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first working week in the Akha village in Chiang Rai

Wednesday:
A new project in the forest go to the bamboo beat!

maschierten Armed with machetes, we and two other Akha men only by 15 minutes through the jungle in search of large bamboo trees. This will cut down the trees and we could knock off the branches on the sides, the tubes hit in reasonable lengths, and then drag exhausting downward into the ground. Of course, it also had a neat, oppressive heat, but at least there were none more rain, as regularly in recent days.

could After lunch enjoy an original Max Akha massage:

After the usual hour for lunch we went back to beat back into the forest, more bamboo. To this time was no longer there, because Rosa still felt ill, so he took her by motorbike to Chiang Rai to a doctor and eventually they stayed in a guest house to relax, she had allegedly got a cold.

Here's a little insight into our village: the main square and at the same place to eat and group discussions

... and our bathroom and toilet:
Thursday:
Next project: Fence and Wall

build first we had to divide us into two groups. The others were allowed to beat the bamboo into strips or cut into different lengths. My Group was allowed to dig holes for wooden posts that arise out later, the new bamboo fence should. We were busy until noon.

After lunch we went back two groups. The group mixed concrete from the cement and sand from the river bed, washed and collected large stones and walled with these materials a wall beside the road.

And the other group and I wove the fence of the bamboo strips. And for me that was really impressive how quickly and with simple materials for which one could build a really nice fence.

On this day We also based our new sleeping place in the house of an Akha family, each with two people with a family. Thus, our room looked: During the day we were hardly in the house, but in the evening to bed Let's go then met the lady of the house and a few of their friends and neighbors. At cost gabs snails, sharp and spicy! Not my taste I must say.

Janneke had brought from home was for the children of the village, with whom she could blow bubbles and they were really excited.

Something like that always looks the way our dinner or lunch from:
Friday:

Last project This week: repair road to civilization!

This time we had the morning to take our "lunch box" because we are not able to return to the village for lunch.

Then we walked out of the village to repair the bodies of the roads, where rain regularly washes away the soil, thus leaving real deep holes and trenches, which makes it difficult to drive to or from the village to go. On the way we passed through the village gate. Our village has two of them. This is not just a goal, but has here a very special spiritual significance. And there are a few rules: for example, one may not the past or remain are going through the gate, but you have to pass through it. Also not allowed to touch it and every year renewed the gate and there are different ceremonies that are conducted by spiritual leader and the residents.

had arrived at work then so we do things such as earth fill into bags and place them in the pot holes, dig a moat and put away a pile of dirt on the street. It's all a pretty messy business.

surprised us then, unfortunately, once again a downpour, which made it impossible to continue working ... Yes, the rainy season here has not called. So we looked for a shelter, where we will also ate lunch (traditionally with the fingers)

Having had the rain back down a bit, we worked a little further - with all the work pretty hopeless and seemed pointless - and then we went back to the village. To later we still led to the "Holy Spring", which supplied the village with drinking water.

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Work Camp - The first few days stopover in Kuala Lumpur

13.07. and 14.07.

Monday:

The first day the work camp was indeed intended for arrival times. My plane was also scheduled at 12:20 local time in Chiang Mai. As Chiang is May, a known tourist destination in Thailand, I thought I could still buy some things there that we need for the work camp and I had not brought along, such as sleeping bag, mosquito net, rain jacket and mat. However, the airport was not so great, and actually I should as soon as possible to the meeting place in Chiang Rai are. So I just took the next taxi in the city and take the first bus to Chiang Rai. Ironically, the cost for the 10 min taxi to the bus stop as much as the 3 hour bus ride to Chiang Rai.

Once there waiting for me already then the 1 Shock when I was walking down the station in search of other participants: a completely wacky, sweaty, constantly chattering, long-haired, scruffy looking pretty busy for the type of something in his oversized backpack. First of all I just went towards WC. But when I came back later, I was sure that that was my group. Still trying to happiness was our Work Camp director and a Dutch To Janneke . But of course the other guy named Niels , also from Holland. We had to turn to two additional participants Wait Alexis from France and Rosa from Spain. When we all had together, we rode on the back of a pickup to an orphanage in an Akha village in the hills. There were already waiting, the other participants who had already been on time at 10:00 at the meeting point. There were Kate and Peter (an older couple in their 60 from Colorado / USA), Melanie , Audrey and Virginie (all from France), Wonmi from Korea, Taylor and Ashley (Vermont, USA) and Max (half German, half American, lives in Holland).

We lived there, split between two huts, one of which was an orphanage and it was there the whole time, a few children from the village to the TV or simply to wait for us to examine . For dinner, then gabs rice with green vegetables and meat (as usual from Taiwan), only slightly less handsome presents * g *. But that was not our final camp site, since the actual site was not accessible in this day because of rain - there is rainy season so we slept the first night relatively early, as it naturally does not really flow or so was!. Our bed was in principle the floor mats and sleeping bags plus possibly brought, in my case my Kuhfleckendecke I'd still get paid at home. But I survived the night.

Tuesday:

was called the next day at 7:00 for the first time, it washing in a cabin (at the same loo). There was just a ton of water and a large spoon with which one could pour the water over the body, as a shower. After breakfast (the same as the dinner plus fried eggs), we had to pack up everything again and invite the two pickups. Then we went to our village. Finally we arrived at the site to which it had the previous day made it impossible to reach the village, a small river with a bridge over adventurous, before and behind it a clay, slippery slope with lots of ruts and potholes. Thus, we had our first project in front of us: bridge repair with fresh planks and chase up a few stones to fill the holes. With a lot of black smoke and a lot of muscle power, we managed to finally push through the two cars.

Next they were about 20 more minutes on worst roads and steep slopes, and often just by using muscle power to our camp-site.

We were then already quite happy to see our really nice bamboo house where we would spend the next few nights. We also had a river nearby, saw it was all a little more open (not so in the woods as the other village) and the Akha people from quite friendly. Thus we obtained in the morning until our place to sleep in it even with fireplace and far larger than the last. The ground was also pleasantly flexible, since everything was built of bamboo.

Full of motivation we started after the Enter the work at once to Tos surprise. First (real) project to dig a swimming pool was in the river and the sand to gather on the square in front of our house for later. Peter took the same command, if that was a good idea is to doubt, however. Basically, we just dug the whole time sand from the river bed, which we then filled into bags and struggle to survive on the muddy, slippery slope upward contributed to the square.

In between times gabs short 'ne lunch. The same was true To us a go, that here in the Akha village would consist of rice every meal, either to gabs cucumbers, greens (which would rather describe as a weed with small spines), tomatoes, cabbage and chicken or pork, fried eggs for breakfast on a regular basis. After lunch, including a one-hour break (from the Akha prescribed, since they hold regularly at this time a nap) we continued our work to dinner. After that we said To plan for the coming days and everyone had to introduce themselves and tell something about yourself. Since then it was dark before we could wash just quickly and go to "bed".

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Sunday 12 July:

the early afternoon I arrived in Kuala Lumpur on or at least at the airport. From there I had booked the shuttle into town, and I was not prepared that this would need 1:15 hours. Since I was a little doubt on whether there really I was sitting in the right bus. Finally, I came but to the bus station. Within the city are the so-called monorail, an elevated monorail that runs through the city center.

arrived at the hostel until I rested for a while and enjoyed the uncensored Internet in Malaysia. Later I got hungry and, ideally, I learned in that moment, my roommate know, a Canadian, what I went with the dinner. On the menu, I discovered by chance "Bullfrog" and thought I must try now easy. And honestly, if you do not know that the frog, one would think it's chicken. It tastes good anyway.
Since I had neither the time nor the inclination in a grand tour through the city, I did after eating only a quick trip to Chinatown, where I expected the market to find a few things for Work Camp needed were, like a sleeping bag. I found what I was unfortunately not, but a T-shirt was in there after all.
Then I went back to the hostel where I was surfing the Internet and something finally went to sleep, because the next morning I had to get up early again, after I knew how long it took the shuttle to the airport for my flight to Chiang Mai (Thailand) was already at 10 40 Clock.

My impression of Kuala Lumpur was certainly different than I expected. In Malaysia, there are a large Muslim majority and so many Muslims everywhere. But just in KL are thronged with people of different races and many Europeans and Americans, what surprised me somewhat. For one am already excited to see more of KL when I come again in August.

Next stop was Chiang Rai in Thailand now, where I would spend 2 weeks in a work camp and waited again to a new culture, a new country and new people to me.

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In 海南 Hainan Johns Familie_Teil II

9th to 12 July

Thursday:

early morning alarm call came again to John and me. For us two, it was the 七 仙山 Qixianshan 7-fairy mountain to climb, the 7 summits could be seen from our bungalow so.
And even though we were still pretty early, we brought the damp humid climate and the steep steps up a sweat.

so it went past banana trees and lots of other tropical trees and lianas on until we Ausscichtspunkt arrived at the end of the path. About Chinese caution accordingly there was again a sign that the way to the steel rope was banned to the top. But when I heard that the top was someone else, I settled by John no longer hold back and climbed to the top from where you really had a nice view, but unfortunately I had left my camera at John below. Finally, John also overcame climb a few feet up.
On the way back down the valley it was muggy and humid again, so I had to from time to time again wring out my T-shirt (from which I certainly have had a half liter of water squeezed out) and in the stream washed with ice-cold water and something cooled. Once
On foot of the mountain, was not a moment too soon Shoe Johns also the spirit and got the whole sole * g *. Then we spent another hour in the car until we visited at lunch time a "restaurant" in a small town on the road. They told us we would need the ingredients such as meat get themselves on the adjacent market. This was also one of the worst places I had ever entered and I briefly real spoiled any appetite, such as worms any thickness and length, snails, still out crawled out of the bowls, a variety of fish and fish parts, etc etc, and even that funny Tortoise:

Fortunately Johns parents were a bit regardless of my European palate and bought relatively common fish and shellfish and pork. For rinsing gabs homemade rice liquor.

With a full stomach, we placed the last kilometers of the route to Sanya, where John and I went first through a shell museum. At the exit I was able to enjoy for the first time the views of the real near-perfect beach of Sanya.三亚 Sanya is also a popular holiday destination for many Russians, has crystal-clear waters, fine white sand and yellow can be determined to 100 m are still in the water. However, we
had no bathing suits with. Therefore, we drove to another beach, where you had to pay any entrance fee and thus the other could come to the beach for free.

After about 1 hour in water, we finally had enough and began the search for a cheap hotel room. After we've found our things in the room and quickly shuts off, we drove into town for dinner. The most typical and best food in Sanya were understandably seafood, of which there were in the restaurant again lots of variety of fresh, nasty creatures, such as sand worms, crabs and shells of all kinds and this weird Snails.

Johns parents opted for shrimp and mussels and believe it, crab is really delicious and really fun to crack the shell with his teeth and pull out the white meat.

The pieces of skin and everything else that does not migrate into the stomach should be, according to Chinese fashion just spit on the table. John even shot a photo as evidence to show that I really had eaten shrimp and mussels, which made for a little surprise.

Friday:

John had indeed been real trouble, the perfect Round trip together by Hainan for me. As one of the highlights he had contacted a diving instructor, who should show us the underwater world of Sanya. First, we led the way out of town in a fishing village, where we expected our buddy and we slipped only once in the neoprene suits. Then we went by boat out of the bay and after the first few meters of me one of the instructors have left the control of the boat.

out to sea we went into the water and it was REALLY a great experience, all the corals, sea anemones and Dorothy and Nemo in the vicinity may be.

Unfortunately wars after 30 min already over again and we chugged back into the bay, with a kind of tuk-tuk back from the city to Sanya, because time was short again. First There Were lunch ... Here, John's mother when eating a duck skull:
The next attraction was the 南山 Nanshan Mountain in the South, on the plan in principle, was not really a mountain, but housed a whole temple area and a large statue of a saint.

The park was really huge and is also being further expanded, the time is just a pagoda and built a new temple building. Unfortunately, the statue that day is not available, usually you can go into it. But simply the sight from a distance as it rises from the sea, with four faces in all directions, was impressive. could
After the park we broke up again to pick up John's sister from the city that come unexpectedly, but to Sanya and stay with us the last two days. After we finally found it, we went directly on to dinner. Gabs again mussels, crab and rock fish and the fish was really tasty.
For dessert, I bought myself a cane rod at a hawker.
Later, we went a little shopping and then back to the hotel to rest for us the last day. Here is a photo of the elevator at our hotel. The funny thing is: It lacks the numbers 4, 13, 14 and 18 ... Chinese superstition probably:

Saturday:
goes by so fast that time and it was again the last real day in Hainan. We packed our things back into the car and went to breakfast the so-called "Monkey Iceland," a sort of park on an island, home to about 2,000 monkeys.

This was probably one of the highlights of our trip - for everyone, because the others were also previously never been to the park. were Among other apes also shows:
Actually I was hoping that you can touch the monkeys correctly so, but unfortunately I had to quickly learn that (as much else in China) was prohibited and probably a bit dangerous. After all, some monkeys were real aggressive and belligerent when they came too close.

For those who actually attacked a visitor, there was a private prison monkeys:
In any case, we had a lot of Fun with the animals, especially as they watched absolutely everywhere, in bushes, on branches, in garbage cans ... Then we had to go again, and yet we go home, because from Haikou to Sanya, it was again about 4 hours drive. As a small travel snack gabs 芋头 Yutou (= taro, taro), a type of floury potatoes, just know that she is inside and purple-greyish.
Here's something that struck me strongly in Hainan: the men roll up their shirts just to cool to the more or less large belly ... which would not have existed in Taiwan:
arrived in Haikou, we drove to work of John's mother and her mother, a fabric market. There, all together we helped to clear away the fabric rolls and close the store.
Then we drove to the hotel where we had the first morning the breakfast buffet. There they had reserved a private room for us and invited a few relatives for the last time to eat dinner together. Among other gabs duck (or goose?) Tongues:
And that was the assembled group, because you can not imagine what that made a noise and asked questions and laughed ... Chinese halt, out loud! After dinner we went
a bit in the park for a walk to pass the time, because for the first night there was the typical Hainan-Night Snack: coconut milk or water with a mixture of ingredients according to taste (uA peanuts, Bobba, quail egg, noodles, red and green beans and so on. ..).

Sunday:
... was a somewhat melancholy day. In the morning I had with John and his parents breakfast in the hotel and then we went straight to the airport at 10:50 to go already because my flight to Kuala Lumpur. At the time of farewell, I realized it really only right that so that my final semester in Taiwan was over and I Sarah and John no more or high uncertainty and if only then could one day see in a few years back. Before, it was everything to me not as present as I was probably too busy with travel preparations and I rather had my next goals in mind. Was then already a very strange feeling to be alone and also I had had a lot of time waiting at the airport and the plane to pass through the whole 5 months in the head revue.


My Resume to these days in Hainan: I was really impressed with how much effort had John and his family made to show me the most beautiful and interesting places and introduce me to her home province of her family. I also got for the first time and see really poor people living on the streets, just as you would often see only on TV.

What I noticed was also that the Chinese there either shy or not as compared to Westerners are open, as I had learned in Taiwan. So it was rather before time that I came to a place and a child shouted suddenly startled: "妈妈, 外国人 Mama, Waiguoren !!!", which translated means," Mom, a foreigner !!!". Was kinda cute, but also a bit frightening.

only problem was that John's family, unfortunately, not all speak English really could not and some even had problems to communicate with me in Chinese, because in Hainan again has its own dialect, which differs greatly from the Mandarin. So I'm also at 99.9% of the calls did not understand a single word. That was a shame.

What I have in any case decided in my short time in China is that I definitely would like to someday make a real journey through China and hopefully have an opportunity to see my beloved Chinese friends. But now we went for the first time on to Kuala Lumpur and thus in a whole new world ...