Destination: China

China's Most Wanted: A Western Face

Mon, 3 Dec 2007 | By traveling_raccoon | Views [1841]

Job hunting in Beijing is not as easy as people think it is. Many Filipino parents are sending their kids to China believing that landing English-speaking jobs here are easy, especially with the unbelievable demand for English-speakers soaring through ... Read more >

Tags: tips

Gallery: Bangkok

Sun, 2 Dec 2007 | By cmbryant912 | Photo Gallery

Olympic Fever?

Sun, 2 Dec 2007 | By traveling_raccoon | Views [672]

The Olympics is coming up. Everyone's either bought a ticket (if you haven't, then good luck finding one) or is just planning to watch it on TV...or that's what I thought. Contrary to popular belief, not everyone in Beijing is excited for the upcoming ... Read more >

Tags: Just thinking out loud

Beauty school

Sat, 1 Dec 2007 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [1050]

Living in China, for me, is like going to a really ethnically singlular hair cutting school. For years, I've been cutting my own hair. It started after spending countless Saturday afternoons getting washed, cut, and styled...only to return home, ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

The Hunt for the Foreign Girlfriend

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 | By traveling_raccoon | Views [2237]

I know it's not called racism. But right now I'm not sure what it ought to be called. I went out with a Chinese boy today (friendly outing, mind you) just to chit-chat and just to learn a bit more about China. So... surprise, surprise. I learned something ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

They weren't lying...

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [619] | Comments [1]

...when they said you'd eventually use the math classes they force you to take.   Years of complaining about my potential as a starving artist being wasted away on pointless math classes has finally been proven wrong.  I just used every single bit of ... Read more >

Tags: Work

Christmas and new year in China

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 | By chacrebleu | Views [346]

Dave and I are going to China for Christmas period! We are flying into Beijing and going down to the south of China, through Xian, Shanghail, Guilin to finally end up in Hong Kong!

Tags: Adventures

Reflections on China

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 | By roaming_reas | Views [490]

China was much easier to travel in then we excpected, at least in the small southern portion we explored. Transportation tickets were pretty easy and cheap to purchase and schedules strictly adhered to...well, departure times anyway. The trains and buses ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

Salida de Hong Kong

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 | By guillermoafonso | Views [573]

Salida de Hong Kong, Macao Tras recoger todos los bartulos, y ponerme la casa a las espaldas, sali bravo por la puerta para no volver. Hong Kong estaba como siempre indiferente a los matices personales, y yo sin plan cerrado fui al muelle a ver que se ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Gallery: Yuanyang

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 | By roaming_reas | Photo Gallery

Terraces of Old Yuanyang

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 | By roaming_reas | Views [901] | Comments [5]

The trip from Lijiang to the southeast corner of Yunnan is not for those with motion sickness!  Bus, bus, train, minibus, bus...after 23 hours travel, with some frightening cliff edge drop-offs and brutal bumpy roads we arrive in Xiejie, the old hilltop ... Read more >

Tags: culture

Dingers

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 | By chinapies | Views [754]

Whooooah!  The last time I posted a blog on this blog (?) was the freakin' 16th of October!  What the heck has happened to me??? Oh.  That's right.  I've become used to this place.  Seeing a bicycooter trundle past with a 4-metre-high load of crap ... Read more >

Tags: Work

Giving thanks

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [873] | Comments [2]

While it was nearly a week ago, I'm still dwelling on my Thanksgiving festivities. A summary: Case, Mario, and I, realizing that we're the only family we've got in this city, decided that having a proper Thanksgiving celebration was a definite must.... Read more >

Tags: Party time

Bill Murray Moment

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 | By thesanders | Views [497]

            I had a funny Lost in Translation moment the other day.   For those of you that haven’t seen that movie, it’s a good way to make two hours feel like five or a five hour flight feel like an eternity.   Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Dancing with Ducks in Peking

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 | By pixiefish | Views [678]

I sliced through with mathematical patience for the first time, accepting that balance is apart of everything and symmetry is beauty and precision combined. The ducks are placed in their rotary carnival wheel and I watch as they start to dance. ... Read more >

Tags: People