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Wed, 8 Oct 2008 | By chelsea-go-round | Views [382] | Comments [1]
Student: " Miss i saw you with your boyfriend!" Teacher: " Oh no that was not my boyfriend, it is a friend of mine from Australia" Student: " No miss it was your boyfriend. He, he looks very cool you know miss" Teacher:... Read more >
Tue, 7 Oct 2008 | By jsherdc | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 7 Oct 2008 | By jsherdc | Views [1959] | Comments [1]
My last day in Xian started bad. My throat swelled up (polution? alergies? something I ate?) and I thru up in the cab on the way to the Shanzhi history museum. Then there was a 2 hour line to get in (The first line I saw in china, usually its just ... Read more >
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tibet
Mon, 6 Oct 2008 | By abelaine | Views [1581]
I am sure that I already mentioned that Hong Kong is great for shopping. From clothes, to great food, markets and of course -- Electronics. Let me be clear, the electronics are not really much cheaper than in many countries. You could get the same ... Read more >
Tags: china, hong kong
Mon, 6 Oct 2008 | By abelaine | Views [1831]
We met a few locals on our trip thru mainland China who were willing to talk candidly to us about their life and experiences in their home. For the most part we talked to educated, interesting people - we had no opportunity to talk to the peasants, ... Read more >
Tags: china, culture, people
Mon, 6 Oct 2008 | By mazystar | Views [2262] | Comments [11]
I went along to one of my Dad's English classes today here at Zhangzhou Institute of Technology. This particular class is a beginners one, so the students English skills are quite poor compared to a lot of the other classes. All of the students in ... Read more >
Tags: china, english class, zhangzhou
Sun, 5 Oct 2008 | By mazystar | Views [1990] | Comments [5]
The standard mattress here in China is hard as a rock. It seems the one in my little apartment is no exception. That's just the way Chinese people like to sleep. In the summer a lot of them will just sleep on straw mats on the floor. So I guess I should ... Read more >
Sun, 5 Oct 2008 | By mazystar | Views [702] | Comments [4]
Yesterday I slept for most of the day because when I was awake I had terrible nausea and a splitting head ache.
I'm not sure exactly what caused it; I think it was just a mixture of being tired and probably a tummy bug of some kind. It's the kind ... Read more >
Sat, 4 Oct 2008 | By jsherdc | Views [1200] | Video
Yesterday was a quiet day for me. I woke up, got on the internet for a few hours, and then went exploring. I finally wemt up the bell and drum towers. In the bell tower I saw a great show using gongs, a flute and some other exotic instruments. The ... Read more >
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xian
Fri, 3 Oct 2008 | By mazystar | Views [539] | Comments [2]
I have finally arrived in Zhangzhou! The weather is humid, but not too unpleasant at 28-30 degrees. My Dad and his wife June met me at Xiamen airport at about 1:30pm this afternoon. They also brought along one of June's students and she helped guide ... Read more >
Fri, 3 Oct 2008 | By mazystar | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 3 Oct 2008 | By abelaine | Views [1450]
So we took the T97 fast train from Beijing to Hong Kong. The trip was 25 hours and leaves every other day. This same train also leaves from Shanghai. NOTE: You really don't have to go to GuangZhou then cross the border from there. Even some Chinese ... Read more >
Tags: beijing, hong kong, t97, traing
Fri, 3 Oct 2008 | By jsherdc | Views [2233] | Comments [1]
Yesterday I woke up and walked over to the north gate to the city and went up to the top of the city wall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_wall_of_Xi'an). Up there I rented a bike ($3) and biked the 8 mile circumference. Everyone was very friendly ... Read more >
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walls
Thu, 2 Oct 2008 | By jsherdc | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 2 Oct 2008 | By abelaine | Views [1663]
We took a bus ride to the Olympic Arena from Tianmen sq. It took about an hour to get there. It was not really possible to see the stadium from too far due to the never ending smog that seemed to always be in the city. But as the sun set, it was fun ... Read more >
Tags: beijing, birds nest
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