Destination: China

Three extra bodies

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [849]

Tonight.  Three extra people will call my apartment home.  It's entirely circumstantial.  Let me explain.  I agreed to have a couch surfer.  Kari came to Beijing to say goodbye.  One of her friends from high school came to Beijing to see her and say ... Read more >

Xian

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 | By eri | Views [635] | Comments [1]

A welcome 27 hours of rest on train from Yangshou.  The only other foreigners of the 1000s of people on this train happen to be in the same carriage as me - two American guys - theology post-grad students from Ohio.  Arrived in Xian and faced the ruthless ... Read more >

Gallery: Album 9: Our first week in China and Hong Kong!

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 | By leanne | Photo Gallery

Gallery: ATB Site Work

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 | By dallow | Photo Gallery

Summer fever

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [721]

My students are driving me insane right now.  Only a couple of weeks left before finals, and they are definitely ready for summer.  As am I, compounding the situation.  I still can't figure out why, after 10 months of working with them, they can't shut ... Read more >

Gallery: Kanas Horse Trip

Sun, 1 Jun 2008 | By bodiekern | Photo Gallery

The Great Wall of China lives up to all the hype.

Sun, 1 Jun 2008 | By susanandlars | Views [2156] | Comments [3]

Today we went to the Great Wall of China. Hoping to avoid the crowds (a bit) we opted for an early departure to a more remote location. Now we've all been reading about the Great Wall our whole lives, so ... Read more >

Iron Man

Sat, 31 May 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [746]

I'd never been to a proper movie in China.  It costs three times as much as a DVD off the street.  The movies don't come out until months after they've been released in the States (often after you can buy it on DVD).  There's a pretty good chance they've ... Read more >

Gallery: China 2K7

Sat, 31 May 2008 | By raindropsonroses | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Kanas Lake

Fri, 30 May 2008 | By bodiekern | Photo Gallery

Beijing: They Eat Jews!

Fri, 30 May 2008 | By susanandlars | Views [1683] | Comments [2]

We'd had a rather pleasant day in Beijing, having walked about and then taken a great bike tour to see the new Olympic stadiums. But after we sat down for dinner we were a little surprised by the menu! You ... Read more >

Crawfish, crabs, and shrimp

Fri, 30 May 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [907]

Almost a year ago, my mom sent me a package for my birthday.  It was a box of Tony's, a couple of boxes of instant Zatarain's, and some crab boil.  It's well-known that China steals a lot of the market for crawfish in Louisiana, so my mom assumed I'd ... Read more >

Different city, same red tape (Beijing)

Thu, 29 May 2008 | By susanandlars | Views [1044]

Well, at least it's isnt Shanghai. Our arrival to Beijing quickly reminded us that this was China. We got way too comfy in our English-speaking, business oriented paradise of Hong Kong. Worried about business ... Read more >

Gallery: Shanghai

Wed, 28 May 2008 | By eri | Photo Gallery

Hospital

Wed, 28 May 2008 | By eri | Views [550]

I hasten to add, this was as an outpatient!  Dunno if it was something I ate on the boat over or soon after I arrived, anyway felt a bit 'wrong' pretty much from day one.  'Wrong' got progressively worse - with all the symptoms of amoebic dysentery, ... Read more >