Day 2 in Guilin. After the Li River cruise Ma met us at Yangshuo Pedestrian Street to take us on the next leg of our trip. Yangshuo Pedestrian Street Twice in my life I've felt harassed into making a purchase. The first time was in Victoria Falls in 2006 and the second time was here in this pedestrian street. I looked at a panda t-shirt thinking it might be suitable … [Read more...] about Impression Liu

Chinese National Day holiday 1 October - 7 October First of all we want to thank our group of Chinese friends who helped us make this trip to Guilin possible. From helping us to buy our tickets, getting us to the airport and then home again, we are so grateful as it's not easy to travel around China when you don't speak the language and are not used to the traffic and … [Read more...] about Trip to Guilin

The mid-autumn festival is held annually at the time of the full moon in September (the same time as Muslims celebrate Eid) "The Story Goes Like This … Long, long ago, there were 10 suns in the sky. The suns burnt all the plants on Earth. People were dying. Read more... The Mid-Autumn Festival was celebrated at the same time as Typhoon Meranti was heading towards … [Read more...] about Mid-Autumn festival

On Sunday 11 September I decided to go and experience the local church, an outing organized  for me by my Chinese friends. The Chinese Communist party is atheist but allow 5 religions to practice, namely Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam, Buddhism and Daoism. It is believed that Jesus' disciple Thomas was the first Christian to go to China. C. M. Cipolla's in his book, Guns, … [Read more...] about Sunday church

Thursday 8 September Today we had a successful trip into Fuzhou as we needed a medical for our residence visa. Medical exam and then to the campus police to sort residence permission. As we came out it was the end of morning lectures (11.30 am) and time for lunch (officially 12.20 - 2pm). Throngs of students head out for the canteen. Meal times Meals, as well … [Read more...] about Settling down