Beautiful scene everywhere
Clear sky after heavy rain
We are together!
Story-telling time
Sharing of lives
A big fest from a very warm family
Classroom in Shidong
Dance in Fangzhao
Fields and water
Our group on the way from Hong Kong to Guangzhou
Monday, July 30, 2007
People and places in Guizhou
Beautiful scene everywhere
Clear sky after heavy rain
We are together!
Story-telling time
A big fest from a very warm family
Back from Guizhou
Finally, I am back from Guizhou after a out-of-expectation exchange tour.
For the exchange tour itself, it is organized by a non-profit making organisation known as "U-hearts (http://www.u-hearts.org/)". As one of the group leaders, I have to take care of eight boys and girls of age from 11 to 13. They are good boys and girls, but we are responsible to ensure they really grow from the experience they gained in the trip. Therefore, I spent much efforts in motivating the teenagers to make breakthrough for themselves. In short, it is not a leisure trip for me, and I found it much more demanding than my trip in Europe. I even suppressed my excitement on thinking about visiting a place famous of Miao culture.
No need to mention itinerary, it involved a lot of travelling, coach from Hong Kong to Guangzhou, flight from Guangzhou to Guiyang 貴陽, 2 hours travelling on coach again from Guiyang to Kailishi 凱里市, and then day to day visiting schools away from Kailishi for at least 2 hours travelling on coach. In short, boring.
HOWEVER, seeing the Miao people is a very exciting experience to me. Girls wear very beautiful costume and a lot of silvery ornament. They are great in singing and dancing. And they are very friendly and nice to visitors. Everyone entering their village must drink their home-made wine as a greeting. It is known as welcome wine 攔門酒.
Moreover, we stayed in the Shidong Secondary School at Shidongzhen 施洞鎮 for two days and my group made friends with the Liu family, the younger brother is a junior one student and his elder sister is a graduate of this school and now she is a senior one student. Mrs Liu made a big fest as a welcome dinner for us. And she is so kind that she helped me to wear the full costume of her daughter. Of course, my friend helped me take a lot of funny photographs. But to me, it is the most beautiful for her daughter to wear the costumes. And it is a very enjoyable experience of seeing the mother to help her daughter to dress up. The Liu family is so nice and friendly. I am really touched. Both of us were unwilling to let go and we shed tears at the moment we left.
It is a pity that my SLR-DC could not work properly in the first two days of my trip. Therefore I did not bring it with me in the stay at Shidongzhen. I really wanted to take good records of the people, the dresses, the silvery ornaments, the scenes and the old buildings.
Meanwhile, I only occasionally to take photographs with my SE K810i with my newly-met friends, as I simply treasure the moment with them. Moreover, I believe that no camera can record truely beautiful moments. I prefer to enjoy the moments instead.
At the end of the trip, I have made up my mind of re-visiting Shidong. This time, I will live with the Liu family, work in the field and catch fish together.
Yeah!
For the exchange tour itself, it is organized by a non-profit making organisation known as "U-hearts (http://www.u-hearts.org/)". As one of the group leaders, I have to take care of eight boys and girls of age from 11 to 13. They are good boys and girls, but we are responsible to ensure they really grow from the experience they gained in the trip. Therefore, I spent much efforts in motivating the teenagers to make breakthrough for themselves. In short, it is not a leisure trip for me, and I found it much more demanding than my trip in Europe. I even suppressed my excitement on thinking about visiting a place famous of Miao culture.
No need to mention itinerary, it involved a lot of travelling, coach from Hong Kong to Guangzhou, flight from Guangzhou to Guiyang 貴陽, 2 hours travelling on coach again from Guiyang to Kailishi 凱里市, and then day to day visiting schools away from Kailishi for at least 2 hours travelling on coach. In short, boring.
HOWEVER, seeing the Miao people is a very exciting experience to me. Girls wear very beautiful costume and a lot of silvery ornament. They are great in singing and dancing. And they are very friendly and nice to visitors. Everyone entering their village must drink their home-made wine as a greeting. It is known as welcome wine 攔門酒.
Moreover, we stayed in the Shidong Secondary School at Shidongzhen 施洞鎮 for two days and my group made friends with the Liu family, the younger brother is a junior one student and his elder sister is a graduate of this school and now she is a senior one student. Mrs Liu made a big fest as a welcome dinner for us. And she is so kind that she helped me to wear the full costume of her daughter. Of course, my friend helped me take a lot of funny photographs. But to me, it is the most beautiful for her daughter to wear the costumes. And it is a very enjoyable experience of seeing the mother to help her daughter to dress up. The Liu family is so nice and friendly. I am really touched. Both of us were unwilling to let go and we shed tears at the moment we left.
It is a pity that my SLR-DC could not work properly in the first two days of my trip. Therefore I did not bring it with me in the stay at Shidongzhen. I really wanted to take good records of the people, the dresses, the silvery ornaments, the scenes and the old buildings.
Meanwhile, I only occasionally to take photographs with my SE K810i with my newly-met friends, as I simply treasure the moment with them. Moreover, I believe that no camera can record truely beautiful moments. I prefer to enjoy the moments instead.
At the end of the trip, I have made up my mind of re-visiting Shidong. This time, I will live with the Liu family, work in the field and catch fish together.
Yeah!
Monday, July 23, 2007
Dogs, dogs, dogs
These lovely boys are found in my trip. They never bark. They are fit and handsome, smart and charm, loyal to its owner and got kind of wisdom. I once found a little graceful dog at night in a piazza of lots of people listening to some music jamming. This little guy looked calm without owner, sank to its thought (for the way home I think) in the music. It was grateful to the friendly pats on the head from strangers. What else can I say then?
What's next?
Well, I will be heading to Guizhou, China early in tomorrow morning. Yes, there is an itinerary, but it's not planned by me, it's an official one, like:
HK > Guangzhou > Guizhou > Guangzhou > HK
It's boring, isn't it?
In fact, this trip is not for fun to me. It's an exchange tour for 90 youngsters. And I am one of the group leaders. Taking care of the youngsters are not kidding, I have to take care of the children for their parents, and at the same time, help the youngsters to have greater exposure to the world around them to boost their growth. So, I feel not that excited as my own European trip this time. Simply hope I will have bits of time to take some pictures of the place.
HK > Guangzhou > Guizhou > Guangzhou > HK
It's boring, isn't it?
In fact, this trip is not for fun to me. It's an exchange tour for 90 youngsters. And I am one of the group leaders. Taking care of the youngsters are not kidding, I have to take care of the children for their parents, and at the same time, help the youngsters to have greater exposure to the world around them to boost their growth. So, I feel not that excited as my own European trip this time. Simply hope I will have bits of time to take some pictures of the place.
Venezia, a beautiful palette of thousands of colours
Venice...
Sunshine
Piazzas
Palaces
Bridges
Pigeons
Ponte Rialto
Grand canal
Murano glass
Masks
Bold colours
Beautiful Italians
Handsome dogs
Friendly elderly
Gelato
Tourists tourists tourists
La Biennale di Venezia
Piazza St. Macro
Music
Theatre
Concert halls
Walks
Lost
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