Reminder again to all!

We are unable to access WordPress from China. So new posts will not be available during the time we are in China. Everyone is mostly welcome to post your comments and photos after the trip. At the mean time, friends and families, please keep visiting this weblog. Click the Flickr photos on the left column to [...]

Where will we all meet?

I was just wondering where we were meeting tomorrow night after getting off the plane in Auckland???  Simone

Pingyao

We may not have the chance to see the Great Wall, but we will visit one of China’s most delightful attractions — the magnificent World Heritage-listed City Pingyao. Pingyao is about 120 km south of Taiyuan. The city is surrounded by one of China’s few intact Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) city walls. Pingyao’s streets are lined with a [...]

swimming togs

There is an indoor swimming pool in Shanxi University. Bring your swimming togs with you!

The programme

Finally we got the programme. There seem to be some changes to the original plan. We will stay in Shanxi University the whole time. If you have any question, just post it here. I will pass on to Dr. Han. Hopefully we will get the answers before we depart.  Click here to download: programme.doc 

Attention!All the viewers!

It turns out that wordpress (or any other blogging host) is blocked in China. That means we can not post on thiswebsite while we are in China. Nevertheless, we can still post photos and write a short comment about our photos on Flickr. All the viewers please click the Flickr Photos on the left column [...]

Pre-depature checklist

PRE-DEPARTURE CHECKLIST   Passport   E-ticket & international departure tax sticker   Completed departure card   Insurance information   Pocket money (US dollars preferred)   Warm clothes and accessories (e.g. gloves, scarf, etc.)   Travel Footwear (two pairs preferred)   Digital camera (if you already have one), battery charger & USB connection cable   Water [...]

Hillary’s performance book

Hillary has produced an excellent performance book for the trip. I recommend eveyone prints it out so that you can have script to look at when you perform. Yu Feng  Click here to download

Accomodation

When will we find out what our accomodations are like/what facilities we will have access to? Just thinking about packing here Melody

Shoes

What do you recommend we wear shoewise seeing as it snows. As in, are chucks ook? Tash