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Yuxi Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Yuxi, China
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Sixty Sweet Miles
This is a top pick! ... riding like a treat. The sun was also out, taking the sharp edge of the icy winds which we have become used to in China. After having our third morning of Camellia Hotel breakfast, we packed up the bikes in the room. I knew there was a reason ...
Yuxi Day 1
... into his school. We then exchanged gifts and sat back down to watch some performances of dancing and singing by the Yuxi students. Our group then had their chance to show off their talents. Lynsey yet again offered to be the ...
Jangshui tea house show pretty place
... kept on drinking then to fit it. To go back home we took a auto rickshaw driven by a women. It seems that women in china have a more important role than women in india, at least you can see them driving buses, working in the building sites and also ...
The plastic bag saves the day
... for a good couple of hours, but it was a cool experience to play some cards in the shade of a limescale tree! China's current population is 1.3 billion people and it seems that most of these reside in the area just around Kumming's central train ...
Yuxi
I didnt see a single westerner here for 3 days. Simple things like checking into a hotel or finding the bus station proved unnecessarily ...
Yuxi-Huanian
Yuxi-Huanian - 92km - 14.8km/h 2eme jour, et premiere grosse descente de 15 km jusqu'a la ville. Faut dire que Kunming est a 2000m d'altitude, il est donc normal qu'on commence par descendre avant de monter... Arrives a la ville, David fait reparer ...
Getting to Kumning - Dukes of Hazard style
... slow down so pedestrians have a fighting chance of getting out of the way. Kunming definitely has a different feel than the rest of China. Of the 102-ish ethnic groups in China 26 of them are in this province (Yunnan). They have all done their best ...
It's FESTIVAL Time in Tianyang
This is a top pick! G'day to you all, Hope alls well in your lands. All is sure well here in the south of China. Summer has finally found us and the weekend was into the 30's, or so I'm told. Tianyang is a town full of festive spirit and parties at the moment. On ...
Teachers Day
This is a top pick! ... and things made out of paper and a heap of Christmas Cards. I think Happy Christmas translates into whatever they want it to in China as they were giving each other Christmas Cards on Students Day too. Hey, why not, if we could have Christmas every day ...
Winter Break, The Sleeper Train To Kumning
This is a top pick! ... ago; and two, it's a warm 27 degrees most days at the moment. I had been chatting to several foreign teachers from around China over the past few weeks to see where everyone was heading. For some strange reason most wanted to head north where it is ...
The Special Moment When It All Comes Together
This is a top pick! Hey Hey and a Big G'Day to you all, It's difficult to sleep. It's so hot at the moment. I'm sick of trying to find cool spots on the bed so I thought I'd drop in and stay awhile. Soon I'll be leaving my little Tianyang with not only my travel pak ...
BBQ with Beautiful N Grandpas Golden Smile
This is a top pick! Hey Hey and G'day to you all, Hope alls well in life. Alls well here in the south of China. I've had a fantastic weekend so far. The week's classes were great. We sang, we jumped around and learnt rhyming words. 'Shanes a pain' was the most ...
Childrens Day Celebrations 2006
This is a top pick! ... classes or that the students whom walked away with an English book didn't win it for being the best at Chinese. This is China, maybe they did and I'm the confused one! All in all, Childrens Day 2006 was just perfect. The rain held out until the ...
Chinese/Vietnam Border Adventure
This is a top pick! ... but they don't freakin understand each either. Seriously, it's not the first time this has happened. Guangxi, China's southern most border province to Vietnam is over 60% Minority Peoples. Meaning...Village People in our words. ...
Hor Mai (May Day Break)
This is a top pick! ... caves in Australia but these just blow your mind. Finally we made it back to the village and the feast was about to begin. In China, it just keeps coming. Each meal here is like a 20 course meal! We ate and drank into the night in the paradise that ...
Winter Break Is At An End
This is a top pick! * There will be no photos posted for this entry Thursday, 16th February 2006 It was 4:25am and we were woken by the train staff. Hey that gives us five minutes to wake and do what we need. Usually they wake you about thirty minutes ...
World Cup 2006: What Does 12:00am Mean To You?
This is a top pick! Mate, what does 12:00 mean to you? Does it mean tomorrow or tonight? Oh, I forgot, I missed the Australia and Brazil game. Everyone was waiting for me at bbq but after a slight, yet typical communication mishap I missed the game. Here is ...
From The Edmonton Journal: My Fav Travelpodder
This is a top pick! Hey Hey and G'day to you all, Both entries for April 1st were published in the Edmonton Journal. I got them from Carmella's Travelogue, and with permission granted I wanted to add them to my travelogue. For those who haven't read her ...
World Cup 2006 in Tianyang - Australia Vs Japan
This is a top pick! ... the World Cup (Hey, I'm a big fan!). Then the second goal came and then the third. It was actually like it was China playing against Japan. I'm not sure if they were happier because it was my country who won their first game OR because JAPAN ...
In With The Pigs
This is a top pick! ... for a few months and withheld certain events from my travelogue more for so my family wouldn't worry about my health in China. I have written about certain situations of my travels from the past and present in the Travelpod forums, now I've decided to ...
Loyer or Leye (May Day Break)
This is a top pick! Hey Hey and a Big G'Day to you. After classes Mandy and I headed off to Baise to catch the bus to Lor Yeh. Here I stayed in double room in a beautiful hotel for the first few nights as Luke is good friends with the big honcho for education in ...
Relaxing N Window Shopping N Eating Snails
This is a top pick! ... other countries I have visited. To make a mistake is to loose face. This I have found is a rather large barrier in China. I have met several other male English teachers since the new bbq area opened. They have actually came over to introduce ...
From The Edmonton Journal: Travelpod.com
This is a top pick! And a sister article for TravelPod... Travel blogs keep wanderers in touch Scott Petersen, The Edmonton Journal Published: Saturday, April 01, 2006 When Luc Levesque started up a website to post snippets about his travels nine years ago, he had ...
Happy Women's Day
This is a top pick! ... to Tianyang this year. Today is Women's Day in China. It's an exciting day for me as it's my second Women's Day in China. I thought that was a worthy event to share with friends and family and a chance to update my travelogue. It was a year on the ...
Yippeeee, I Made It To The Travelpod Newsletter!
This is a top pick! ... cools that. I've never been featured before. Closest and just as honourable I guess is walking outside of my building here in China, everyone's eyes are diverted towards me. I guess it is kind of the same thing really! Anyhow, for those who never ...
What Yuxi is Not Always what You Get
... ;t even know what they were supposed to be teaching!! But yet again we did not complain and tried to stay positive, this is China, they do things differently. Until Friday, when our Kung-Fu teacher decided to not show up, but instead send two female ...
The Good Ol' Aussie Carepackage Mate
This is a top pick! ... . I've put away the needle point chop sticks and haven't sneezed or had a headache since. Antihistamine is impossible to find here in China. I never considered that it would be until I began my adventure of trying to find it. That then turned in to an ...
Foreigners Weekend In Little Tianyang. FREAKY!
This is a top pick! ... about their travels but every picture tells a huge story. If you are interested go have a look and then tell me about it. China's 'GREAT FIREWALL' has blocked even them out so I guess there will be no updates for a few months. After brunch we headed ...
My Bikes First Service
This is a top pick! ... ride with my head down to try and avoid this happening which as I've written in a past entry, can be very dangerous here in China. I then have to spend the next minute or so hokkin like a bloody footy player and whilst doing so I ride into another ...
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