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Days: 52 - 56 - Chengdu

Chengdu, o la Metrópoli Perfecta, es la capital de la provincia de Sichuan. Había dos razones principales para venir aquí. La primera: visitar a los pandas gigantes. Fuimos a una Base de Cría e Investigación donde tienen a alrededor de 50 pandas gigantes y rojos. También tienen algunos...

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patryandjose on September 23, 2009 from Chengdu, China

from the travel blog: Resumen de dónde estamos y para dónde vamos? - Summary of where we are and where are we going to?

Gong Bao Chicken or Sweet and Sour Pork? place your orders!

I think im beginning to make small gains in my climbing- i led 3 routes yesterday, and one was a 6a that i did by hanging on a few bolts and at one point i climbed up until i could just reach the bolt, but the the last one was below my feet and i was in an unbalanced position to place the...

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Clairesj on September 21, 2009 from Yangshuo, China

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Wedding #2

Teenager's chinese teacher from last semester was married today. She invited Princess to be her flower girl. It was quite a different affair than the ayi's son's wedding. This was at a fancy dancy reception hall. It was modern and elegant. The food was really expensive. Her dresses were very...

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carseat tourist on September 20, 2009 from Harbin, China

from the travel blog: Life in Harbin as an American English Teacher

Chinese hospitals; or, I don’t have swine flu

Well, after being sick for pretty much the past two weeks, I think I am finally getting better. What started as a head cold turned into what seems to have been a flu, which then seems to have given way to another flu. Basically, this means that I have gotten pretty familiar with medical...

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agentsarainkunming on September 19, 2009 from Kunming, China

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Day 47: Leshang

Hicimos un viaje de un día desde Emei Shan a Leshan para ver al "Gran Buda": a 71 mtrs es el Buda más alto del mundo y esta tallado en un acantilado. ¡Asombroso! ==================== We did a one day trip from Emei Shan to Leshan in order to see the ‘Grand Buddha’: at 71 m it’s the tallest...

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patryandjose on September 18, 2009 from Leshan, China

from the travel blog: Resumen de dónde estamos y para dónde vamos? - Summary of where we are and where are we going to?

good and bad day

Today has been a very long day to say the least. Started out at the foreign teacher's apt at 9 am this morning and ends right about now. 11:14. So we have been trying to figure out who we work for (directly take orders from) for a few days because there seems to be a conflict. This lady who is...

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cz74699 on September 18, 2009 from Chongqing, China

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filling out forms

Now I thought I had filled out my life time supply of paperwork with the completion of the adoption this year. I was wrong. I am now living in Formville. One book of forms must contain everyones temperature by 8am. I was instructed to not bother with my kids names and just list them as elder...

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carseat tourist on September 17, 2009 from Harbin, China

from the travel blog: Life in Harbin as an American English Teacher

week deuce

more random information: Step 1:The English names for these students are hilarious. Im not sure where they get their American names from...they might just open a dictionary. here are some of the names they have introduced themselves as twinkle (a male), Mark of the sky, Tom sunshine,...

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cz74699 on September 17, 2009 from Chongqing, China

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is that a bird, a plane? no its BiRT in Yangshuo!!

yes, thats what i thought when we were sitting in the bus after a good day climbing and 2 climbers get on at the next stop. The guy, called Eban, asks us if we are from Hot Rock, and we reply that yes we are. Oh i met the Hot Rockers when they were here last year, he says, and i saw your truck...

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Clairesj on September 17, 2009 from Yangshuo, China

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Days: 45-50 - Emei Shan

Después de Chongquin nos fuimos directo a Emei, otra de las montañas sagradas budistas en el centro de China, en la provincia de Sichuan. Nuestro principal propósito aquí fue el de subir desde un pequeño pueblo llamado Baugou (500 mtrs) a Jinding o la "Cumbre Dorada" (3.077 mtrs) y volver de...

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patryandjose on September 16, 2009 from Emeishan, China

from the travel blog: Resumen de dónde estamos y para dónde vamos? - Summary of where we are and where are we going to?

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