Kaili, China Travel Blogs

To Market, To Market
Jan 21, 2009 (46 photos)

... 'd never hired a driver for the day before and we wanted to stop in some other villages along the way. Arranged by the Kaili CITS office. Lunch at a restaurant the driver selected: 70 RMB. This caused a scene, as it's about twice the amount we thought ...

Matang Takes its Toll
Aug 21, 2008 (35 photos)

... harvested watermelons and the side room was occupied by several children watching the Olympic women's gymnastics competition on a shiny new TV. China does have a one-child policy, but as I understand it, minority groups are allowed more. Also, it may not ...

Into the land of Dong
Jan 22, 2009 (38 photos)

... the second taxi driver this morning revs up and pulls away, leaving Dan and I standing on the sidewalk in Rongjiang, south of Kaili. And, just as typically, I curse the guidebook I'm holding in my hand. We want to go to a village up in the mountains, ...

Sun and Rain along the Xi River
Aug 19, 2008 (53 photos)

... the largest village of the Miao racial minority in China. The Miao are known as Hmong among themselves and outside of China. XiJiang occupies the western shoulders and basin of a long river valley. The eastern part of the valley is terraced with ...

Kaili Crack Buns
Aug 21, 2008 (10 photos)

... of hotel shampoo and body wash we've come across in China. *** What it cost: Double room at the Jin Niu Jin Niu: 60/70 RMB (not sure what the hourly rate was...) Four Delicious Kaili Crack Buns: 1 RMB Entrance to the Minorities Museum: 10 RMB

The Chinese Hmong
Aug 2, 2008 (7 photos)

... with those of the Han nationality. THis isn't surprising, given that the Han makes up the overwhelming majority of people in China - 93% of the nation's 1.3 billion. As soon as our plane landed in Guizhou Provence, however, we noticed a difference in ...

Time standing still
Jul 29, 2005 (8 photos)

... ago, but the affluence of Guangdong had banished such impressions until now. Guizhou is officially the poorest province in China and it's staggering to see just how basic lifestyles are in some places. The Dong ethnic minortiy are renknowned for ...

Crazy Train
Jul 31, 2005

... . In the lobby are where I now found myself, I was asked that oh so frequent question for the independent traveller in China, "You travel alone?" Only this time was different because I could easily reply. Whether it was my sleep numbed mind, or more ...

Where very little changed in a millennium.
Sep 28, 2007 (29 photos)

... ;is a national holiday in China for that is the day Mao Zedong proclaimed the creation of the People's Republic of China. I happened to be in Xijiang the day before and the celebrations were already going strong. The local Miao tribe treated us with ...

Khaili and Miao villages around
Aug 3, 2007 (51 photos)

We didn's stop much in Kiali, not much to see. But it's a start point to grab a bus and go to see cute Miao villages.

Kaili
Apr 23, 2006 (13 photos)

Exploring minorities villages in the countryside. Zhaoxing, Matang, Chong'an, Xijaing

Day 16 - Jour 16
Oct 20, 2007 (15 photos)

Day 16 : Saturday 20th of October 2007-10-30 Feng Huang- somewhere in the rice terrace fields  in Guizhou province Odometer: 2884-3065 (181km)  After breakfast at our local road side diner we left for the Guizhou province just a ...

Dog for Dinner in Miao(w?) Country
Jul 30, 2005

... minority, the Miao, there's relatively little to mark this fact. At first glance, you could be forgiven for thinking that Kaili is a town for hypochondriacs. Compared to any other city I've been in China there seem to be an inordinate number of ...

Day 17 - Jour 17
Oct 21, 2007 (66 photos)

Day 17: Sunday 21st of October 2007 Somewhere in the rice terrace fields in Guizhou province - Xijiang - Kaili Odometer: 3065-3302 (237km)   This morning we were startled by voices beside the tent! We scrambled to get dressed and after a small ...

Rongjiang
Aug 2, 2007

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China: Longi Rice Terraces, Pingan
Feb 5, 2007 (30 photos)

It took us about 3 to 4 hours to get here.  This area is populated by a minority group who work the terraces. The road way upto it was up some steep climbs with some great views around us. When we got to our final stop we were met by a few of the ...

Rice Terraces
Jun 7, 2006

... in the fields, and when we made it to the top, spectacular views! It was soooo worth the trip! Comments: We've met more Americans in China than in every other country we've been to combined. Wonton soup is amazing in China (and about 40 cents)!

au pays Miao
May 6, 2008

Bonjour, voila quelques temps que je me promene dans les montagnes et il n'y a pas internet partout ou je n'ai pas su le trouver. J'ai passer de magnifiques moments dans des villages en bois ou vivent ce que l'on nomme ici des minorites. Ce sont des ...

chez les Miao
May 14, 2008

... à Shanghai après plus de deux semaines dans le sud de la Chine. Mon ange gardien m'a encore bien secondé imaginez vous que arrivé à Kaili je savais où je voulais aller, mais je ne savais pas comment et renseigné dans une agence tout le monde m'a dit que je n'y ...

Kaili/Chongan
Jun 11, 2006 (7 photos)

... is a much larger city then we expected...it is the main centre of a large Miao Minority population. Within a 100km radius of Kaili, there are many Miao villages. We visited Chongan village about 1 hour north, but were not overly impressed. We hiked in a ...

Long Day
Sep 12, 2006

After the waterfall we left Anshun and headed to Guiyang for another long bus to Kaili. Getting in at 9pm we were in our hotel room for the first time in a few days that provided us with some well deserved rest. Bliss!

Yang shuo
Mar 28, 2006

We travelled on an overnight train from hong kong to guilin and then a bus to yang shuo. A rural town, that specialises in leisure activities. So we went to cookery school (about time some of you are saying!!) and we learned tai ji and sampled the local ...

Mmmmmm
Oct 22, 2009

... !!  No booze on this train - only a beer, so it was the soberist birthday I have ever had!!!  We arrived in Kaili, stored our bags and caught the bus for our homestay visit for 2 nights!!! After half and hour drive and 20 min walk we reached the ...

Kaili
Dec 14, 2005

A gateway to minority villages on the way to Yangshou

Minority museum
Apr 18, 2008

The museum is not bad but there's nothing in English.

kaili
Dec 2, 2007 (5 photos)

... South Africa, and were especially interested in the wild animals. The 2 day trip we did was probably our best experience in China. It was completely unspoilt. We walked from village to village over 2 days just stopping off at locals houses when food or ...

Our first authentic village experience
Aug 19, 2009 (4 photos)

19/8 - Xijiang Xijiang (pronounced Shijiang) is a picturistic village near Kaili, populated by the "Miao" people. In fact, we understood that most of the region is populated by Miao. We arrived at Xijian at the afternoon, and went about to see the town. ...

Zhaoxing
Dec 19, 2005

very nice Dong village

Back to Kaili
Apr 21, 2006 (9 photos)

... during the night, so planned to get a bus to Leishan first. We just missed one, but there was another bus leaving soon for Kaili. The driver assured us he was going via Leishan, so that was even better than breaking the journey. Sure enough, it was a much ...

Village of the Drum Tower
Jan 28, 2006 (2 photos)

... tractors often time loaded with livestock. The Dong ethnic group, numbered around 2.5 million, resides mostly in southwest China's Guizhou, Hunan, and Guangxi provinces. With no written language of their own until the Chinese government installed a ...