Yuxin Hotel Yangshuo

... We were able to get the computer lab of a couple of hours during lunch. This meant those who came would have to miss their lunch and nap. We had about 25 students and one teacher come. It is a start. The lab is not as bad as I thought but most of the computers did not work right for one reason or another but we found enough working ones so that they all got their first email address. We even had time to start a short letter to their email pals in ...

... show for me.<br><br>Open talk was good the Canadian came along with more stories. Each evening we start by introducing ourselves and telling why we are here. This is mostly to help them get a good idea for test and interviews where they have to do this with confidence. Then we have ONE RULE. You much ask at least one question or pay BOB 1000 RMBs (about $15.00). It is great when some of the news ones hear the rule for the first time I can tell they do ...

... accent on the "o," followed by, <br><br>"Bamboo!"<br><br>If they don't think you understand, or if they think there's a chance you didn't hear them the first time, they try repeating the two words that someome must have taught them as the only two English words they need to know to make money selling these trips. This time, with ...

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Thursday 17th September - Guilin to Yangshou<br> Up early, we walked up to the train station and bought a ticket for the sleeper train to go to Shenzhen (China side of Hong Kong border). A travel tout tried to tell us that he could get us 'X,Y and Z' cheaper but we said 'no thanks' and organised it ourselves. The bus to Yangshou was a great place to view the limestone peaks and greenery that we were down here to see. Hopping out in Yangshou ...

... together - a couple of spotters. It's about 3 hundred dollars to rebuy stuff mainly the camera. I lost a bunch of China pictures. All I can do now is deal with it. I have safely set my backpack down beside me a million times. I couldn't really have done much more except maybe put it in my lap or in front of me (only then I couldn't have sat right on the water). It's really just back luck to get caught by someone this way. They could have ...

... 1) my hiking stick, (2) my guide, and (3) my slave-master son. Do not, I repeat, do NOT ever put yourself into the charge of a son who thinks that you are as young as he is. Lying to your father is a sin, and I got tired of hearing him say, "Come on, Dad. It's just a little ways farther." <br><br>The "guides" usually aren't there by invitation, but in order to make a living, so they cling like leaches to anyone attempting the climb. I had already read about their persistence on ...

... river is beside Yangshuo and it has a stunning view as well. I will get some pictures from there also.<br><br>I entered Yangshuo at night on Saturday and immediately it smelled like a foreign city to me. Not a bad smell, just different. I don't know if it was the water that flowed through the city or the compilation of all the different foods being cooked out on the street and in the restaurants or the smell of the fresh fruits and vegetables in ...

... zu wohnen, weil die Baesse dann doch bis in uns** Zimm** drangen. Fu** den naechsten Tag hatten wir uns dann vorgenommen eine Radtour in die Umgebung zu den Karstb**gen zu machen. Anfangs war die Tour dann auch sehr schoen, durch eine sehr spektakula**e Landschaft und dann durch n**vige Schlepp** die einem eine Bambusflosstour andrehen wollten. Spaet**, nach einigen Kilomet**n, zog es sich dann ab** imm** mehr zu und es fing so richtig an zu schuetten. Da wir mitten in ...

... be very interesting. All said they would tell their fellow workers how good this evenings class was and they more should come. I am not sure that is a good thing or not. 4-9-09 Rain and lots of it. Rain stopped after lunch. Shelly, who is a teacher and former principal at one of the public vocational schools, and Annie who is the Assistant Manager for one of the 5 star hotels here, came by. They said they found a great ...