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date: Sunday, November 23, 2008
title: China China(Edited)
time: 2:21 PM
CHINA (Edited 29 Nov) For details about the flight, please scroll down to see mansfield's edit in the previous post. Pls read this post until the very end to have a better idea on the trip. About The Napahai Nature Reserve, at an altitude of 3,266 meters above sea level, is located 8 kilometers northwest of the county seat of Zhongdian. It has the largest grassland in Zhongdian, surrounded by mountains on three sides. Tibetan butter tea Tibetan butter tea, Po Cha, is the most typical Tibetan drink. In Tibet many people drink it all day long because it heats them up. The butter also helps prevent chapped lips. According to the Tibetan custom, butter tea is drunk in separate sips, and after each sip the host refills the bowl to the brim. Thus, the guest never drains his bowl; rather, it is constantly topped up. If the visitor does not wish to drink, the best thing to do is leave the tea untouched until the time comes to leave and then drain the bowl. In this way etiquette is observed and the host will not be offended. The process of making butter tea takes a long time and is pretty complicated. People use a special black tea that comes from an area called Pemagul in Tibet. The tea comes in bricks of different shapes, and we crumble off some tea and boil it for many hours. We save the liquid from the boiling and then whenever we want to make tea, we add some of that liquid, called chaku, to our boiling water. If you wanna have a prelude of the taste, just get any plain black tea, and add in salt, butter and milk in it. (: Currency rate The current rate is about 4.46 CNY Weather (22 November 2008) Average temp - High 10degrees, low 1degree. mostly sunny with clouds. Tibetan Language Tibetan language belongs to the small Tibetan-Burmese group of languages and has no similarity at all to Mandarin or Hindi. Tibetan script was developed in the seventy century and has thirty consonants and five vowels which are placed either beside, above or below other letters when written down. There are obvious inaccuracies when trying to render this into the Roman alphabet and the situation is further complicated by the many dialects across the region; the Lhasa dialect is used in the vocabulary below. Word order is back-to-front relative to English, and verbs are placed at the ends of sentences-“this noodle soup is delicious” becomes “tukpa dee shimbo do”, literally “noodle soup this delicious is”. The only sound you are likely to have trouble with is ng at the beginning of words-it is pronounced as in sang. Some simple phrases: I am Jierong : Nga Jie-Rong Yin (I Jierong am) Click here Packing List 1. Passport (validity of at least 6 months and a photocopy of the information page) 2. 2 passport sized photograph 3. Vaccination certificate and a record of medical history 4. Cash (800 Yuan is about enough) 5. Insurance certificate and tel. no 6. 1 pair trekking boots 7. 1 pair sandal 8. 3 pair wool/synthetic trekking socks (socks liners are optional) 9. 1 waterproof top and bottom 10. 1 windproof top and bottom 11. 1 set of insulation/wool/fleece top 12. 1 pair trekking pants 13. 5 quick dry t-shirts 14. 1 warm head wear and cap 15. 1 set thermal (no cotton) 16. 3 set undies (no disposables) 17. 1 pair glove 18. 1 sleeping bag liner (sleeping bags provided) 19. 1 insulation mattress 20. Towel (small, quick dry) 21. Toilet kit (minimal, include foot powder) 22. Sun block 23. Lip balm 24. Eye drops 25. Hand sanitizers/tissues/toilet paper 26. Sanitary pad (where applicable) 27. 1 day pack 28. personal first aid kit 29. 1 headlamp with spare batt 30. spare glasses (try not to wear contacts) 31. 1 whistle 32. Sunglasses and retainer strap 33. pens, notebook(IMPORTANT!! MUST BRING!!) 34. Camera, battery 35. Singapore souvenirs 36. Water bottle (at least 1L) Ignore these items: 3. Vaccination certificate and a record of medical history 5. Insurance certificate and tel. no 19. 1 insulation mattress Meeting details Date:4th Dec Venue: Terminal 2 Time:0615hrs Reach earlier to look for the check-in row for Silkair flight to Kunming. Remember to bring your passport!! Check odac gmail for itinerary and groupings for china trip. Pls constantly check odac gmail from now till 4th dec for constant updates. We need to plan for the education and cultural segment for the trip. Pls start thinking of it now. We will stay back to discuss after XBlaze recce on 1st dec. |