Tea Party at Wenchang Ge

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Jack

Hua Jie had a tea party at Wencang Ge, the ancient fortress guarding the East gate of the City. There were many people in traditional dress and a fine time was had by all.

Christmas Santa Was Cool

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Jack

I had a chance to play Santa at a couple friends’ schoolsThis is Christine. She wanted a laptop, so I let her sit on my lap.

Here’s a few more pictures which are representative of venue.

McDonalds is Open

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Jack

: At the Donut in the Sky (Big Cross)

McDonalds was opened on Christmas Eve. Prices seem reasonable with a Big Mac, Fries, and a Coke at under 25rmb. Upsized fries is about 27.5rmb. Stu spoke Chinese and ass’t manager translated his Chinese for him, and screwed it up. Then the cash register was jammed and they had to call the Manager over to override it. The wait staff needs to be a little better trained, but altogether it was a good experience at a reasonable price.

Guiyang For Laowai (Getting Around in Guiyang)

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Jack

The Guiyang for Laowai is listed below (prior post) and is a guidebook written by volunteers, all foreigners. It is in it’s third edition and goes obsolete rapidly. There are plenty good restaurants and other places of interest listed, in addition to what you find here. You may need a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to download it. The VPN gets through the firewall an lets you view western sites. I use Astrill ( https://www.astrill.com/ ), but there are several others out there. Astrill runs about $6 or $7 a month which is typical. If you have a friend with “Free” “gate” (spelling intentionally altered) he can probably give you the program, but their website is blocked from China. It’s a free vpn.

I am Jack, and am the administrator of this site. I am rethinking this site and need suggestions for new content, and of course, content contributors. If you have ideas, please contact me at johnsporter@gmail.com .

Guiyang For Laowai

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Jack

The Guiyang for Laowai directory for Guiyang is now available for download from my Dropbox account. You will probably need a VPN to access that download, but here it is:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/w835wlm4w28w4nt/Guiyang%20for%20laowai.pdf?dl=0

I am working on an interactive web page that will allow us to update this directory online with comments, directly below an image of each page. This is an active community and it is extremely difficult to keep this info updated. Any suggestions will be welcome.

Guiyang-Guangzhou High Speed Rail

Posted on November 4, 2014 by admin

Guiyang-Guangzhou high speed rail to open this December

2014-09-16 05:54:30 [http://english.cqnews.net/html/2014-09/16/content_31993802.htm]

The construction of the Guiyang-Guangzhou high speed rail has come to an end and its debugging is being carried out to make sure the line is put into operation by the end of the year, the Guiyang-Guangzhou high speed rail scheduling conference was told.

It is expected that the standard speed of the Guiyang-Guangzhou line will be 250 km/h. With a total length of 857 kilometers, the high speed rail will start from north Guiyang, stopping at Longli, Duyun, Danzhai, Rongjiang, Congjiang, Guilin, Gongcheng, Hezhou, Zhaoqing, Sanshui and Foshan, to arrive at its terminal Guangzhou.

There are 21 stops in total, and 8 stops among them are inside Guizhou province.

After completion, the duration from Guiyang to Guangzhou will be reduced to only 4 hours, from as long as 20 hours before.

Tunnels will carry more than 80 percent of the Guiyang-Guangzhou high speed railway. And for convenience, a 3G and 4G network will cover most of the tunnels.

Source: China Daily

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Guiyang-Guangzhou High Speed Railway is a major trunk route selected in the 11th Five Year Plan by the Chinese government. It will allow a fast link between the South-West Chinese provinces of Sichuan,Chongqing, Guizhou and Guangxi to the economic power houses of China in Guangdong and Hong Kong. It will allow for a massive reduction travel time between Guiyang and Guangzhou from 22 to 4 hours.

The 857 km route of this railway is more direct than current routes. This is due to the exceptionally difficult and mountainous terrain, making this high-speed project very expensive to construct. Project cost is estimated at 85.8 billion RMB (USD$12.6 billion).^[1] This means 209 tunnels are required over the length of this route, some being in excess of 14 km in length.^[2] It will pass through the major tourist destinations of Guilin and Yangshuo in Guangxi province with its unique karst landscape.

Construction commenced in 2008 and is expected to take 6 years to complete.

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High-speed train to arrive in Guilin this year

Category: Guilin Travel News [http://www.guilinholiday.com/blog-v1356-high-speed-train-to-arrive-in-guilin-this-year]

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The joint commissioning and integrated testing of the Guilin-Liuzhou section of Hengyang-Liuzhou high-speed railway started on July 19, 2013. The Guilin–Liuzhou high-speed rail is expected to open this year, with a travel time of only one hour between the two cities. The joint testing and commissioning of Guilin-Liuzhou high-speed railway

The Hengyang-Liuzhou high-speed railway serves as an important part of XiangGui (Hunan to Guangxi) railway expansion renovation project. It is the first one to make the testing and commissioning among the high-speed rails in Guangxi. This 497.9-kilometer-long rail route is expected to put into operation on a trial basis, in August, and be ready to open at the end of 2013.
The Xianggui railway, a 723-kilometer track, links the city of Hengyang, Hunan province and Nanning, the capital city of Guangxi; And, the Guiguang high-speed rail, linking the city of Guiyang, in Guizhou province, with Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, will pass through Guilin.
High-speed ralway network in South China

It is reported that as many as seven high-speed rails in Guangxi are expected to go into service this year. Thus, Guangxi is stepping into an era of high-speed railways. For travelers, it will be possible to enjoy the Guilin sunshine of a morning, go shopping in Guangzhou after 2 hours, and taste the famous Peking duck in the evening.

Octoberfest at the Kempinski Hotel

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Jack

The Octoberfest celebration is finished and it was a good time. The Paulaner brew pub on the sixth floor of the Kempinski brewed an Octoberfest beer that was very good. It was very German, but not too heavy and not too dark. The happy hour (two for one) prevailed all night, rather than cutting off at 8 pm. The Manager, Aynur Ozcan, has put together a friendly and competent staff. A fine time was had by all.

The menu is very cool, with many items for 58 RMB, which includes a salad bar. There were two bands, who alternated to keep the evening lively. . .

For more information about the Guiyang Kempinski, go to:
http://www.kempinski.com/en/guiyang/hotel-guiyang/welcome/

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: An Interesting Menu

: Manager Aynur

: The Outdoor Patio at night

: Frau Claudia and I

: The Vats

: The Beer Mug

There were many good times and good songs.

Kempinski Paulaner Octoberfest

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Jack

The Kempinski Hotel in Xiao Shi Ze (in the center of the city) has a celebration of the German Octoberfest. Everyone is welcome to come, but reservations are recommended. You don’t have to buy anything, but there is a full course meal or snacks and a beer. See the menu below: