Mingtong Yingxiang Kunming

... to go over and see what it was. it turned out that it wasn't a swimming pool, it was a flipping ninja warrior/ viking warrior style obstacle course!!! some of which was over water, there was a winners photograph podium, the vertical wall, the tree tumbling thing, we were amazed to say the least, unfortunate we couldn't get on it as they were repairing it and doing it up, by the looks of things for a competition! we tour ...

... the old, musty mickey mouse duvet covers and we both try to fall asleep while the driver plays screechy Chinese opera music.
Surprisingly, the beds are quite comfortable despite being on the small side and the driver makes regular stops for fag breaks, toilet and food.

SEPTEMBER 25th

We wake at sunrise to find we have arrived at the border. Women outside beckon us to change our money and most of the passenger has alighted with their boxes.
Kunming, Yunnan, China amyandtom

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... 3.9 tonnes per hectare.
The Chinese ministry began super rice development in 1996, and the cultivation in 2005.
Among the 61 promotion projects
across the country last year, the average output reached about 8.75
tonnes per hectare, with the highest output at 13.55 tonnes ...

... peasant and soldier university student". During the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), universities chose students from workers, peasants and soldiers according to the recommendation of local authorities. He was recommended on the strength of his work with the local propaganda department, including a 12.26-meter-tall carved statue of Mao Zedong, which stands still in Lijiang's Red Sun Square. He taught Chinese painting and drawing in the university after ...

... valilla oppilaidensa ulkonakoa tyyliin, lihava, hassu kampaus jne. Toisaalta sama toimii myos toisin pain, myos positiivisia kommentteja kuulee paljon. ja taysin tuntemattomat voivat sanoa jotain tyyliin, oletpa kaunis, tai onpas pyoreat silmat. Lapset yrittavat tokkia sinisia silmia kun ne on niin oudot. Ja mm tyohaasttattelussa voidaan ihan reippaasti kommentoida sun ulkonakoa. Tai sanoa etta sulla on kylla valkosempi iho kuin silla toisella hakijalla ...

... I saw were abandoned because of rust. I did see a couple of farms who were farming the old varieties, but they weren't taking the time to separate it out." Although no national statistics on farm size were available, farms can range from very small to up to 5,000 acres. Many of the larger privately owned farms have contracts with large companies. There are also a large number of state-run farms. The majority of the coffee is wet-processed, and at this ...

... of Dr. Clark from Alabama. He is an anthropology teacher at my University and his area of expertise is the 56 minority groups of China. He took us to a couple different minority villages other than the Miao village. One was extremely interesting because they still dress in Ming dynasty style clothing and eat really ancient recipes of food. Although we were only there for one afternoon we got to see a street performance of their local ...

... stares, that and the fact that I seemed to manage to massively embarass a Chinese man the other day by doing bigger weights than he was, oops! I also went to a spinning class the other day and was pleased to be able to pretty much understand what was going on - once you know the words for "faster", "work harder" and "climb a mountain" you seem to have pretty much covered the options that the psycho instructor has in mind. Back to work now, more soon...

... I have been to China before; it's not the first time I have felt absurdly conspicuous as one of the few Westerners in a sea of Chinese. The pollution here in Kunming is not quite as overwhelming as the air I had to adjust to in Beijing. Yet, if it is not the pollution that throws me off, there is always something odd and/or unexpected because it is China. (I'm not sure if I'll ever get used to squat toilets). I remember being in a ...