Haodu Hotel Longyan

... here, Shaolin and White crane, after a days training on each (White Crane taught me how to snap someones neck!!) i decided that Shaolin was the best option, physically harder but alot more fun to learn! There is one aspect called Sanda, very similar to the Muay Thai i used to do back home.

Wednesday and thursday were training days, 3 sessions a day (5 hours 20mins per day) and bed early as i was completely................well very tired!! Unfortunately, jet ...

I finally landed in Nanchang after around 30hours of travelling! To be greeted at the airport by a Chinese girl who didnt speak a word of english, telling me to get in a cab, with a guy who also didnt speak any English and he was to take me to the academy! luckily, the girl phoned the owner of the academy and got him to translate what she was saying , at ths point i was more comfortable about getting in the ...

Xiamen was a typical Chinese city. It was not very interesting really. About the only exciting thing that happened took place in a local department store. We were on the third floor looking for a few things that we needed back on the ship, and Cub couldn't find a bathroom. We must have asked a half dozen store clerks and none ...

... featured in the film completely new. Maybe the visiting hordes collapsed them?

The main attraction from the Tulou point of view is "the highest TuLou". This one is a square building and it has one more storey than most do. It is also notable because they built it, unknowingly, upon a marsh and when they started to put the second floor on it started to sink. So they had to drive pine tree piles in, and there is now one whole floor underneath the current floor ...

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... more water and then drain the tea through its lid into a jug. Pour into cups. The host can't have tea before the others have drunk. The tea has a lemony flavour and is very refreshing. It can also be quite expensive.

The rice is being harvested too. Manual methods are still being used and you can see the rice husks drying on straw mats alongside the roads. People are using hand wound milling machines to remove the husks and I saw one man winnowing with ...

... in the time it takes me to eat one along with finishing my dish of meat and vegetables. But then they have been practicing since birth! After my last class I decided on a huge walk instead of a bike ride so I headed out into the streets and made my way to Pagoda Hill. I then headed across the river and back down to the main bridge. This is where one of my ...

... and nephews read this for the first time then they can begin here and continue as I do. The photos will answer some of what they asked last week. As to what I eat and have eaten? Pretty much everything in these photos along with an entire list of `other assorted treats´ that I´m sure most people wouldn´t eat. Maybe I will add a few entries about some of the meals I eat and ...

Whew....We are here and adventure awaited us immediately. Note to self#1 : Do not arrive in a country without local currency... It is very difficult to explain to the Army security guard why he needs to let you go into the part of the airport that is closed to use the ONLY ATM that works in the ENTIRE airport...especially when you do not speak Chinese. Thus begins the saga of Tim and Rea wishing we had learned Chinese prior to coming over. Thankfully ...

... got lost! :) We started cycling the wrong direction and regardless of the local lady trying to convince us to go the other way and to follow her, we decided we should stick to the main road as we apparently knew it so well! Think again! ;) We finally found Lisa, or she found us rather, and went the same way as the local lady was trying to tell us! We had a little break on the way at the Moon Valley Cafe and after that we headed up to the cliff, to ...