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Asia » China » Yunnan » Yuxi June 18th 2010

Wednesday June 16th was Dragon Boat Festival. This festival is on the 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar calendar every year. Seeing as I had the day off from work, it was a good opportunity to see more of the area. A few of the teaching assistants at my school and their university friend (who is Japanese) went to Longma Mountain in the morning. The hike up took somewhere around 2 hours. There were a couple kinds of berries to pick along the way (one kind was very sour and not ripe at all, but tasted very healthy =), and fiddleheads (young ferns). I was coming down with a cold, and had a very sore back (too much basketball) that day, but I had a great time, nonetheless. My friends are funny and ... read more
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Asia » China » Yunnan » Yuxi June 7th 2010

Wet season is finally here in Yunnan. Skies have been gray with off and on rain showers from morning until night. Today was different, though. The sky was a gorgeous blue with puffy fair weather clouds. A good day for a bike ride. I am building up for a ride to Fuxian lake. That will be about a 3 hour ride on country roads (unless I ride on the expressway, which might take 2 hours). Seeing as I spent the early part of the day watching the NBA finals (GO CELTICS!) I figured an active afternoon would make up for another lazy morning. And the ride gave me an opportunity to take more pictures of some of the scenery from the hills. Also, I DJed at a club in town on Saturday night (it's becoming a ... read more
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Asia » China » Yunnan » Yuxi May 24th 2010

Howdy all, I've been in Yuxi just around 2 months now. I've got 10 months more here before I move on through SE Asia and then back home. I've been thinking about home a lot lately. This week marks one year abroad for me. I left Seattle on May 28, 2009. I expect I'll be back in the states around the same time in 2011. Two years in Asia, wow! Anyway, it's best not to look too far ahead as Yunnan province in China has some great things going for it. So, I hope you enjoy the pictures and seeing a little bit of the area and some of my favorite spots. All the best, -M... read more
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Asia » China » Yunnan » Yuxi May 19th 2010

After long absence caused by lack of a computer and all sorts of other problems, I'm back... Time for another post then. It's a tradition in China (not in all places though) that from time to time, a boss of some company, within the framework of integration and having some rest, organizes a trip for all the staff. In the middle of May, we (me and 50 Chinese people) went to a small, quite charming place Chengjiang, famous for the lake, water attractions, shrimp pan cakes, "seafood", many kinds of fish, rice served with potatoes, lychee wine, meals made of lotus flowers and... green peas ice cream. Yes... another Chinese abstraction :) So we set off in the afternoon, got to the place in the evening and after a short walk on the Chinese beach came ... read more
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Tingshi and Hou Xia :)

Asia » China » Yunnan » Yuxi May 11th 2010

Nothing much here but some photos of the wonderful place I live in. =)... read more
across the street from Maya
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