http://blogs.bootsnall.com/davidsadventure David's big adventure teaching in China. Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:16:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I spent 5 days in Langkawi, Malaysia mostly just relaxing, eating and reading. Langkawi is a pretty big island and it would take at least an hour to drive all the way around it. It is mostly a tourist island with some nice resorts ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/davidsadventure/island-life-on-langkawi.html I spent 3 days in Kuala Lampur (KL) which is the capital of Malaysia and the largest city with a population over 1.5 million. I visited the national museum and the national mosque (both not that exciting), went to see a cultural show, visited an ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/davidsadventure/malaysia.html I arrived in Singapore on Thursday afternoon (7-10) and spent the next few days seeing the sights such as the National Museum, Asian Civilizations Museum, Chinatown Heritage Museum, Singapore Zoo, Riverwalk area and some of the ethnic neighborhoods (Chinatown and Little India). Singapore is very ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/davidsadventure/singapore.html I am writing this on the train that’s taking me from Kunming to Nanning. I opted for the “soft sleeper” cabin with 4 beds. The trip will take 13 hours and will arrive at 8:30 in the morning. I have successfully completed ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/davidsadventure/barefoot-teacher.html The Olympic Torch Relay…….bringing the Olympics to the people….OR NOT! The Olympic torch relay came to Kunming a couple weeks ago. As I have mentioned before, hosting the Olympics is a huge deal here and for 99.987% of the people seeing the torch relay ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/davidsadventure/olympic-torch-relaybringing-it-to-the-people.html I posted a bunch of pictures that have been taken over the past couple months. To see the pictures click on "Pictures" under "my links" on the right hand side about half way down. Some of them are from Jiuxiang which is about 2 ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/davidsadventure/pictures.html The earthquake has proven to be a tremendous tragedy. The final death toll will likely exceed 70,000 and they say they are 5 million people homeless! That would be like the entire population of Minnesota becoming homeless overnight! There are many small villages ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/davidsadventure/quake-update.html I have received quite a few e-mails checking on me to make sure I’m okay after the earthquake. I didn’t even feel it and there was no impact here in Kunming. I haven’t talked to anyone here at the school that felt it ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/davidsadventure/earthquake.html It’s been about 4 weeks since I’ve written mostly because the last two weeks I’ve been incredibly busy. I have been working on finding a different job, dealing with some issues at my property in Reno and grading mid term exams. ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/davidsadventure/my-visit-to-the-hospital.html Last Friday was a holiday (“Pure and Bright Day” for honoring the dead) so many people had the day off. Some friends invited me to go with them on a trip to Dali and Jizu Shan (mountain). Four of us (3 ladies and me….I know what you’re thinking ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/davidsadventure/dali-and-jizu-shan.html