Destination: China

Guilin

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 | By leo | Views [2520] | Comments [1]

De Nanning fomos a Guilin, outra cidade de quase 1 milhão e meio de habitantes na Província de Guangxi. Guilin já é ujma cidade turística, então em alguns lugare sas pessoas falam inglês e, o melhor, nas paradas de ônibus há indicações dos trajetos ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Yak

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 | By taroso | Views [1739] | Comments [1]

In Romanised Tibetan, "a" is pronounced roughly the same as the start of "about" or the "u" in "hut" rather than the "a" in "hat"? That doesn't make "Yak" quite "Yuk"... Read more >

Tags: General

País em construção

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 | By leo | Views [4903] | Comments [1]

A fronteira entre o Vietnã e a China já mostra bem a diferença: no lado vietnamita um prédio feio, sujo e velho (mas digno); no lado chinês um prédio em construção, enorme, moderno. Dali pra frente tudo seria assim: em construção. A estrada é muito boa ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Gallery: Província de Guangxi 2

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 | By leo | Photo Gallery

Nanning

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 | By leo | Views [2333] | Comments [2]

Nanning foi a primeira cidade chinesa que visitamos. Chegamos ali de ônibus vindos de Hanói, Vietnã. Ao desembarcamos, meio perdidos, saímos caminhando com as malas e mochilas e entramos no primeiro hotel que enxergamos. E aí entendi porque os guias ... Read more >

Tags: Budgets & money

Gallery: Província de Guangxi 1

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 | By leo | Photo Gallery

Health and Hygiene

Thu, 5 Oct 2006 | By taroso | Views [2684] | Comments [3]

(In which Taro continues in his quest to provide Way Way Way Too Much Information) Steve: "He's a fountain of knowledge on squat toilets" Taro: "I'm a bidet of knowledge" There are lots of cultural differences to ... Read more >

Tags: General

Learn Mandarin Chinese with WorldNomads Mandarin Chinese Language Guide

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 | By language-guides | Views [84683] | Comments [17]

Have you ever been stuck in a country wanting to be polite, but not even knowing the word for 'please'? Or been frustrated when you couldn't ask for the most basic directions to where you're going? The WorldNomads.com Mandarin Chinese Language ... Read more >

Surfaces

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 | By taroso | Views [1365] | Comments [1]

Yesterday, in a park near Tianamen Square, we saw some traditional-looking buildings that had recently been built and another that was in the process of being finished: a couple of square metres of bare concrete was left uncovered and labourers perched ... Read more >

Tags: General

Gallery: Tibet

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 | By phongnlisa | Photo Gallery

Gallery: China

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 | By phongnlisa | Photo Gallery

Engagement at Everest!!!

Sat, 23 Sep 2006 | By phongnlisa | Views [1096] | Comments [4]

From the ecstasy of engagement to the agony of altitude sickness!!! no joke--Paul surprised the shit out of me and proposed at Everest...though he qualified the proposal stating he wasn't responsible for any of his words or actions at such a high ... Read more >

Tags: engagement, mountains, mt everest, tibet

Contradictory China

Sat, 23 Sep 2006 | By phongnlisa | Views [1976] | Comments [1]

China has been very eye-opening for us...it truly is a country of contradictions...you don't have to worry about finishing the food on your plate because there are "starving people in China"--but there is a lot of poverty here: especially ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

38 short notes

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 | By taroso | Views [1389]

(5) DdaDACDF (3, 4) If I'd done as much travel as I've done, I would have taken the Gecko's tour from Hanoi rather than from Saigon. I don't think that I would do Hanoi-Beijing overland solo, though. (1,4,3) ... Read more >

Tags: General

Irkutsk

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 | By ute | Views [1350]

Some people might think long train journeys are monotonous: sitting there, watching the scenery go past. They have no idea. What's really montonous is sitting in a train for 12 hours, not going anywhere at all - and not being able to go to the toilet, ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road