Destination: China

Photos: My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 | By tiger | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Nice to meet you.....to meet you nice!

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 | By samvanneilson | Views [988] | Comments [4]

Welcome to the new AND updated blog. The KEY between C and B doesn’t work on this keyboard so any word with it will mean it is missing but there aren’t that many words with it in it anyway…except improved, have, very… this is going to be tough to ... Read more >

Tags: airport, china, flats, girlfriend, guangzhou, kids, life, school, sister, travel

Photos: Inner Mongolia

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 | By leanneensly | Photo Gallery

Working Stiff

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 | By joshuapatterson23 | Views [587]

Well I am back to work after a 9 day vacation. Now the freshman have started class finally and I have a full work week and it is rough. Let me just give you the quick rundown. Now Monday is the worst day of the week for me because I have 3, yeah 3, classes ... Read more >

The Road Less Traveled

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 | By jaydizzle | Views [758]

In America, you never think "boy, I'm glad they have laws against driving on the sidewalk."  For most of us, it would never occur to us to drive on a sidewalk, down a median, through a walking path, or any other such surface.  In fact, I often ... Read more >

Tags: accident, china, law, traffic

Health Standards and China

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 | By jaydizzle | Views [707]

Your average Chinese person does not understand anything about health.  I don't say this to be stereotypical.  It's just true.  Most of my Chinese friends' knowledge seems to be largely based on old wives' tales and sorcery.  At least in America, I ... Read more >

Tags: china, culture, disease, health

Photos: Xi'An - October 2011

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 | By jaydizzle | Photo Gallery

Mode

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 | By ollo | Views [696]

Ein dem Alltag verpflichtetes Journal kann sich nicht mit der hohen Mode beschäftigen. Die soll ruhig weiterhin über die Laufstege in Paris, Mailand, Madrid usw. staksen (falls ihr danach ist, auch über jene in Peking, Shanghai und Dalian), ... Read more >

Chinglish Shirt of the Day

Sun, 9 Oct 2011 | By jaydizzle | Views [556]

Chinglish (short for Chinese English) is one of the reasons we expats get out of bed every day.  It's a sport amongst many of us to find the most outrageous English signs or T-shirts.  We share the results of our quest daily. I saw a young lady who ... Read more >

I Finally Understand Racism

Sun, 9 Oct 2011 | By jaydizzle | Views [873] | Comments [1]

I know this is an awkward first entry for any sort of blog, let alone a travel blog.  I'm horrible at writing introductory posts, and it all seems so unnatural and forced anyway.  This journal is meant to be a catharsis for me, a way of letting go and ... Read more >

Tibet

Sun, 9 Oct 2011 | By leanneensly | Views [583]

Well to get to Tibet is a hassle, to be granted a permit you have to be in a tour group with a set itinerary. The flights and train tickets are bought up by touts then sold at inflated prices. As we wanted to travel in the October holiday week we ... Read more >

Photos: Tibet

Sun, 9 Oct 2011 | By leanneensly | Photo Gallery

Shanghai: Modern Beauty!

Fri, 7 Oct 2011 | By alineswala | Views [925]

As troublesome as Beijing is, Shanghai is a completely tourist friendly city, and you don't even need to sign up for any tours!  My friend and I brought a Shanghai tourist book and managed to self-navigate around the entire city through the subway ... Read more >

Tags: china, relationships, shanghai, subway, touring, valentines day

Photos: Xi'an 2011

Thu, 6 Oct 2011 | By joshuapatterson23 | Photo Gallery

Xi'an is on Fire!

Thu, 6 Oct 2011 | By joshuapatterson23 | Views [734]

Once again I find myself in Xi'an the Paris of South East Asia, the city of Love. None of those are official titles but they are just titles we have applied to Xi'an over the years. As Jaymie said last night "I have a card that says I am an expert.... Read more >