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Tue, 11 Jul 2006 | By sarahmg | Views [1871] | Comments [4]
An interesting development since moving into university accommodation was the arrival of a strange spattering of bites that appeared across my calfs. Initially i assumed that i had had a particularly unlucky night in which i had unwillingly fed a family ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
Sun, 9 Jul 2006 | By sarahmg | Views [917]
On Monday i moved in to BU (Baptist University) for the beginning of our orientation week. Most people were arriving that day which seemed to cause much confusion, as when i went to put my stuff away in my room i found that four different people had ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Sun, 9 Jul 2006 | By sarahmg | Views [1342]
The most part of our days this week were taken up by visiting the schools which we were going to be teaching in. We're teaching in 5 schools over 5 weeks, spending one week in each, and so we needed to meet with the Principal of each school, check out ... Read more >
Tags: Work
Sun, 2 Jul 2006 | By sarahmg | Photo Gallery
something i'll be building on, don't worry!
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Sun, 2 Jul 2006 | By sarahmg | Views [1488] | Comments [9]
Knowing that when you live in a city, your rarely get round to doing all the amazing things it has to offer, i had planned my trip so that i would arrive a week early and get all my tourist things well under way - it has to be said, i've been doing pretty ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sat, 1 Jul 2006 | By florahui | Views [385]
Also during the summer. It was just a short stay at my aunt's place that she owned up in the mainland. It's a totally different culture to Hong Kong and I felt a lot more paranoid about my belongings for one thing! The food can be great though, hygiene ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Tue, 27 Jun 2006 | By sarahmg | Views [729]
well, about 12 hours after getting on my plane in London, i touched down in Hong Kong International Airport on Lantau Island. I hadn't slept much on the plane due to a combination of being sat between a kid that was airsick, a woman who wouldn't stop ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
Fri, 28 Apr 2006 | By smelt_and_gizzard | Views [1075]
After several days of deliberation and heavy thinking, we decided to pull up our socks, put down our tea and go mountain climbing. An old folk tale tells of how a tiger once escaped becoming a chinese virility salve by jumping across the narrow gorge, ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Tue, 25 Apr 2006 | By smelt_and_gizzard | Views [645]
The second day in Zhongdian saw us sleepy-eyed due to a late night rude awakening when the owners of our guesthouse suddenly started blasting techno beats into the courtyard. Aren't the guests supposed to be the ones having the parties? We've been good ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Fri, 21 Apr 2006 | By smelt_and_gizzard | Views [932] | Comments [2]
After a grueling bus ride (the first 3 hours up windy mountain roads did a number on Naomi's stomach) we have finally arrived in Zhongdian, a town 70km from the border of Tibet. The altitude of this plateau is so great that it feels as if you ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Thu, 20 Apr 2006 | By lolo | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 17 Apr 2006 | By smelt_and_gizzard | Views [722] | Comments [1]
We are now in Lijiang, a small ancient Naxi town in the north teeming with tourists. Naomi is recovering from her first case of food poisoning. She thinks it might have been the tasty yak we ate upon arrival, I doubt it--nothing that good could be bad ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
Mon, 17 Apr 2006 | By smelt_and_gizzard | Photo Gallery
APRIL IN BEIJING & YUNNAN
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