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photos of China

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

some ! of my photos of China and a few of Cat Ba Vietnam can be seen in my picassa album at  

http://picasaweb.google.com/petefurlepa/ChinaSelect

Back in the UK

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Arrived safely back in the UK Sunday.  Always good to be back and !!, but hopefully can get away in a few months time if I can find a job.  Now a chance to sort out the photos which will probably take 6 months anyway.

Pattaya

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Left Kumming to bright sunshine and despite being taken on a magical mystery tour by the taxi driver no problems.  A big change from my previous departure from Kumming,  in what was more like an evacuation in those SARs ridden ... [Continue reading this entry]

Kumming

Sunday, March 9th, 2008
The end of the road.  A few months later,  have now completed a loop to the four corners - ish of China, shame to finish but it happens and hopefully will be back in the not too distant future as ... [Continue reading this entry]

Guiyang

Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Just arrived in Guiyang, the provincial capital, from Kailli. Luckily not for long as it looks as undesirable as other Chinese cities and the train station the usual hell hole of a mass of people and no English - ... [Continue reading this entry]

Conjiang

Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Didn't get the best start to the day as the hotel had told me the only bus for Conjiang departed at 8am.  Then at 7.18 in the morning they knocked on the door to tell me it leaves 7.20 so ... [Continue reading this entry]

Zhaoxing 2

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Guizhou is obviously not China's richest province, besides bad roads and internet speeds the electricity supply also in need of help. But there are consolations in under development which is what for the moment makes it such a lovely ... [Continue reading this entry]

Zhaoxing

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
Not everywhere has good internet speeds, 2 hours to do nothing, ouch. But then given that my breakfast order was forgotton, I then missed the bus, left my jacket on the bus to here maybe today was never going ... [Continue reading this entry]

Chenyang Bridge

Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Left Yangshou early for the trip to Guilin and then Sanjiang. Sanjiang hot and dusty and no reason to stay longer than the hour it took to get away which for some reason seemed more complicated than it should have ... [Continue reading this entry]

Yangshou 2

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
Had a relaxing day in Yangshou.  Bumped into a couple of English students from before who had yet to restart classes after Tet.  So next morning we decided to go to Longsheng and the rice terraces.  Wasn't a promising start ... [Continue reading this entry]