Jinxing Hotel
Travel Blogs from Changsha
Dodging spit and snot
... with not being able to order anything in restaurants (no English menus or English speaking staff), that I resorted to a burger at McDonald's. I was horrified with myself and nearly gagged on the burger as I choked it down. Ok, I'm exaggerating, but I really wasn't happy with myself at all. I had managed to travel for almost 3 months without hitting up McDick's except for an occasional cheap soft serve until then.
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My story book of life
... bright colored manicures, wearing lense-less hello kitty fashion glasses, I eat street BBQ(Shao Kao) and fried rice with no unfortunate stomach issues, and up until a few days ago I had only been using chop sticks to eat meals (I ate dinner at a Chinese family's house and they pitied my chopstick skills, noticing how I struggled they brought me a fork). Though I enjoy China and have been acclimating to ...
K458
... 8230;.. Pictionary; 6 hours late, chinese hilarity, (Becca still stone faced, hide sharp objects)
13.05 tannoy; rarararararaarar……….. oh no……… 6.5 hours late. Come on the driver must have a mobile phone.
13.40 Crack out the party poppers the train is here, only the 11 hour train journey to go.
01.40 Make that 12 hour journey, Arrive Changsha, won’t ...
I met Akon this week in Changsha...Random? Yes
... Goodness.
Why am I happy here? Lets go over somethings.
I finally feel like I am doing something different. As much as I love my family and friends back home, I was struggling with an inner yearning for new life experiences. I have only been here a month but already I am happier than I have ever been. I am finally seeing the world and I hope it doesn't stop with China. I am going to be working ...
Trein + changsha
Vandaag worden we opgehaald door onze school. Mijn kamergenoot, een Amerikaan genaamd Jan, is al vertrokken. Met degene die later vertrekken, zal ik eerst nog lunchen, waarna ook wij op weg gaan. Huaihua is meer dan 5 uur met de bus/auto. Max, een Russische jongen die vanaf zijn 9e in Engeland woont, is ook in mijn school geplaatst. De derde leraar van onze school schijnt al in Huaihua te zijn. Ondanks de warmte en alles wat me te wachten staat, voel ik me redelijk bestand. ...