Yangshuo Tulip Holiday Hotel

... which took off some pressure from me to be always talking. Then one of the Germans came. He is teaching at the Public High School and he has just graduated himself from High School. Go figure why they wanted him but has something to do with the relationship of the school and Germany. <br><br>Discussion seemed to be all over the &#8220;map&#8221; which is great. Lots of geography talks where is this? How did you like this place? What is it like to ...

... because I have high security locks and a modern door. I did not complain. <br><br>Dennis a friend from Nimbo took me to lunch. I took him I wanted something different. He took be to a place next to the big hospital. The is a roll of little street cafes. It was great. First you go to this table with lots and lots of different vegetable and pick out what you like, then you go to the meat table and choose a few things. While you are doing this the lady on the ...

... boat journey south to Yangshuo from Guilin - and you'll what I mean. It is some of the most beautiful country I've ever seen not unlike the Marlborough Sounds in New Zealand's South Island.<br><br>I met language school owner &amp; director Owen Du in the Backstreet YHA in Guilin and he suggested I come along for the weekend's activities and I could have free bed and lodgings in return for a couple of 'English Corner' sessions with ...

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... noise meant that the serenity was fantastic. The only tricky part was the waterfalls that we intermitantly had to go down - the rafter guy seemed to know where to put the raft and we just slid down and into the water the other side without getting too wet. From our docking point it was only a short ride back into town where we could drop off the bikes. After freshening up we again visited 'Kelly's' and enjoyed more milkshakes with dinner.

... to go on the first day in the morning so I could get it over with. I taught a lesson about Music to a class of ten students. Also, all the other teachers in training and Buckland administrators were observing the classes we taught to see the good and bad things we did. I must admit it was painful to watch some teachers! But it was definitely a great learning experience for everyone. Kori and I both did EXCELLENT and were quite confident. I was ...

... on his bike. He intentionally swerved from the other side of the road, and aimed for you. If you hadn't moved, he would have hit you." Of course, I was unafraid, and immediately began to envision ways that I might have demonstrated my imaginary Kung Fu skills by kicking him out of the saddle. It was fortunate for him that he didn't return for another shot. In our entire trip, that was the only antisocial experience we had with the Chinese, who are a mostly gracious and friendly people.

... and family were awesome. They gave us tea as soon as we got to her mom's store and then we left to go eat "over the bride noodles" which is a bowl of hot noodles and a plate of stuff that you add to the bowl. There is a raw egg, some spam looking stuff, raw pork, octopus, and other things you throw in the boiling noddle soup and it cooks it for you. We also had herb infused lamb on a stick that was really good. Rose and her friends paid for everything; food, bus rides ...

My last blog entry is already a week old - have I been too busy, or too lazy? Well, let's see what happened in the meantime. Day 20: On Tuesday, on my second day in Guilin, I joined my host Leo and attended his English class in the morning. The teacher, a Chinese, was a bit surprised but essentially because she was new to this class and Leo did bring his visitors to classes every now and then. We had a chat how we can change the lessons to make use of the fact me being there and ...

... that. Then we do some row playing with some scripts we made up. All the newcomers are a little shy at first. The problem now is ending the class they all want to stick around and talk. Lots of rain. I am thinking about going North for a couple of days. A friend teaches at Hunan Unveristy at Changsha and I have not been there. Just thought a change might be interesting. Not sure it all depends on the weather here and there.