Greenery Hotel Zhuhai

... china. Took about two hours. We were in china Zhuhi. We went to the bus station and we just missed the bus to yangshou by half an hour. Instead we had catch one to nanning. The bus was so cool an amzing sleeper bus that played jackie chan movies. Took 12 hours and then we arrived. We then had to wait 4 hours in nanning for the bus to yangshou. Th bus then took another 6hours to yangshou before we arrived.

Stay tuned for tales of bike rides, fireworks and cooking classes!

... a little time to grow.



The Wynn Macau. The Chinese name means something along the lines of 'always profitable'.



The outrageously-shaped Grand Lisboa.



Macau 'AJ Hackett's Bungee Jump' Tower.

The first order of business was to board a public bus to the island of Taipa. Taipa and Coloane were two seperate islands joined together by reclamation, but people still refer to ...

Black, Fat and Barren (Continued….Part 2 of 2)

Thin

Not only do the Chinese want to 'whiten up' they want to ‘lighten up’. If being ‘whiter’ is the first ideal then the second ideal would be to be 'thin'. The Chinese have been masters of fitness for hundreds and even thousands of years. Being thin is considered healthy and that is what most Chinese are striving for. They believe that if they stay fit and eat healthy they ...

... to what we are doing but also to act as a 'teacher' for those of us who want to learn more about China. It is for this last reason that writing this is sometimes 'awkward' because thru our travels many people have been receiving our updates. I certainly don't want to hurt or upset any of our new friends but I try to be as honest and open as possible so that people can get a true picture of life in China as we see and experience it. We were told that China ...

... meal Dinner:airport-self expense ** Please pick up students from MACAU Airport, bottom level, between 9-9:30PM

... Consulate building. Then I headed up hill trying to work my way across to the ruins of St Paul. A few false turns and an interesting walk though the old apartment blocks looked good. Finally I made it to the church ruins which I have always admired from the Where in the World is Carmen San Diego? game. Playing it as a youngster made me curious about Macau, everyone knew about Hong Kong but this place was intriguing none the less. After leaving the ruins, I walked up ...

... and some other places are actually partially part of the country. They are called "autonomous zones", since they were transferred from British or Portuguese control about a decade ago. These places still use their own currencies, and you don't need to get a visa to go there. Mainland Chinese who want to visit these zones need to go through the same border crossing that I did, within their own country. It's kinda odd... but that's how it works here. Today, I ...

... it out on a nice couple at the Cathay Lounge Bar who were heading back to the UK after an anniversary shopping holiday in Hong Kong. After hearing about the shopping anniversary, I grew ever more full of conviction for the loathesome nature of marriage. It was an interesting social experiment whith some starteling consequences. I would have thought support for the principle would have come from Mr HK shopper, and not Mrs (look at my new Gucci watch), however their blissful week of ...

... listen to locals) after walking back on ourselves and getting hotter by the second, halliloya! we found it! (after facing a challenge like this we were ready for anything, bring it on!) We went out, this is the first time we were on our own, we went up the longest covered outdoor elevator in the world (well technically some of it was an inclinator, tomato tomatto!) half way up we spotted a pizza express, so we hopped off, this place was amazing it had air con, pizza ...

... everyone up in the process. One guy arrived in last night around 1am and they had to get one of the other guys outta his bed in order to get the spare mattress from underneath him. Don't think he was too impressed but not much any of us can do about it. So thats pretty much there is from here. Have spent the last few days just wandering around and in the internet cafes trying to get this thing upto date. Actually the other funny thing about this place is ...