If it rains hard here for three days, it means that someone else it is probably flooding. And apparently in Yunnan we've had record rain. BEIJING -- Heavy rainstorms that swept through most parts of China since Tuesday have left at least 12 dead, seven missing and about 3 million affected. The casualties were reported after the rainstorms and fl...

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I came across this blog from Lost Laowai, about a guy who goes to volunteer after the quake and finds out who else is there and what they are doing. Laowai Quake Relief Part V: Emergency Evangelism Turner and his friend Jake decided just sitting around Suzhou and watching quake relief efforts on TV was not good enough, and so hopped into Turner'...

I wasn't feeling ever so pretty when I made my way out to the airport, nor did the unnecessary pushing and shoving in every queue help. I was beginning to get downright angry when the woman sitting next to me on the plane kept elbowing me and not apologising, or even seeming to register that maybe she was being just the slightest bit inconsidera...

Day 6 and the final day. Due to too much alcohol Nic decided not to cycle this last day. She had cycled the previous day and was way ahead of everyone else due to the fact that she had stored up energy the previous couple of days. Unfortunately, overnight, the wasp sting had started to react and I now had a forearm like Popeye. It was slowly spr...

I gave me a little break in my studies, I went to Sichuan Opera which is one of the most famous Chinese opera with Beijing Opera. At first I was waiting for an opera with only singers and classical music behind but I was completely wrong: it s called opera but it s a succession of different artists from the the singers, the traditional musicians...

The first thing that hit me when we got into Chengdu was that the heat and pollution were back - the white haze is just as bad as Beijing. We checked into the Mix Hostel, which has to be be of the all-round best in China - big, friendly, great common room, beers Y2.5 from the shop outside. I have to say I didn't do a great deal in Chengdu - it'...

Friday, October 13th The Pandas, China Post, and Sichuan Hot Pot! Well get to Chengdu on time but everyone pretty destroyed with lack of sleep and bad toilets and basins on train. Sorry Chinese people but really need to learn hygiene in public places! Off to local hostel for 'western brekkie'. Western brekkie is of course the compulsory in Asia ...

I arrived in Chengdu not a happy camper. In the words of the French couple we met on our second day in China, "it was 'orrible". The night spent on the hard train was hot, dirty, tiring and uncomfortable. Dave likes these hard sleeper trains, so that he can "be one with the people" and practice his Chinese, but I am not a fan. Mainly because I'm...

Stepping off the plane in Chengdu, the change in temperature hit us straight away. Phew, it was certainly hotter here and a tad more humid as well. Tired and let's be honest, both a bit grumpy, we leapt in a taxi at the airport, after showing our hostel details (in Chinese) to the driver and asking how much the fare would be. After an unintellig...