendid China is featuring ´seeing round the ancient, civilized country with a history of 5.000 years and traveling over a land of charm and beauty in one or two days´. You met the wonders of China by walking around and making lots of pictures. This blog is the first part of our visit. When you want to know more about the buildings, history and so on of China you can find it on the internet www.wikpedia.com 0r let´s Google find it for you. Monkey and Bear. Lieve vrienden en vriendinnen, Vandaag gaan wij weer naar Mainland China, Shenzhen. Hier gaan wij zwerven door het onvoorstelbare grote themapark Splendid China. Dit themapark laat op schaal de belangrijkste historische monumenten in China zien. Ook ... read more