Anshan, China Travel Blogs

... road, when a car or bus approaches a slower vehicle, the driver honks as a warning. Jay-walking is the norm. While we have been in Anshan, we have all been driven. One of our cars got hit in a parking lot, and another car ran up over a tree. A new car had ...

... at the Anshan City Bureau of Education followed by a welcome banquet at a luxurious hotel. Toasts and good will flowed freely. Anshan is a city of 3.5 million with 550,000 students and 40,000 students. The Anshan officials do not hide their desire to learn ...

... sponsored by the Haicheng Bureau of Education. In attendance were the deputy mayor, and the head of the Bureau of Education, along with Anshan officials. More toasts all around. When I get home, I will be able to post photos. The story is only half told ...

... a beautiful scroll from a girl named Cherry. Her note said she and her grandfather had painted it. At our next school, Anshan Oriental School, we observed morning exercises. The activity was similar to what we had seen before: students standing in rows ...

... happy visit." The Chinese students I have met are carefully instructed in etiquette. Late in the afternoon, we drove back to Anshan (about 30 minutes) to attend a performance at Anshan No. 51 Middle School with 4000 students. We were greeted by costumed ...

Well, here I am in Anshan! I'm at the school right now, because my Internet at my apartment won't be up for a few days. Wow, I don't even know where to begin, i guess with the plane ride. Well, luckily for me the plane was not filled to capacity, so I ...

... world will think Americans are even bigger assholes than ever!), i really am beginning to think that he's my guardian angel here in China. We spent the whole afternoon talking, then went for a walk in 219 park, a large and beautiful park that is less ...

... only family and close friends call them) is at school. Shuang Shuang is 16, and a junior at the best high school in Anshan. This isn't bragging about the wealth or position of my Chinese family. In China, after 9th grade all students take an exam to ...

... justify buying another bracelet, after the unfortunate destruction of my old one at Mario's a few months ago. The people of China continue to amaze me with their incredible friendliness and eagerness to meet and speak to foreigners...as soon as one word ...

So I started teaching this week. I am absolutely in love with every single one of my kindergartners, they are so sweet and so excited and just want to play and show you everything they can say. We played a game called Switch! It is sort of like musical ...

... that many people are aware that China is vastly different from America, and want to know, how? This is a difficult question, China is definitely completely different but its hard to sum up all of the many small differences that total up to a completely ...

... out to dinner and introduced us to many of the foreigners in the area. it was an....experience. Many of them seem to dislike China and much of the culture and griped about a lot of their experiences. I was a bit disappointed as after my initial culture ...

... It was stunning. climbing was exhausting but the views were absolutely breathtaking, and totally worth the trip. I love exploring in China, its much less safety coated than America. There were parts of the climb that were slightly scary, but the ascent ...

... blog. The entries are a little backwards...I started writing this one first and then went back to document my previous adventures in China. Anyhow, after a rough first draft it's 3:45am and I try to get some sleep. I'm tossing and turning and feeling a ...

Today Sarah's parents wanted to treat me to a spa at the local spa house. I didn't think anything of it...I've been to spas before in NY and I've even been to natural springs (onsens) in Japan...but this was a totally different experience. Apparently, ...

... only seen her mom's picture before so it was rather emabarrasing when I mistook her uncle for her father. Anshan is the biggest steel producing city in China and her mom is involved in that business. It was an hour drive to Anshan from the airport. I ...

Today was my second day teaching and it seems to be going well, but I can't really tell how much is sinking in. Oh well. Tonight I ate with the UAB students at our usual restaurant. They always eat there when KC is not with them because it is good, ...

It was raining when I woke up. Apparently there was a big storm during the night, but I didn't hear it. Breakfast at the hotel consists of strong coffee, dim sum (steamed rolls with various fillings), dry pastries, scrambled eggs and some Chinese dishes ...

... the Forbidden City in Beijing. That one was built after the Qing Dynasty moved the capital to Beijing. Yesterday, Sunday, we stayed in Anshan. After lunch we went to the shopping district. One dollar dvds - even The Da Vinci Code and MI-3 - were a ...

... Sanzha Steel after the speech. (A note about scale: I am not exactly sure how big they are, but they are the third largest in Anshan; the largest is Anshan Iron and Steel Group with 500,000 employees right here.) They took us to view their facilities ...

... senior VP for Anshan Steel, Mr. Fu, took KC and I to dinner with his son (who we hope to recruit to UAB) and some Anshan's top managers. He ordered the one thing I swore I would not eat: sea cucumber (note: not a vegetable). It looks like dung with ...