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Wild Guizhou
Wild Guizhou is all about Making Memories ... by getting involved with
the land and the people
1) Hiking to a secluded village
3 focus points of the trip
2) Getting to know a local family
3) Working with the Community
Day 1
• Is a travel day
• Fly to Guiyang in Guizhou
• Short break at a beautiful park in Longli to hike/zipline/stretch
• 1.5 hour bus ride to Kali
• Check into 4 star hotel
Hotel in Kali
Share hotel with roommate
Day 2: Hiking to our Village
• Breakfast at Hotel
• 4 hour hike through amazing nature trail... from village to village, over the mountain and through the woods
• (Bus meets us there with suitcases and bottled water)
Start Hiking at one village
Through the Main Street of
Town
On the well traveled path to the joining
village
Rugged Country to Hike
Our village is south of Kali
On our hike we will see
unique plants found only in
this area
only in this
isolated part of
the world
Snub Nosed
Monkey
Our hike will go through some very special habitat where Endangered
Animals live.
Final Destination of our
Hike on Day 2
village welcoming ceremony
Indigenous Miao People welcome us into their
Home Hostels• Basketball
game with local children
• English lessons for family
• pick vegetables from garden for supper
Each Miao village has its own customs and
traditions
There was a wedding taking place when I was there, all the village was invited, lots
of gifts (quilt, pig, rice bags), and fireworks
•Evening: Learn to play local instrument
• Reed pipe instruction
• bonfire celebration with host children
• Sing songs, roast marshmallows
• locally made reed instrument
-will be staying in a home hostels in groups of 4-6 students
-the village has taken in school groups of 100 before so they will easily accommodate our small
group of 20 students, 2 teachers, school nurse, local guide, and China Flavors Guide
End of Day 2, time for bed
-the village has taken in school groups of 100 before so they will easily accommodate our small group of 20
students
Map of village with each hostel labeled
Day 3: Volunteer work
• Miao Breakfast
• English class
• Farm work (field plowing, building retaining walls, carp-fishing, digging potatoes)
• Pick vegetables for lunch and supper
Working in the fields with your host families
Working to build a terraced field
Picking Vegetables for supper
Evening Farewell Banquet by Hosts
Traditional Hot Pot Soup
• The cat fish raised in the rice fields are said to be the most delicious fish ... a real treat
End of Day 3
-to bed with your group of
four to six students in your
Miao Village hostel
Day 4:
• Breakfast with your hostel group
• Volunteer at local school, say goodbye
• Drive to another village (long skirt Miao People) for cultural show (called long skirt tribe because of the length of their traditional dress)
Volunteering at the local School
Teaching our favorite Art, Music, Sports lesson while incorporating english vocabulary
- The children in the village are in grades 1 to 6 as the older children have to go to boarding school, as the roads are too difficult for a daily school bus.
Culture show
• Drive to Jidao
• Long Skirt Miao village
QuickTime™ and a decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Rice field irrigated by wooden water
wheels
end of day 4
•back to our hotel in Kali for a supper and a shower (maybe not in that order : )
•join in traditional dancing in the city square
Day 5: Travel Day
•Check out of Kali Hotel
•Drive to Airport
•Flight to Shanghai
Wild Guizhou
Questions?
• Questions contact trip leaders Mr. James Manning (Grade 7 Science) or Ms. Amy Smith (Grade 7 Math)