Ross
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Man I need a video of that to post!
it's raining in guangxi
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What on earth is going on in Chou-Land.....being threatened with a meat cleaver..??
You've got to arm yourself with chopsticks and poke out his eyes next time....
You've got to arm yourself with chopsticks and poke out his eyes next time....
Tbone
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Draw a target on his door and see what he think then.
Ross
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No no Bina, the thumb. The thumb is much too powerful for this little Chinese man.
guess i need to splain the chinese way of fighting. two guys with issues stand real
close together, maybe 6" separating their fragile unpeccable chests. faces are even
closer. lots of growling, one guy yells and waves his arms, the other guy sorta
shrinks down. they take turns doing this, can last for hours. very entertaining on
the sidewalks and in the shops. sometimes it escalates into sissy slapping, where they
kinda 'dogpaddle' at each other slapping each others hands. if really really serious,
they may even hug and squeeze each other. in extremely rare cases, one guy can
grab the others shoe, pull it off, and throw it in the street.
so they're like chihuahuas, lots of barking, they'll stand in front of you and puff up
their hairless chests, but if you take a step towards them, they'll run twenty feet
away, turn back and start barking again. it's only dangerous if they get behind y0u
and nip at your heels, or if there is a group of half a dozen or more.
those are the rules for men fighting. if it's husbands beating their wives, pretty much
anything goes. very common for men to hit their wives in public.
close together, maybe 6" separating their fragile unpeccable chests. faces are even
closer. lots of growling, one guy yells and waves his arms, the other guy sorta
shrinks down. they take turns doing this, can last for hours. very entertaining on
the sidewalks and in the shops. sometimes it escalates into sissy slapping, where they
kinda 'dogpaddle' at each other slapping each others hands. if really really serious,
they may even hug and squeeze each other. in extremely rare cases, one guy can
grab the others shoe, pull it off, and throw it in the street.
so they're like chihuahuas, lots of barking, they'll stand in front of you and puff up
their hairless chests, but if you take a step towards them, they'll run twenty feet
away, turn back and start barking again. it's only dangerous if they get behind y0u
and nip at your heels, or if there is a group of half a dozen or more.
those are the rules for men fighting. if it's husbands beating their wives, pretty much
anything goes. very common for men to hit their wives in public.
okie-dokie, it's 9pm sunday night, 12 hours to go. this will probably be my last post
for a while, not sure what kind of access i'll have through internet bars along the way.
they're there, but sites get blocked on and off, this site blocks access to chinese ips,
and i have only one working back door left.
weather may cooperate, tropical depression arrives tonight at 3am, there should be
rain until 5am, rest of the day clear but hot...35+degrees. after that, who knows.
anyway, all loaded and ready to go. mailed off four large boxes of clothing and stuff
to thailand, should arrive within a month. got my second new digital camera....
a canon. the samsung i bought two days ago had a short circuit.
enjoy the break. i should be arriving in thailand around the first of august. can't
wait to show bina all the pictures of squatties from laos.
for a while, not sure what kind of access i'll have through internet bars along the way.
they're there, but sites get blocked on and off, this site blocks access to chinese ips,
and i have only one working back door left.
weather may cooperate, tropical depression arrives tonight at 3am, there should be
rain until 5am, rest of the day clear but hot...35+degrees. after that, who knows.
anyway, all loaded and ready to go. mailed off four large boxes of clothing and stuff
to thailand, should arrive within a month. got my second new digital camera....
a canon. the samsung i bought two days ago had a short circuit.
enjoy the break. i should be arriving in thailand around the first of august. can't
wait to show bina all the pictures of squatties from laos.
hallo from almost no longer in china. i've just cycled about 1100 km of
some of the hardest riding i've ever done. they gots mountains here.
and more mountains. and then even more. it just never ends.
some of the long climbs in low gear cover over 30 km, with a rise in
elevation of around 3000 meters. it can take four hours to reach the
pass....that's if the road is paved, and if the road isn't blocked by
mudslide. think you'll make up some time screaming down the other
side? think again....gotta slow down on the hairpins, never know what's
around the bend....broke down vehicle, one truck passing another, or
farmer walking his herd of water buffallo...or perhaps part of the road
has fallen off the cliff.....
some of the hardest riding i've ever done. they gots mountains here.
and more mountains. and then even more. it just never ends.
some of the long climbs in low gear cover over 30 km, with a rise in
elevation of around 3000 meters. it can take four hours to reach the
pass....that's if the road is paved, and if the road isn't blocked by
mudslide. think you'll make up some time screaming down the other
side? think again....gotta slow down on the hairpins, never know what's
around the bend....broke down vehicle, one truck passing another, or
farmer walking his herd of water buffallo...or perhaps part of the road
has fallen off the cliff.....
i'm now in xishaungbanna, the very southern part of yunnan province, home of the
dai minority....and all their stray dogs. one more day in china, 95 km to the border
town of mohan tomorrow, stay the night, then monday morning cross into laos.
short 60 km, but mountainous of course, ride to luang namtha, then i can take a
three day break to play tourist and rest, hoping the saddlesores go away.
no heart problems, all going well with the new valve. only concern is whether
the thai customs guys are going to charge me duty to import medical devices.
will arrive in thailand early august, should be able to post a few pictures then.
don't want to chance taking the memory card out of the camera yet, since it
appears to be working. seeing that the camera i bought two days before i left
had a short circuit, and had to replace the next day, don't want to chance
anything going wrong.
dai minority....and all their stray dogs. one more day in china, 95 km to the border
town of mohan tomorrow, stay the night, then monday morning cross into laos.
short 60 km, but mountainous of course, ride to luang namtha, then i can take a
three day break to play tourist and rest, hoping the saddlesores go away.
no heart problems, all going well with the new valve. only concern is whether
the thai customs guys are going to charge me duty to import medical devices.
will arrive in thailand early august, should be able to post a few pictures then.
don't want to chance taking the memory card out of the camera yet, since it
appears to be working. seeing that the camera i bought two days before i left
had a short circuit, and had to replace the next day, don't want to chance
anything going wrong.
navigation is a problem sometimes. the map i bought before i left is inaccurate.
but then all the maps here are like an artist's conception of what a map of the
area would look like if the person, drunk at the time, whose uncle's brother's
friend may (or may not) have visited the area in question, described the terrain.
roads that don't exist are on the maps. those that do exist sometimes aren't there.
villages appear on one map, not on another, have different names than what the
real name is. there are no 'welcome to xxx' signs, no indication of where you are.
you have to depend on the local police station or china mobile shop having the name
of the town on the sign.
can't ask the locals, sometimes they don't know, sometimes they use the name from
their minority language. sometimes you can't ask, as they don't speak standard
chinese.
there are mostly no direction signs. often you're in the middle of nowhere, come upon
a fork in the road (shouldn't that be a chopstick in the road?) and no signs!! find a
local? they don't know the area further than their rice paddy. sometimes they guess.
never ever ask 'is this the way to xxx?' as the answer is always yes. point the other
way, ask the same question, the answer is yes. you have to ask 'so where does this
road go?'
distances on the maps are just estimates. ask a local how far, it's either 'too far'
or 'not far.' how many km? the answer is usually 2....which can stretch to 30.
but then all the maps here are like an artist's conception of what a map of the
area would look like if the person, drunk at the time, whose uncle's brother's
friend may (or may not) have visited the area in question, described the terrain.
roads that don't exist are on the maps. those that do exist sometimes aren't there.
villages appear on one map, not on another, have different names than what the
real name is. there are no 'welcome to xxx' signs, no indication of where you are.
you have to depend on the local police station or china mobile shop having the name
of the town on the sign.
can't ask the locals, sometimes they don't know, sometimes they use the name from
their minority language. sometimes you can't ask, as they don't speak standard
chinese.
there are mostly no direction signs. often you're in the middle of nowhere, come upon
a fork in the road (shouldn't that be a chopstick in the road?) and no signs!! find a
local? they don't know the area further than their rice paddy. sometimes they guess.
never ever ask 'is this the way to xxx?' as the answer is always yes. point the other
way, ask the same question, the answer is yes. you have to ask 'so where does this
road go?'
distances on the maps are just estimates. ask a local how far, it's either 'too far'
or 'not far.' how many km? the answer is usually 2....which can stretch to 30.
Ross
Well-known member
Sounds like a real excursion.
Chou, I have been wondering how you were doing on your "special" road trip.
Did you order Cooker's "Monkey butt" powder? I hear it does wonders for saddle sores.
Stay safe.
Did you order Cooker's "Monkey butt" powder? I hear it does wonders for saddle sores.
Stay safe.
hello, sabadee, and greetings from laos.
last night spent my last night in china in the border town of mohan.
finally got out of the mountains, although still plenty of ups and downs.
except for the part where i sorta kinda accidentally got on the freeway,
that was nice and smooth, although the tunnels were a bit scary. police
never stopped me, not even when i rolled through a toll booth. they didn't
care about the peasant farmers herding their water bufallos across the
pavement either.
crossed the border from china into laos this morning, rode a very
easy 60km to arrive in luang namtha by noon. laos is much like china,
yet very different. hard to explain, will post pictures later.
hanging out today to rest and will play tourist tomorrow, visit the local
museum and hike up the hill to a temple.
so far have covered 1350km, with another 400 left to chiang mai.
ross, what's with the ip blocking? this site was blocked in guangxi
province, accessible in eastern yunnan, blocked in western yunnan,
and now have access in laos.
last night spent my last night in china in the border town of mohan.
finally got out of the mountains, although still plenty of ups and downs.
except for the part where i sorta kinda accidentally got on the freeway,
that was nice and smooth, although the tunnels were a bit scary. police
never stopped me, not even when i rolled through a toll booth. they didn't
care about the peasant farmers herding their water bufallos across the
pavement either.
crossed the border from china into laos this morning, rode a very
easy 60km to arrive in luang namtha by noon. laos is much like china,
yet very different. hard to explain, will post pictures later.
hanging out today to rest and will play tourist tomorrow, visit the local
museum and hike up the hill to a temple.
so far have covered 1350km, with another 400 left to chiang mai.
ross, what's with the ip blocking? this site was blocked in guangxi
province, accessible in eastern yunnan, blocked in western yunnan,
and now have access in laos.
Welcome to Laos.....VR Traveller.
I'm interested to hear about this country. On my street we have a family from Laos; very nice, shy people, but they have no clue about how to look after dogs as a "pet".
I'm interested to hear about this country. On my street we have a family from Laos; very nice, shy people, but they have no clue about how to look after dogs as a "pet".
well, the move is now complete. covered 1800 km in just under three weeks,
arrived in chiang mai today at noon. found a decent guesthouse for just
2000 baht ($60) per month, will stay one month until i can find a convenient
condo to rent. will stow the bicycle in the room for a while, play tourist until
i start thai classes next week.
laos was not what i expected. cycled through many poor villages, but not poor
like china. chinese villages just filthy, garbage everywhere, pooping in the streets.
the lao villages were incredibly neat and tidy, spare lumber neatly stacked beneath
huts, bamboo tied in bundles, the entire area neatly swept. people were much
more polite than chinese. only had four days in country, saw many villages and a
few small towns. will have to make a trip to vientienne to see what the big
city is like.
bike made it with no breakdowns, no heart valve issues, despite those long 30-km
hard climbs up the moutains. saddlesores have mostly gone away, just a wee
bit tender. thighs are burning, thinking of heading out for a traditional thigh
massage. then a snack at the DUNKIN DONUTS!!!
arrived in chiang mai today at noon. found a decent guesthouse for just
2000 baht ($60) per month, will stay one month until i can find a convenient
condo to rent. will stow the bicycle in the room for a while, play tourist until
i start thai classes next week.
laos was not what i expected. cycled through many poor villages, but not poor
like china. chinese villages just filthy, garbage everywhere, pooping in the streets.
the lao villages were incredibly neat and tidy, spare lumber neatly stacked beneath
huts, bamboo tied in bundles, the entire area neatly swept. people were much
more polite than chinese. only had four days in country, saw many villages and a
few small towns. will have to make a trip to vientienne to see what the big
city is like.
bike made it with no breakdowns, no heart valve issues, despite those long 30-km
hard climbs up the moutains. saddlesores have mostly gone away, just a wee
bit tender. thighs are burning, thinking of heading out for a traditional thigh
massage. then a snack at the DUNKIN DONUTS!!!
ctyguy
Well-known member
massage and then donuts ? I'm liking the sould of Laos !!
Dunkin donuts.....wow, what more could you ask for. 
hensylee
Well-known member
and so a new chapter of Chou begins. we can't wait to read it. nice to be traveling with you and that you willingly take us along. thank you. one day when you want to write a travelogue all you have to do is come to VR and it's already written. happy trails.........
have pretty much settled in....got a local bank account set up, visited with the
nice folks at the university. intensive speaking class begins next week. so now
just wandering around sampling food, sight-seeing (or, um, seat-sighting around
the college). looking for a condo to rent, pricing laptops (no ross, i mean a
computer!), thinking of buying a motorsickel....
really enjoying the food, and the buffet lunches. thinking of trying the all you can
eat cake buffet at a local pastry shop. need to put back all the weight i lost
during the trip.
i forgot how physical a thai massage can be. they're not gentle, lots of pulling and
stretching and pressing.....kinda rubs ya the wrong way. and the evil woman just
laughed every time at my pained expressions when she applied pressure to my thais.
nice folks at the university. intensive speaking class begins next week. so now
just wandering around sampling food, sight-seeing (or, um, seat-sighting around
the college). looking for a condo to rent, pricing laptops (no ross, i mean a
computer!), thinking of buying a motorsickel....
really enjoying the food, and the buffet lunches. thinking of trying the all you can
eat cake buffet at a local pastry shop. need to put back all the weight i lost
during the trip.
i forgot how physical a thai massage can be. they're not gentle, lots of pulling and
stretching and pressing.....kinda rubs ya the wrong way. and the evil woman just
laughed every time at my pained expressions when she applied pressure to my thais.
It's good to read another chapter in "Chou's Asian Adventures."
(I'm too skinny, take me to the cake buffet)
(I'm too skinny, take me to the cake buffet)
