The life of an Aussie rock 'n' roll bogan masquerading as an English teacher in China

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G'day

For those of you interested in my travells in China, here you are, my travellogue.

For those of you who don't know me, I'm an Aussie bogan from Melbourne who loves rock 'n' roll and Boags beer. Before coming to China I was working at the greatest rock 'n' roll pub in Aus, The Tote and playing in, relatively, succesful bands, The Bombshells, The Thrillkillers and El Bruto. My interest in learning Chinese, and of China itself, got the better of me though, and now here I am, on a beautiful tropical island - Hainan, one of the luckiest bastards I know. Here they have coffee, full-strength beer and a plethora wonderful tropical fruits and seafood.

For those about to rock - we salute you

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  Departure   Melbourne, Australia on Jun 14, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Arrival-Beijing   Beijing, China on Jun 14, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  One night in Beijing   Beijing, China on Jun 15, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Arrival in my new hometown - Xinyu   Xinyu, China on Jun 16, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Reality and the trouble with 'spoiders   Xinyu, China on Jun 17, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Hospitality University   He Xia, China on Jun 22, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  My first transaction in Chinese   Xinyu, China on Jun 24, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Red Star   Xinyu, China on Jun 25, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  I need a guitar!!   Xinyu, China on Jun 26, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Was that just a date??   Xinyu, China on Jul 1, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Yang tian gang   Xinyu, China on Jul 2, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Mmmmmn food   Xinyu, China on Jul 3, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The tide starts to turn   Xinyu, China on Jul 5, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Busy little beaver   Xinyu, China on Jul 14, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Sick as a Dog   Xinyu, China on Jul 19, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Rafting - Deliverance style   Xinyu, China on Jul 25, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Chinese coffee and journal entries   Xinyu, China on Jul 26, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The end of Summer camp party   Xinyu, China on Jul 28, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  It suddenly dawns on me..   Xinyu, China on Jul 28, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Xian Yue Hu - Fairy lake   Xinyu, China on Jul 31, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Why I'll neverlook ata menu again without laughing   Xinyu, China on Aug 2, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  My first Chinese festival   Xinyu, China on Aug 8, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The downside of teaching   Xinyu, China on Aug 18, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  My last week in Xinyu   Xinyu, China on Aug 26, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Bloody beautiful Yangshuo   Yangshuo, China on Aug 27, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Party, party, party.   Yangshuo, China on Sep 2, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Moon Hill ride   Yangshuo, China on Sep 3, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
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  The beginning of my life as   Hai Kou, China on Sep 5, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  National day spent in paradise   Sanya, China on Oct 5, 2006 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Happy Birthday to me   Hai Kou and Wen Chang, China on Nov 5, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  The Five Lords Temple   Hai Kou, China on Nov 10, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Class Excursion   Hai Kou, China on Nov 23, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
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  The great Zhen Fa Sports carnival   Hai Kou, China on Dec 9, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Merry friggen Xmas   Hai Kou, China on Dec 31, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Nanning New Year   Nanning, China on Jan 7, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Jesus Crust - Soapy star!   Hai Kou, China on Jan 22, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  On the road....finally   Hai Kou, China on Feb 6, 2007 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Waiting for a connection to Kunming   Nanning, China on Feb 6, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The adventure begins...ooh how exciting   Kunming, China on Feb 8, 2007 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Day of rest   Kunming, China on Feb 9, 2007 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Fucken Wow!!   Yuanyang, China on Feb 11, 2007 6 pictures 0 comments
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  The terraced rice fields   Yuanyang, China on Feb 11, 2007 3 pictures 0 comments
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  A quick stopover at Jianshui   Jianshui, China on Feb 12, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments