Green Garden Hotel
Travel Blogs from Taining County
Kung Fu.
... the other and pulls it back further than it will go, and they pull with all their weight. Pierre usually does it and he's a Big guy. And he holds it like that bouncing it there for around a minute. He does each leg and then box splits. Box splits are the worst.
I've gotten so much fitter since I got here. I stopped constantly aching after 3 weeks here, so the last 2 weeks have been easier. Glad it's over though.
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A weekend in Taining
... tiny in Chinese standards, from what I've gathered only a 114 thousands people live within the city's borders. I could swear Xinyi was just as small as Taining, and offered a lot less for the curious tourist, yet there are over a million people living in Xinyi. Maybe I was just wrong.
Anyway, I've explored the town by foot for a few hours, walked around the river and into the ...
Training in the south of China
... After my first day, I chose to buy my own food instead, as I am highly intolerant to MSG..
Despite everything, I had come to China to train and everything else was just background noise, so that's exactly what I did. I trained hard, showed up to every morning circuit and ran even when I felt like I couldn't walk, even though other students sometimes skipped certain activities, if they didn't feel like training. They did get punished, but the punishment was ...
Ancient Heping Village Adventure
... To experience the places I am lucky enough to visit is such a precious gift. Around five we headed back out into the town and grabbed the next rickety old bucket of bolts that came our way.
Beers N Noodles ...
Train to Fujian province
... soup. We are going to be picked up by a new guide, Catherine, she will take us to Longyan by car. We don't know how long that will take.
Long Yan
We arrived in our hotel in Long Yan at 16:30, after 17 hours in the train and a 90
minutes drive. Catherine, our guide waited outside the station holding up a sign board: Christiaan Minderhoud, Welcome in Fujian. That is the province we ...