DexGuy

This is me, DaMing, and a short documentary about my teaching methods and recent success while working in Hami, including Hami Forest Football Club.

Friends and my parents gathered for yet another feast with Russian vodka.

Kasghar's Hajajim lures you into a dutar trance in this new video. The editing might be a little boring, but the singing is fantastic.

Kasghar's Hajajim lures you into a dutar trance in this new video. The editing might be a little boring, but the singing is fantastic.

A funny show me and Phil did in 2006. I was a Uyghur woman/bloke and Phil was a Han Chinese Emperor. I felt like such a tit.

This is really spooky. As we came down the hillside in Kanas, China, the air was filled by the chanting of Mongol priests or similar from yurts.

A short trip through the Gobi in the snow

A funny show me and Phil did in 2006. I was a Uyghur woman/bloke and Phil was a Han Chinese Emperor. I felt like such a tit.

This is a class I did out of the classroom which encouraged students to shout aloud and have some fun.

Class Three's (Junior 2) singing class, 2006. This was a successful and fun class with some great songs.

Teacher's Day 2006 in Hami, China. We ate the popular 'hotpot' (choose your food and cook it in a bowl of spicy soup at your table) and delicious C...

This is a great spectacle and I encourage anyone to see the evening military ceremony for themselves.

Hami Forest, my student football team win their last game of the Tuha Spring Season and lift the cup!

A beautiful piece of music my one of my friends at my house party plus dancing afterwards

Having a blast at my house party in July.

A group of locals singing traditional songs of the good ol' times (presumably, Communist songs) in Xian around the 2007 Chinese New Year time.

This is really spooky. As we came down the hillside in Kanas, China, the air was filled by the chanting of Mongol priests or similar from yurts.

On our last day we tried to get out of Kanas lake but it snowed heavily and on our journey back we passed several cars that'd slid off into the mou...

This is how they do it... remove the felt exterior, and the frames (sticks) that are held together by a central 'umbrella' and the rest follows.

Berjin, in northern Xinjiang (near Lake Kanas), with it's nightmarket which displays, cooks and sells fish and meat produce for you to eat there an...

A few pandas get into watermelon at Beijing zoo.

Me, a student and Phil played out a funny Kung Fu show to everyone as part of an English show at school. We managed to get into the local newspaper...

Here, some of my students put on a great display of syncronised zither play in an 'art' festive (which really means 'English' festival).

Xinjiang is a melting pot of cultures. Here, a Mongolian singer praises her guests in a traditional round felt yurt which are common in the province.

Check out this overcrowded train from Beijing. People slept everywhere - on the floors, seats, in the toilets and even in sinks.

My parents giving it some Uyghur moves at a private family celebration in Tulafan (Turpan), China.

Friends and my parents gathered for yet another feast with Russian vodka.

Watch a simple restaurant make noodles and chop up seaweed and the end result: a very tasty New-Ro-Mien... in Hami, Xinjiang, China.

Phil and Leah play fight after a day spent on the piste in stunning Balikun near Hami.

Me and all the folks here in Hami together for what turned out to be a great night out/in.

We stayed at a Korla hotel found in the Lonely Planet book, only to find each room selling an array of sex contraceptives.

Dune buggying through the hot Taklamakan Desert in China (Xinjiang). A really wicked experience!

Check out this 10-year old's abilities. Me and Phil found him while cycling through Beijing's ancient Hutong district. We arranged to meet the next...

A funny few moments dancing with local Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China in the beautifully small city of Kuqa.

A picnic in Hami's nearby desert suddenly turns into a sandstorm whipped up by the typical spring weather patterns.