Huang Guo Shu Hotel Guiyang

Sara:

...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!

We got here after a horrific 10 hour bus journey, it is very hot, about 33 degrees.

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 ...

... going to the police station! a woman took us here. I always say that the police should help the people, not terrifed them - and this is true here too!

We are well - it is hot and humid, and Billy told us to eat less and to drink more water - I tasted their tea and coffee: not recomendated but that's what they have. water we buy - but there are containers of purified free water everywhere - Eyal is afraid to drink it.

... ages though....12 would be early!
people have been doing that at most gigs so far and they've all been really nice and its been heaps of fun to go out with them and taste the food (we seem to always have midnight meals!) and then crash after that! after the second Chongqing gig (at Nuts club) we went and got barbeque which is great!! - you choose which skewers you want...there's like potato, zucchini, mushrooms, meats, intestines, chicken skin ...

... too high for me. You'll recognise his finger lower left corners! He was terrified of dropping the camera.

Unfortunately, a few of the photos are fuzzy - that's because most mornings here are quite hazy, always clearing up around mid day.

Later, as we were cruising through a most spectacular mountain range we decided to pull over into a wee rest stop and boil the billy for a coffee. Wow, all those imposing mountains were so huge and we so tiny, it was ...

Am I the only one to feel a little uncomfortable about this exoticizing of a person by Chinese . . . Tourism official becomes an attraction herself As the deputy director of a county tourism bureau in Guizhou province, A Xiang-yi's job is to attract as many people as possible to her home region. The underdeveloped Leishan county is home to people of various ethnic groups, of which Miao people account for 83.5 percent of the residents. But in the past week, the 26-year-old ethnic ...

... Kaili. Our first official stop (other than for photographs) was the residence of Mr. Wu Yong Sheng, in the Shidong Village, who proceeded to demonstrate his skills in melting and forming silver sheets from which he then made a silver ornament. A traditional Miao costume complete with 10 kg of silver ornamentation was then modeled for us. We were also lavished with a meal made in the family's kitchen. After a walk through the village we proceeded to The Miao Village of Nanhua. At ...

In our daily walk before breakfast, Monika joins a Taiqi group, and I play badminton for sme minutes with local people at the park. Then some poor breakfast, a quick shower and head for our first visit: Qingyan Old Town. A typical scenery of chinese ancient films, a grey wall sorrounding the town, small buldings with inner terraces, narrow stony streets...and the non-stopping rain. We must buy an umbrella and Michael also to continue the visit ...

We must check out at 8:00, because we need more than 3 hours to cover 145 km from Anshun to Zhijin, where te biggest karst cave in China is waiting for us. The roads are a torture, but we hope it will be worth all the suffering. We are visiting Daji cave, an enormous area under a mountain, with many huge "rooms", in which football grounds should fit widely. Lots of different karstic ...

... in the ground. Due to the weather conditions neither of these have been accomplished. While the villagers have enough to eat for the time being, the late ...

... with chicken. The contributions that make normal thanksgiving/Christmas dinner possible, if anyone is curious, are canned cranberry sauce, dream whip (powder that you add milk and it makes whipped cream), and canned pumpkin pie filling. For Christmas, we can get a ham with the help of our Chinese friend, so that will be nice. Unlike thanksgiving, Christmas is celebrated here. It's not exactly the same, but it's around. Wal ...