Blogs from Yunnan, China, Asia - page 155

After 3 1/2 weeks living at Wuwei monastary, I have become highly proficient in eating Vegan food, trying to fly, living without electricity and generally making a nuisance of myself. But I yearn for some freedom and to break the grind. highly liberating to finally set out on my chinese bicycle and feel the wind in my hair. It is fairly likely that my bike will fall apart (again), I will get lost, and end up running back to the monastary (my safe haven)... but we'll see. Leaving behind cobbles and roadworks of Dali, my plan is to cycle to Deqin, the last post in Yunnan before the Tibetan border. The route I plan to take follows not the main highway, but smaller mountain roads through some of the remoter areas, of which I know very ... read more

Possibly my greatest aspiration when deciding to travel to China was to find an opportunity to learn martial arts in a traditional setting. When I heard about Wuwei Si, a buddhist monastary near Dali, where one can live and study Taichi and Kung-fu with monks, I had to check it out... On the side of ... Mountain, hidden in forest, I found an old wooden compound, nicely restored in its traditional form with a courtyard and small fountain outside the main prayer chamber. Several novice monks, tending to plants and burning incense pointed me in the direction of the training area out the back. There I found some young monks dressed in yellow green and orange robes going through a series of movements with several foreign students. I was soon invited to join for lunch with ... read more

day off 5 Jun 2003 arrived Kunming last night with other friends from YuanYang. we are came for a lecture meeting here about ecotourism. cause they need to work today and I have a day free until the meeting for tomorrow. so...think I will go to visit the botanic garden here in Kunming. got the route checked out and jump into the bus. gotto switch to anther bus in the north station. it took me almost 2 hours to get there. 5 yuans for entry. actually I came here because I heard they has a fern house for exhibition. but I find the garden is so nice and peaceful..in Chinese standard(perhaps because I hadn't seen a garden for a long time), there are so many different kind of trees and plants, a huge area to explore ... read more

7 Apr 2003 bus to ZhaoTong at 19:00pm, yeah...do you believe that???!!! the driver said it will take off at 19:30...ok...at least there was a time figure!! at last we left the station at quarter past 8, better than I expected! not for very long...it stop to pick up some goods, and not long after we stop for dinner, ok...we go again and as usual...fill up gasoline...and than stop again for water... never ending! oh...I forgot...road accident...never completed a journey without this! I am not tall but the bed is short, I wonder how the westerner can get by, so...no complain! a day in ZhaoTong 8 Apr 2003 slept a little, the fifth times when I open my eye it was brighten up and we was near. finally we arrive in ZhaoTong(the city where Marco Polo ... read more

2001年的圣诞节，我们又回到了昆明市－云南的首府。今天只去了市中心的翠湖公园，悠闲地在昆明过了一天。公园湖面上成千只红嘴鸥，有时成群飞起，有时争抢食物，极为壮观。... read more