Destination: China

Adopcion en Lijiang

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 | By guillermoafonso | Views [825] | Comments [3]

Adopcion en Lijiang Llevo ya cuatro dias en Lijiang, al norte de Kunming. Se trata de una ciudad de doscientas mil almas a 2416 metros de altura sobre el nivel del mar. A mi llegada, empece entrando en un bar a pedir direcciones y termine alquilando ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Jinghong, China

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 | By cmbryant912 | Views [875] | Comments [4]

Jinghong is the capital of Xishuangbanna perfecture and lies beside the Mekong River. The region of Xishuangbanna is in the deep south of Yunnan, next to the Myanmar and Lao borders. It has a laid-back Southeast Asian feel to it with it's small villages ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Snow daze

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [564]

I woke up Monday morning to snow. I was late to class, sore from climbing a mountain, and slipping all over the place in ice and snow. I wasn't even wearing a scarf because I was so late... My hair was wet with snowflakes by the time I made it to ... Read more >

Tags: Snow

El camino a Kunming

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 | By guillermoafonso | Views [692] | Comments [2]

El camino a Kunming Dentro del brutal pais que es China. La region suroccidental de Yunnan merece mencion. A dos dias de tren de Pekin, es limitrofe con Birmania, Laos, Vietnam, Tibet y otras tres provincias Chinas. Yo entre desde Guizhou, provincia ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

I've never been this high in my life!

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [678]

No, I haven't acquired an addition to opium -- although, every street vendor in China has opium pipes. This past weekend I climbed to the highest point I have ever encountered outside of an airplane! Case, Mario, and I decided that an escape from ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Gallery: Yangshuo y Longsheng

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 | By guillermoafonso | Photo Gallery

Dias malos

Sat, 8 Dec 2007 | By guillermoafonso | Views [1341] | Comments [1]

Dias malos No es todo siempre maravilloso. Como en todo, hay cosas malas. Y es que algunos dias te levantas desorientado pero con el pie izquierdo, miras alrededor de la habitacion/zulo, notas que hace un frio del carajo. Por si fuera poco, al rato ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

The story so far

Fri, 7 Dec 2007 | By elaine-in-asia | Views [327]

It all started with a flight from Bangkok to Macau. I was finally leaving behind the comforts of SE Asia and embarking an a solo journey through bitter temperatures, past staring faces and stepping over sticky puddles of phlegm. It's been a month now ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Miao y Malasia

Fri, 7 Dec 2007 | By guillermoafonso | Views [794] | Comments [1]

Miao y Malasia China es de los Han. Es la etnia que supone mas del 90% de la poblacion y la que ha dominado China historicamente. Pero no solo hay Han en China, y lo que aqui llaman las minorias etnicas desfilan ante los turistas con sus vestimentas ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: Taishan

Fri, 7 Dec 2007 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Photo Gallery

Gallery: mem card

Thu, 6 Dec 2007 | By bafarrell | Photo Gallery

Thirsty for freedom

Thu, 6 Dec 2007 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [783] | Comments [2]

When I signed up to work in China, I had a singular mission: to see China. I prettied this up for my interview by saying as a journalist, it is important to understand different groups of people in order to report more accurately and fairly. But, ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: Beijing

Tue, 4 Dec 2007 | By leo | Photo Gallery

Mmmmmmmm, that sounds tasty

Tue, 4 Dec 2007 | By thesanders | Views [555] | Comments [3]

Translation can be a tricky game.   I am reminded every morning as I walk into the bathroom and see the “Mind act upon Mind” toilet paper wrapper in the trash can.   Who knew that toilet paper was capable of the old Jedi mind trick of mind control? ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Yangshuo

Tue, 4 Dec 2007 | By guillermoafonso | Views [817]

Yangshuo La provincia de Guangxi en el sur de China es limitrofe con Vietnam y el oceano por el sur, y Guangdong (Canton) por el este. Casi nadie reconoce el nombre de Guangxi ni el de su capital Nanning, pero todo el mundo reconoce las montanyas ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains