Becky

thanks bec for letting me use your computer. ..
we've been watching so you think you can dance - on youtube. check out jamal and e-nock. umm and a guy called sex. sooo funny. there was another girl witha prosthetic arm.. cant find her... and also the robot guy. bryan gaynor. he got copyrighted. oohh hick and wink they're a funny couple too.. love it.
and yes we think we can dance

Annoying things to do on a car trip:
-tap
-click
-poke people sitting in front of you
-bang on the chair in front of you
-put other peoples headrests down
-tighten seat belts
-lean chairs backwards

4/09/07
WELCOME TO WAGGA
the welcoming committee put on a glamourous dinner for all new medical professionals and students. there was about 60 people and lots of great old surgeons to talk to. some up to 80 years old. fun times, good food, free drinks.

Corowa

very productive week.
i spent 3 days in corowa (population 5000)
there were a few gross things i wont mention - you can ask me later..
there were heaps of babies too. I got to mind some of them while the community nurse was chatting about feeding and weight and growth etc etc... One newborn fell asleep in my arms. much better than crying! his mum was happy
I gave one guy an injection of Gold. for arthritis. !
and burnt of some yucky skin spots

day 6

flight back to beijing saturday morning. Cindy took us to the airport dressed in her traditional clothes.
Everyone was ready for a nap at the sommerset hotel but the kids got bored so we went for a walk. ended up at hard rock cafe! heaps of fun. yummy chips, icecream and milkshakes.

Day 5

Friday in Li-Jiang. did some great shopping with Cindy our guide. watched a sing/dance show that night. The guy (ill find a photo) Cindy told us was 'seven thirty... i mean seventy three' hehe. We visited lots of shops along canals which was very cute. The trip up the mountain was loonngg, had a 2 hour wait at least. but we managed to spend the whole time chatting to a group of chinese tourists who were learnin/teachin english.Some of the kids, 17 yearolds, did amazingly well. I think they enjoyed having someone to practise with. The Cox kids managed to get a few photos up there.. the tourists are often more interested in the 'beautiful australians' than the scnery about them.. this happened at most of the places we went. bus trip back down the mountain was pretty boring except for the part where we got to ride a yack!! oh my goodness.. it cost a few dollars to ride and the same for a picture.. in australia i can imagine the ride being $20 and $50 for a picture. we couldnt resist. although i think the one bec had was a cow in disguise, she wasnt happy.

day 4

-Traditional Dali people wear fun costumes, the minority grop are the Bi people. Costumes represent teh snow, flowers, moon and wind.
-We visited an island with a fishing villiage on it. Some of the community had never left the island!
-Tea ceremony in the afternoon, complete with dancing and chinese singing which we didnt understand.
- 3 hour bus trip to Li-Jiang. 2 hours into it we came across a huge shed which contained a jewellry store looking like david jones! it was glamorous but just in the middle of nowhere.

Day 3

Our tour guide Roger picked us up on rainy wednesday morning. We travelled to the stone forest in the morning and Western Hill in the afternoon.


Plane to Dali. Stayed at a nice hotel.