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Monday, 31 May 2010 | Views [618]
I've been learning Chinese characters with a colleague from school. Han-Fan Chinese is a company run by Ann and Catherine (English names), with the mission to coach expats' 'China Life'. On Friday June 5th at 8.00pm Guangzhou English channel will broadcast ... Read more >
Tags: mahjong game in guangzhou
Monday, 31 May 2010 | Photo Gallery
Han-Fan Teacher Ann demonstrates
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Tags: guangzhou, mahjong game at the basement
Friday, 7 May 2010 | Photo Gallery
1368 - Emperor HongWu
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Friday, 7 May 2010 | Views [662]
The cycling tour starts at a village 3 hours outside of Beijing, called something like Forever Young. The route is gentle with no steep hills or heavy traffic. There are nice views of small holdings and the road is tree lined with white and lilac wall ... Read more >
Tags: simitai great wall
Tuesday, 4 May 2010 | Views [914] | Comments [1]
Along the river west out of Beijing, we stopped at the 21st century museum to see the civilisation exhibition. It was good, but the exhibition called: Other Peoples' Snow, was an outstanding photographic exhibition of the St Bernard's Hospice in ... Read more >
Tags: olympic village and the summer palace
Tuesday, 4 May 2010 | Photo Gallery
with David from Bicycle Kingdom
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Monday, 3 May 2010 | Views [665]
I met up with David from Bicycle Kingdom at 9.00am. The shop was full of bikes and after a quick trial, I decided on the city bike with a basket. We set off towards the Forbidden City leaving the narrow park and rode along the busy street. The morning ... Read more >
Tags: old beijing
Monday, 3 May 2010 | Photo Gallery
Guided by Bicycle Kingdom
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Sunday, 11 Oct 2009 | Photo Gallery
Nujiang river trip
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Saturday, 10 Oct 2009 | Views [1322]
In the morning, I watched the 60th anniversary of "New" China on the CCTV website. The live pictures streamed onto my laptop of the ethnic minority floats of Yunnan province and Tibet. By the afternoon, I was on my way to Shenzhen to catch ... Read more >
Tuesday, 4 Aug 2009 | Views [941]
I woke up too early, probably
because the Chinese group on the floor below had departed at 4.30 am; I must
have become confused. Eventually, when the
breakfast of steamed bread and honey was finished, we set off to find the
precise ... Read more >
Tags: solar eclipse
Monday, 3 Aug 2009 | Views [1276]
I arrived in Sichuan Province from Guangzhou, Guangdong, in the city of Chengdu. The city lies in a basin, which means that it rarely enjoys the cool breezes of other cities, and it was very humid and hot. There was not much in the way of a ... Read more >
Tags: on the road
Monday, 3 Aug 2009 | Photo Gallery
Day One
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Sunday, 14 Jun 2009 | Photo Gallery
Fujian Province
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Sunday, 14 Jun 2009 | Views [838]
My sister and Mum visited China for the first time in Easter. They arrived in Beijing and then flew to see me in Guangzhou. After that, we joined the plush, luxury cruise ship, Yangtze Number One sailing downstream from Chongqing to Yichang. ... Read more >
Tags: cruising, excursions, river trips
Saturday, 30 May 2009 | Views [511]
Along some dark, difficult roads in a stuffy sleeper coach, my colleague "Joules" and I travelled out of Guangdong Province and into Fujian Province. The temperature was chilly when we arrived in XiaYang, but then it gave us an excuse to talk ... Read more >
Tags: hakka home
Thursday, 29 Jan 2009 | Views [532]
We took the new highway from Guilin to Yangshou and passed Nine Horse fresco hill. The road weaves in between the mountains steadily, and you feel the atmosphere immediately - like a journey into the dragon's mouth where the mountains jut upwards ... Read more >
Thursday, 29 Jan 2009 | Photo Gallery
Guangzhou and Guangzi Provinces
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Monday, 26 Jan 2009 | Views [523]
Only married couples can give red envelopes out in the New Year celebrations, so, when we had finished the school term on Friday 23rd February, the Chinese staff held a raffle of window cuttings, mobiles and other paraphanalia to bring prosperity to ... Read more >
