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written by

yahoo080715 on July 15, 2008 from Changzhou, China

from the travel blog: play game

Chengde, Temples, the Great Wall and bad knees. :(

-How hot is it there exactly? Sometimes hot, sometimes warm, but mostly stuffy. The weather fluctuates to generalize. -Are there a lot of tourists there because of the Olympics? I've seen only a few (maybe a handful) but I'm in the more, uh, ghetto part of Beijing, so most of the tourists...

written by

jlu on July 13, 2008 from Chengde, China

from the travel blog: Study Abroad in China

fenghuang

i started my trip as soon as the final examination was ended. about 30 minutes before my train, my elder sister called me and advised me not to go alone to such a far city. and i refused. i have planed very long for this trip and also promised my friends there that i would appear at train...

written by

iceqiuqiu on July 13, 2008 from Hunan, China

from the travel blog: fenghuang

Visa ok

Just to let you know I got my visa extended yesterday with no problems. So i'm here for 30 more days, hope to be racking up the lessons to get extra spends for Laos etc. I'll be headind there around August 9th. Just as the Olympics finally get started. I hope it isn't so hyped in England in four...

written by

Dan on July 12, 2008 from Kunming, China

from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

Classes, Tian an men, tea

It was a challenging first couple of days of classes, but I'm getting the hang of simplified characters. A couple days ago, I went to a tea house called Lao She Tea house 老舍茶館 and drank tea while watching bombtastic shows. There was a shadow puppet show, acrobats, magic, singing, gong fu, and...

written by

jlu on July 7, 2008 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Study Abroad in China

business

written by

shitou on July 6, 2008 from Wuhan, China

from the travel blog: business

Pictures of ShenZhen

written by

ironfist on July 3, 2008 from Shenzhen, China

from the travel blog: BEING STILL IN SHENZHEN FOR 3 YEARS .

Update

Well its been a month in my teaching job (got paid today!) and all is going well. Only had a couple of annoying kids and everyone i'm working with is super friendly. Apart form working i'm ashamed to say I have done little. Go to now the locals (shopkeepers mostly) and can live of about 15 yuan...

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Dan on July 3, 2008 from Kunming, China

from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

Placement test, Hutong, Ducks and Rickshaws

Answers for some questions before I start... -So when you shower does your whole bathroom get wet? Yep, but all of the water goes down a hole so we just wear slippers. -What's McDonald's like there? It's pretty much the same except the portions are smaller. A super-sized meal in China is...

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jlu on July 2, 2008 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Study Abroad in China