Travel Blogs from Wuhan, China
Birthday Party in Wuhan
After a couple of train rides I arrived in Wuhan. We went here to celebrate the birthday of Yan's brother Chuan who turned 19. A long taxi ride from the train station took us to Hubei University of Technology where he studies. Yan tried calling him but he ...
escale
Petite escale apres la croisiere. 2 jours dans une ville entre les rivieres. Nous sommes fatiguees. Il pleut. On se repose donc! L'auberge de jeunesse est a 2 pas de l'ecole des arts alors le quartier est sympa, plein de magasins de materiels d'artistes ...
Waterpark
Vandaag hadden we een leuk uitje voor de boeg, we gingen naar een waterpark in Wuhan. Eenmaal aangekomen zag het er groot en leuk uit, alleen was het wel heel rustig wat ons eigenlijk wel verbaasde. We kwamen er snel al achter waarom ...
The Ultimate Last Night
... wiffleball games sometimes grow in excess of 100 people! We have all thought about ways to get more student interaction for next year's Wuhan cohort and have some ideas in mind. As I said this is the last night for several of us. ...
Day 2!
Today consisted of all the foreign teachers going for there medicals. We arrived to be handed a form that the doctors signed in a box when completed, this contained things such as internal examination and surgery!! The medical consisted of an eye test in ...
Just hanging around.
... sunday night, past midnight, and hopped the airport bus into town, asking the driver via signs and waving and pointing a Lonely Planet China guide to drop me off short of the city centre destination. Then I waved down a taxi and pointed out the hostel I ...
Tai Chi, Cooking, camera and overnight train
Woke up early this morning as we had arranged to have a Tai Chi master instruct us in the morning on how to do tai chi. Just to let you all know, i felt no ill affects from the interesting quisine we had yesterday!! The master picked us up form ...
Aankomst op de University of Wuhan
Aangekomen op de universiteit is het zoeken naar waar we ons aan moeten melden voor de kamers. We hadden aardig wat bagage mee en wouden dit toch eerst kwijt voordat we ons zouden aanmelden voor de opleiding. Na veel moeite en gezeik ...
East Lake
... actually been to east lake before. This is kind of one of those weird things I've been noticing with the buddies we have living in Wuhan, most of them havent actually ever been to the places we want to go, they see Yellow Crane Tower, East Lake, and many ...
The next to last stop
... keep the map straight but there are no photographs as there was nothing of interest to take that I could see. Probably doing Wuhan a injustice as it is the capital of Hubei Province! The bus arrived in Wuhan and just appeared to stop by the ...
Full Day
... But fuck it, good sleep is hard to beat. After dragging myself out of bed, I headed in the direction of Yellow Crane Tower, Wuhan's most famous tourist attraction. I figured out how to get there by bus, but it was nearly close enough for me to walk to, ...
The King of All Banquets
... the proper places at the massive table. I had the pleasure of being seated next to the president of a neighboring university in Wuhan. Those who know me well should know that I am not made nervous in many situations I am presented with. ...
Care that you sympathize you
... ; This afternoon one of my students just opened the windows wide even with the AC blowing. So, I think I have not written about Wuhan at all. Main ideas from arriving: -the night on the train continued to be restless -sweet, sweet baby girl ...
10th September - 14th September
So Monday 10th was teachers day in China and to celebrate we were told that there was a big concert happening for the teachers. Yes i thought i love a concert it was only after 30minutes on a bus and getting out outside a opera house that I realised it ...
Our Little Princess...
And princess she is! Miss Kaitlin's first day with us has been a good one. She has warmed up to both Chuck and I fairly quickly, but is quick to get upset if either one of us leave the immediate area. Diaper changes have been challenging only because she ...
Journey to Hong Kong
We checked out at 12 today and had our lunch in the hostel. We spent most of the day on the net as it was so cheap and we looked at hotels on Koh Samui. We got on the train to Guangzhou at 7pm and it won't be too soon if I never step foot in another ...
Campus, rain and new friends
... completely soaked through to the point where water was squishing my feet. The campus was really huge and old. Wuhan University is one of the oldest universities in China. The campus actually has a mountain on one side and a lake on the other. It seemed ...
viaje a Wuhan
El viaje de Beijing a Wuhan son aproximadamente 12 horas en tren, el viaje fue muy comodo, lastima que fue en la noche y no pudimos apreciar muhco de la geografia ...
Visas, the beach, dumplings and night markets!
... of this HUGE park, we were told that the beach was a walk into the park. I was very excited for the beach, as Wuhan is central China so its mainly just cities!! After walking through this park for approximately 1hour we came to a patch of mud which lead ...
massive river
hello everyone i am in a place called wuhan it is so hot hear compared to lushan but it not raining and i can see more that 6 feet infront of me. i wasent planning to come to this city but it is much easyer to get to my next destination from hear so i ...
nachtrag
... ! unser hostel war übrigens wirklich toll, an alle backpacker - wuhan pathfinder youth hostel ist ein echt preisgünstiger tipp für ein super hostel!! to all backpackers - wuhan pathfinder youth hostel is a very comfy and pricy ...
The Gaokao - A.k.a. the Great Chinese Sorting Hat
... offer, they must wait to retest until they have graduated high school, or they can attend a university abroad. In China, the university selects the student rather than the student selecting the university. Essentially, students attached ...
Laser cutting machine
Are you looking for a Laser Cutting Machine that can cut wood, acrylic, plastic, fabric, or many other non-Metallic materials? You can use a GoldenLaser system to create intricate designs and highly detailed Cutting shapes in all of these materials. ...
Generic OGATCHI Blog Entry #1
... behind these treatments and how valuable they are both alone, and as adjunct therapy for many conditions. In the afternoon, the Wuhan students took us to the Hubei Provincial Museum. The museum was very large with at least three levels devoted to ...
Fun Things I Learned in China (part one)
... before they're on their way. Gross. I keep my hand sanitizer handy. (pun intended) Chinese drivers (the ones from Wuhan, specifically) are crazy. Far more crazy than French drivers. Here, traffic signals go unused, horns can be heard every second, and ...

