Population

Basically I'm doing the typical 'travel to China to teach English' thing. I'm really excited though and terribly nervous because I could find very little information from Western sources about Changchun. I hope this travel log will help shed some let for ...

... population. This was further enhanced as folks in Cuba weren´t enamoured with Fidel Castro´s antics. As a consequence half of the population have Spanish as their first language. When finishing a meal here it is quite common for someone to come round ...

(Amy)   As is widely documented, China instituted a one-child policy in 1980 in response to a looming population crisis.  Social engineering, of course, usually has unintended consequences; perhaps the most notable one for China has been the ...

... in the mountains that looked like a picture off a postcard. This was the town of El Boixar, which apparently had a permanent population of only ten people, so our group of fourteen more than doubled the local population for the time we were there (hence, ...

... ;  As we were pulling up to the station, the conductor announced that we were arriving in Arthur's Pass, population 50.  I thought that I had misunderstood his Kiwi accent, as often occurred when listening to train conductors/ bus ...

... these places. As I mentioned previously, our final destination before returning back to Hiroshima was Tokyo, the world's largest city by population. I have never seen so many people in my life! It is estimated that over 30 million people live in Tokyo ...

... Rouge regime. These particular sites we visited are open to the public and show in great detail the atrocities inflicted on the population during the 1970's. Silence at these places didn't have to be asked for and our pictures show some insight as to ...

... ;bars we passed slums, slums-turned-into-housing-estates-with-electricity, landfill sites and lots of billboard advertisement. The impoverished population was clearly visible. As was the glitz and glamour in Asia. What a contrast. Peru´s economy is ...

... hotel. In the 60s there were about 600 people there.  Since the 80s it gradually declined as the railways downsized (population now: 57).  The station restaurant and the school have been closed. Many of the houses have been pulled down or ...

... Thai food place here on the Sinai coast. Now normally I have a rule about food, which I like to call the No Discernable Population Rule. It goes like this: One should not eat a type of cuisine anyplace where you cannot determine that anyone from that ...

... of ways I would agree, but there also comes a lot of positives with that statement. NZ is larger than the UK but only has a population of 4.4 million which is roughly the same as Wales.  Some things in the news to make you smile. There has been some ...

... bureau more than 50% of the people in FSM are younger than 25 years of age. The life expectance at birth is around 70 years. The total pop in FSM now is about 108,000 and is expected to be 98,879 in 2025. The site does not explain the population ...

... we conducted our first extended research project in the mountains. The town we stayed in, El Boixar, was beautiful, albeit with a population of only 10 people (really only 3 people on a normal day). It was abandoned during Spain's period of urbanization, ...

... Rich-like noises and a few fighting in the sea. We find our motel, having driven past a sign telling us San Simeon has a population of 442... Pretty much nothing going on here! Drove to the next biggest town, Cambria for lunch, this town actually had some ...

... of the train and feeling a tone lighter.... We have stopped. Jules and I are first off the train. She leads the way...The population here is four and there are just a few houses out here so there's hardly an atmosphere, Just complete Isolation from the ...

Population of 6. Kickass old town with prickly pear ice ...

... happened to be the cheapest, and took a walk round the village. The island is only 3 miles long 1/4 mile wide and only has a population of 800 people. Its very hot here, both got a little burnt on the shoulders, but now tanning nicely. We done some ...

Peter and I got this old canoe from some of Annie's friends, and although the fiberglass needs fixing on the bottom, we've taken it out a couple times down the Bega river to the sea mouth!  It is a lovely river and I LOOVE canoeing and the stillness ...

Went to the Connemara today with API! I was expecting a beautiful country side with lots of animals and sheep running around! Well I got that part right, but the roads I was not expecting. They were so narrow and had tight winding curves everywhere. I ...

Click here for all Kruger photos Today was a bad day for impalas - but more to come on that! Up in the dark but it was all worth it on what was my best day in Kruger and the start of 6 months on the road for me. Just out of the gates and ...