Peace Family Holiday Hotel Yangshuo

... people dropped in and by dinnertime we had about 20 people to feed. And the dishes just kept on coming out of our little kitchen.<br><br>After dinner all the Hainan students had to go back to school for some night classes. Our open talk was a little small tonight but that is good. Had about 6 Chinese and 3 foreigners a good ratio. Questions seemed to revolve around dating habits of each country. Good talk.<br><br>Monday, November 2nd: Decide ...

... still have some of the decorations up for the 60th anniversary party. Not to many tourists I was surprised. I was more surprised that most of the tourists that I did see were foreigners. Things are changing more and more foreign tourists are staying longer. I guess it is becoming the place to come.<br><br>This evening open talk was a little one. Just me, Michael and a couple of students. I never know from night to night what is going to happen. The students ...

... crackers thee sound deafening, spraying the onlookers with the machine gun noises and red paper wrappers and sparks. It was almost national day, the Middle Kingdom was preparing. We later saw several restaurants and public establishments courtyards scattered with red paper. <br>We cycled out of town, further up river of the Li on a dusty path, until it was almost time to turn back, and at this point I decided that I must climb one of these karst mountains. They were all sheer, but one ...

... traffic or deliberately trying to beat you by pulling out in front of you. Of course, then you have to slam your breaks and pass them anyway. Bikes, motorbikes, old communist vehicles, cars, vans and buses all share the same two-lane roads, but they make the lanes arbitrary, especially when passing each other. It is not uncommon to ...

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... of grades or money. So the government helps by giving them this place to learn. The live and eat and learn on campus. They really need volunteers particularly English foreign speakers. The whole ideas is to be able to help them find jobs in the local tourist industry and be much more professional about it. If you or someone you know wants to help you can go to www.chinaculturalcenter.com and complete an application. They are also in the process ...

Ahhh, 4th of July in China. Not much of a celebration went on around here, but you could definitely see the American pride shining brightly in the few of us that are here. And we discussed just that at one time yesterday, why don't we see/meet many Americans around here? Is Asia just so far away that most people travel to the Carribbean, Central, or South America? Or is it because America is so big that people ...

... in Middle School but since then never used it. Now that they are adults they find that they need it more and more to advance in the modern Chinese society. The discussion is open to everything and anything. We only have one rule; they must ask the group one question (at least one) or pay ME 1000yuan. I still have not received any YUAN. The questions are getting deeper and more varied though.<br><br>06-19-09 HOT ...

... and I had caprese salad (not quite like home). Bill had calamari (not quite what he had hoped) and I ordered a meatball Parmesan hot hero (again, I was thinking meatballs, they were thinking chicken parm with pork), but the sandwich was not bad. We felt that the descriptions were better than the meals. It was very dark and we could see some stars, so it was all good. We took a cab back to our hotel and went to bed early because someone was using the one computer that is working.

... stoned open alley way, next to many other resturants and booths with jewlrey, souviners and such. Lots people walk by checking out the cool things and shops; it was good people watching. But, the people all started watching us as it started to sprinkle and we were still sitting at the table eating and laughing. As it started to full on rain Caroline got up to go under the awning, but me and Sarah just look at each other and were laughing because neither one of us wanted to move. We ...