Jun 18 2009 03:10 pm
hi david my name is linda and my father is also david akast from nz
Dec 24 2007 10:21 am
the photos are amazing.I like them all.Some day I wish to visit China.All the best.Sorry my english is not very good.:-))
Kiril from Bulgaria
Nov 26 2007 09:49 pm
Why are you sad about Paul and Yaya? She is clever and nice but listens to him and he is not intelligent and pretends to be nice, everybody in Changchun thinks he is crazy man i think English say two faces man.
Nov 23 2007 06:50 am
Hey David,where are you living now? Are you living in shanghai? what do you do there?
Oct 26 2007 05:05 am
Hi Dave and Connie---what wonderful news---congrats. to you both . So happy for you , Lotsaluv, Kennethe
Oct 10 2007 09:51 am
Little Dave with a marriage certificate, whoever would have thought it??!
Lots of congratulations to you both!
Love Becsxxx
May 30 2007 07:36 am
I suppose I ought to leave my email address, as I'm 99% sure we're related...
Chris Perkins
cp( at )predecimal.com
May 30 2007 07:29 am
You're an Akast! My Mum's maiden name was Akast, and you do actually share a resemblance to my uncle Peter Akast.
Do you know anything about your Akast family tree 'cousin'? I assume you are related to the late 18th century Baker, Charles Akast, as so far my research with every single Akast leads back to him.
Mar 2 2007 01:49 pm
Looking good Mr. Akast, looking good.....J
Jan 29 2007 05:10 am
Mr Akast,
Rumours are that you have bought a place in China, so I guess that means your plan to be in the UK more often is off?!
Keep in touch, even mass emails appreciated once on a while....
Lauren and Sebastian
Dec 8 2006 07:57 am
Your travels are fascinating and your pictures are exquisite. I've been to Changchun, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong also. I'd love to go to all those places again and more but I don't have the money or time. How do you afford to travel so much?
Sincerely,
Greg
Nov 17 2006 05:15 pm
ciao bello!im Jennifer here,hope you dont forget me.and im so sorry that i didnt tell you when i came to milan-this amazing city.Im ok here and im learning italian now,and how are you now?hope you are getting on well!and give me a mail if you see this message plz!Mi manchi tanto!!! Bacio!!coolbeanshan@yahoo.com.cn
Oct 11 2006 06:28 am
You really should be paid to travel the world, capturing culture and people through your Nikon.
Janet
Jul 29 2006 01:30 am
Aaron here say hello from Wuhan.
Good pics,very interesting. Really admire that you could get around so many places.
Keep in touch! wutongsky@gmail.com
Jun 24 2006 04:29 am
Hey Dave!~ I love ALL the pictures! It's amazing u've lived in China for so long, isn't it beautiful!! I love it!!~ I'm going to travel throughout China too~ We've gatta keep in touch huh!
You know what, u should absolutely hold an exhibition when ur back in UK. ^^ Keep it going &we'll all watching ya! Animation lights life~ Boony!
Jun 17 2006 11:36 pm
Hi dave, its rory you have some great pictures in this website, yak meat sounds nice!!!
Jun 12 2006 03:20 am
Hello DAve
Remeber me, Rosie HAll from sixth form (what a long time ago that was!). Stumbled across your photos, looks like you are having an amazing time. Are you travelling or are you working abroad?
I am a teacher now and have finally worked my way back to little old norfolk (they all come back here in the end). It would be really great to hear from you if you want to catch up my email address is rosieamigoposie@yahoo.co.uk .
Take care of yourself, Rosie xxx
Mar 22 2006 01:19 pm
hallo dave,
it was great to find you your pictures on the internet
we've been selling chimichianga together for a while to the turists in london, and now i'm happy to see you've besn having a good time in china since then
hope to see you one of these days over there
ciao,
pietro
pietro_tonini@hotmail.com
(p.s. great to see some pictures of nigel too)
Mar 1 2006 02:08 pm
wonderful.Even I am a chinese I could find a lot of joys through your pictures.
Look forward to your new works.
Aaron
Jan 27 2006 11:34 pm
Amazing Pictures of Hong Kong and Sichuan....Griselle
Jan 7 2006 11:24 pm
Amazing, I miss watching you with your Nikon. Janet
(Remarkably the same Nikon Janet nearly trashed!).
Dec 26 2005 09:38 pm
Jolly good shots sir.
General Sir Peter St John-Smythe (retd)
Dec 26 2005 09:39 pm
Hi David! Very nice and useful website.
Apr 9 2005 02:04 pm
Hi Dave never done this before. Its Rich in Bristol and althogh its Saturday and I;m going to play,looking at photo's I want to trvel now. Although would miss the gyms
Feb 25 2005 05:36 am
Some really great photo's Dave. Sorry we didn't have much time last Christmas to see each other. No bother, we'll catch you next time round.
Best of luck in your new post.
Nigel
Feb 22 2005 09:30 am
Hi David,
Your photos are amazing - I've looked at the recent ones. I would really love to experience some of what you have seen and done! Maybe one day ...? Tonnes of love Louise x
Feb 18 2005 03:13 am
Hi,David
Mabel here!I haven't heard from you for a long time!I just returned back to Changchun from my home yesterday.Just now I saw your new photos in SiChuan,Hongkong and Hanzhong,They are very beautiful and original?Cespecially those frontshops,as a chinese,I seldom notice those things,but when I see your photos, I feel they have a kind of special aesthetic feeling.
Where do you work now?Hanzhong?by the way, I have found the job in Shenzhen,I would be work there in July.Hope to see you again in the future!
Best wishes and give me a message back:whm8033@hotmail.com
Feb 13 2005 03:41 pm
So when does the book come out? "Follow Dave through China" I think is has a special ring to it. I loved the photos and wonder what the heck I'm doing in China. I hope to see you again someday. If you're ever in Shanghai you can stay at my place. Although I won't be able to show you much around town, I really havn't seen much. Man I gotta get out more.
Blaine, originally- Calgary, Canada.
currently- 4 year program Fudan University, Shanghai.
Sep 11 2004 03:03 am
Hi, Loved your photos. I just happened upon you photo albun as I am searching for family tree information. We share the same surname. Keep up the travelling and the fun.
Cathryn - Australia
Aug 27 2004 11:46 am
Awwww! Alice and Jesse are married!!! I was an assistant manager in 2001 (when there was only one school in Jinan), and they were the absolute best. It was so good to see pictures of their wedding, and to see the Aston crew from later on.
I also worked with Wayne and Brendan that signed the guest book below. I'm getting all sentimental just thinking about the great times I had with folks like them. Thanks for posting great photos -- they really represent the China that I know and love.
Bronwyn Bedient
Washington, DC USA
bronwynbedient@hotmail.com
Jul 15 2004 11:49 pm
shit.... sorry ehm... sentiment
Jul 15 2004 11:48 pm
David,
Wayne here. We shared a few beers in QingDao. Love the pictures and the sentimant attached. Noticed that you had a posting from my old mate Brendan S. I too am surpried you never met him. Hear that you are doing wondderful things in CC. Congrats and if you are ever in the south (china) look me up.
Peace
Way waychild@yahoo.com
Mar 25 2004 10:14 am
David!
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama here, from Stockholm -- with all the damnation to you for repeated failure (criminal negligence, maybe even intent) to keep in touch. However, I am pleased, if not thrilled, to see you managed to stay alive and out of trouble.
Seriously, it's been too long and I really hope to see you in near future. Either back home in Dear Old Blighty or if I visit China. Per Kristian also sends his best regards.
Keep in touch,
H.
Feb 24 2004 07:39 am
I have landed on your webpage whilst serching some information about Dalian. I'm going to visit Dalian soon - most likely this weekend. I was a bit worried about going to China by myself as this is my first trip to China but as soon as I saw your pictures I can't wait any more to explore it! Thank you a lot.
Do you remember how much a single room rate of the Dalian Hotel was?
Sunyoung, Seoul Korea
Jan 19 2004 04:56 pm
Thanks for taking the time to share your experience. Jim Cole Kelowna BC canada
Jan 11 2004 11:40 pm
DAVE!!
Weird, was just suggesting a mate to check out AES when I found the link to your photos! BASTARD! Been back in oz, for 6 months and just when i had forgotten all about China, your photos stir all those emotions again, the smell, my favourite dishes (yu xiang qie zi, tang cu li ji!) and of course that awful food poisoning bout from the xinjiang fandian zai kai fa qu. I miss it and I miss it all! I miss my china home, Qingdao I'll never forget it but i wonder if i'll ever make it back there, if not there maybe somewhere else in China. Not sure when I'll be back. I've promised myself the uk, cuba and iceland this year....oh well...an office job sucks so make sure you dont go home and get one!
cya when i get to the uk, if you're there.
lov melissa jong (aston xue xiao huangdao kai fa qu)
ps ni de zhong wen zenmeyang? mine hasn't progressed, though ive got a new tutor,and she's a little nuts, she loves teaching me in cantonese and expects me to respond in mandarin!!
say hi to janet for me!
Jan 8 2004 11:07 am
Great pics!
Dec 2 2003 12:17 am
Mabuhay! Its good to see a lot of neat places in china. Im applying for teaching position. Good shots!
FES
Nov 29 2003 08:32 pm
Great pictures, you really have a photographic eye. Just returned from an 8 day trip to Beijing and Shanghai, and am now exploring teaching in China. It looks like you and your friends have been having a wonderful time and visiting lots of the country. Thanks Bill H
Nov 26 2003 01:01 pm
Dave,
We've been to so many of the same places with AES I'm surpirsed we never met!! Why do all the pictures I have of Mike T look like the one you have - out at some restaurant with beer bottles around. Some things never change.
Brendan Sheridan
Oct 25 2003 05:36 pm
Dear Dave,
Thank you for these wonderful pictures of Changchun China. I left Changchun for USA to attend undergraduate school right after I graduated from Changchun No.11 high school in 1986 and I have not returned for a visit since. 17 years later, with one undergraduate degree, one masters degree, a solid career, a wife and a home under my belt, I am finally begining to think about going back to visit along with my wife. This is when I started looking for pictures of Changchun on the internet and I found yours! They are great! Thank you!
Don Wang
Don Wang
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA
Oct 22 2003 02:06 am
These photos are incredible Dave, I have just looked at the fantastic wedding photos and will have a proper look at the rest asap. I'm glad you are having such an amazing time and am looking forward to seeing you soon.
Take care
Will, Hoxne
Oct 20 2003 01:32 pm
Dave. Fabulous photos of some spectacular scenery. Keep enjoying yourself. Sean.
Oct 17 2003 11:39 pm
hello,david,I'm Mabel.I hope you remember me.In the morning at the Sam's club,you gave me your website.I have seen the beautiful photoes of huangshan and guilin.It is really wonderful.I hope I will travel in china like you someday.I think there will be many people envying you because you have enjoyed so many beatiful places.I hope you will continue to enjoy your trip and stay in China.and best wishes!!
Oct 17 2003 06:48 pm
Thank you for sharing! We adopted our son Dec 2002 and the high was +4F for the entire week! Lovely to see colors and life outside -- something we hope our son will see someday when we return to visit!
Barbara Wang
Oct 16 2003 05:31 am
We also were in Changchun in June/July 03.adopting our new daughter.
The weather was wonderful and we enjoyed our visit.
We plan to return to Changchun in 2005 and your photo's make me start to wish the time away.
Thanks for letting us see them.
Best wishes,
Sue.
UK
Oct 15 2003 02:15 pm
Wonderful pictures of Changchun. We adopted our daughter there in December 2002. The pictures brought back lots of memories.
Laurie
Little Rock AR
Oct 4 2003 07:11 pm
Useful pictures for a TEFLer thinking about China.
I'm applying for jobs now.
I particulaarly liked the snow sculpture teletubbies. Remember this as a quick EFL explanation of the meaning of the word "naff".
GB
Jun 17 2006 07:41 am
I was feeling so good about being home until I saw your recent photos and now I feel bad for missing so much of the summer with trips to the zoo, the lake, the beer festival. Damn! Ah well, next year in Changchun?
Aug 12 2003 03:42 am
Great photos and nice compositions!
Yaya Newing