Jinqiao 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 ...

Fri.22nd May. Xingyi - Guiyang.

Off at 8am and less than 30minutes into our drive...major attractions. Suspension bridge and a waterfall of many metres at Malinghe Gorge. This very deep gorge is known as (in Chinese) the Worlds Most Beautiful Scar. To view this gorge we could have gone down in a glass sided lift but we decided to take the pic's from a rickety old bridge that the adjacent new suspension bridge will replace. Actually, Dave took those pic's - 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 ...

... The Miao tradition of welcome was a pleasant surprise and the people of the village very friendly. We continued into the countryside to a Shiqiao village where we saw how paper was traditionally made. As tourists we were asked whether we wanted to participate in different stages of the paper production. It was very interesting watching and participating in the process. The walk through the village, witnessing how the villagers lived, was also a delight. That night returning to ...

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 ...

... of food for a family of four. If there is anything left the family can attempt to sell some to make a little profit. zzm134 Mrs. Ma¡¯s husband shows the ...

... thing. It was actually a talent show. So we watched our students sing and dance and do skits in Chinese that we didn't understand. It was amusing. That was a couple days before Christmas. On Christmas Eve, we were warned that it's a custom for people to have silly string fights, with anyone who happens to be on the street, whether they want to be involved or not. And because we're foreigners, we would be targeted by ...