Anshun Tianpu Hotel

Sara:<br><br>...Seriously people think it is acceptable to hock up disgusting things and spit all over the floor, wether that be in the street, a cafe, bus, or train, people spit everywhere here!<br><br>We got here after a horrific 10 hour bus journey, it is very hot, about 33 degrees. <br><br>The bus seemed to have a problem with its suspension, and we were sitting over the back wheels going up, down and around rocky mountains. We ...

... they have installed a huge lift that breaks completely with the landscape, should have been forbidden. It's time to lunch, and today we also enjoy a very good meal. Today we will sleep at Anshun, so we have to drive for more than 4 hours again in the same kind of roads than yesterday. So painful for our backs, but nice views of the rural life in China. We arrive in Anshun, check in at the hotel and got to have some supper before having a great rest.

... in patterns that we see seem to point toward some kind of factory manufacture. We don't dispute when she tells us that she made it herself. We start asking about the batiks that are hung on clothesline around the high walls of her home, and as we ask about them, instead of finding another one in the stacks that line the walls, she takes the display pieces down and starts to drape them about us. We had looked at the batiks in other places, Yangshuo ...

... beautiful traditional dress, but the woven patterns are outshone by the gigantic jewelry. The headdresses, more like crowns, reach a foot high above the girls' foreheads, and free-hanging wands and tulip-shapes of silver caress the ears. Full costumes are completed by huge crescent yokes of silver as necklaces and bracelets of bells. Enjoying the dress-up game, our girls poke their tennis shoes and cuffed jeans under the hem of their costume skirts, call ...

... bed! Jour 18 : lundi 22 octobre 2007 Kaili- Anshun (Guizhou province) Odometer: 3302-3570 (268km) Nous quittâmes notre chambre aux cafards tôt le matin, espérant aller aussi loin que possible en direction de notre prochaine destination : Les Chutes de Huang Guo dans l'ouest du Guizhou. Notre but aujourd'hui était de conduire autant que possible et d'éviter le trafic des grandes villes. Comme prévu nous voulions éviter Guiyang, capitale du Guizhou, mais après s'être ...

... delicious potato crisps, with or without chilli powder. We bought a few yuans worth of the plain ones and we've been snacking on them ever since. Better than any of the packaged crisps in the supermarkets and far cheaper. We found some batik shops, one of the products Anshun is noted for, but didn't buy any of the colourful material, apart from a shirt we thought Dylan might like. Nothing my size as usual. When we walked back to the bus stop and crossed the road we ...

... plates with the date of each day of the year on them. People look for their birthday. After taking hundreds of photos we had an unfortunate accident. Yoong was passing the digital camera to me and let go before I had a proper grip on it. It fell into the cold water beneath our feet. Although I managed to retrieve it quickly it is no longer working, and we fear it may never work again. We removed the batteries and the memory stick and can only hope that the photos ...

... noodles, various breads and cakes, including a nice sponge a bit like a pandan cake, and hot milk. Not bad, but there are also plenty of noodles and dumplings in the streets. Food is never a problem in China - except for vegetarians perhaps. * * * The short train ride was pleasant enough. We sat next to an old couple who offered us mandarins to eat. We took one to share and tried to give them some of our chocolates but they signalled that they ...

Il clima e il paesaggio comincia ad andare verso il tropicale...qui tutto e verde! Ci voleva dopo i paesaggi desertici della mongolia e del nord. La particolarita della regione sono tutte le colline verdi a panettone che spuntano qua e la, e viste da parte al fiume sono ...

... leaving tomorrow to visit it for a week. It is in Guiyong, the capital of Guizhou. It is a medium size school, however the students will be much lower level than the students we had here in Chengdu. I will be teaching adults, teachers who have come back to school to satisfy government or school requirements. I'll be teaching four classes: US and UK culture, Oral English, Intensive Reading, and Journalism. This is the first year journalism has been taught at ...