Archive: July 2008

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  Getting There is Half the Fun?

  Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Everything was telling me to stay put. I really love Fenghuang and found a great hostel, I really hate Hong Kong and haven’t found a decent place to stay so far, and it was pissing down with rain. I should have followed my instincts and stayed in Fenghuang for a few more days.
  But instict be [...]

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  The Sounds and Smells of Fenghuang

  Jul 18, 2008 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I have just escaped the noisiest hotel I have ever experienced. The hotel is made of wood and I think it has a family of elephants living on the floor above me. I have no idea how it’s possible to stomp around so much. Plus the lock on the toilet outside of my room is [...]

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  Covert Christian Couchsurfing

  Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  After two years of being a member of Couchsurfing, I have finally surfed for the first time and it was great! I stayed with a local girl in Guanxhi province and it was more than I could have hoped for although, at first, I was a bit worried. She was meeting up with a friend of [...]

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  A Day of Festivities and Bus Rides

  Jul 12, 2008 | Permalink | Comment?

  After three uneventful but very relaxing nights at the Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces, it was time to make a move. The morning of my departure though saw the village explode with colours and music as the locals got out their best traditional dress and instruments and celebrated something. Who knows what. But it was pretty [...]

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  Hanging Out in Yangshuo

  Jul 03, 2008 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Yangshuo is the kind of place you hate to love. It’s touristy as hell and doesn’t really even feel like it’s in China, but it’s beautiful, fun, packed with things to do and I’m finding it hard to tear myself away.
  Plus I have a bit of a purpose here beyond just guzzling beer and checking [...]