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Dodging spit and snot
Seriously.
I probably looked like I had a neck deformity because I always had my head down to weave through gobs of spit and snot on the sidewalk/street.
Changsha was a step up from Hengyang in terms of how much it had going on, but it's not exactly somewhere I would want to go back to visit again. That's the truth of it.
The pollution was so bad that even after heavy rain, it did nothing to improve the ...
My story book of life
... eating out is a big pass-time in China, especially if someone invites you out, it can turn into a 4 or 5 hour event of ordering more food than anyone could ever eat and quite a bit of drinking (Gan Bei!), so in order to bond with people I must comply. Laying off the milk tea, yummy pastries and fried things along with cooling it on the drinking and staying up until 5am (bars just don't close in China) ...
K458
... br>
7.00 Great in the right area, Chinese travelers have turned up, announcement on the tannoy………..rarararara rarararararr; cue much hilarity amongst passengers, ok must be small delay.
7.15 No train, argue about whose turn it is to approach a local, ok my turn; google translate, charades, and now new for this train guard; Pictionary,……….. best guess 4 hours delay!! ...
I met Akon this week in Changsha...Random? Yes
... and giving them a tool that will be very useful in their futures. Language is a tool that I wish I took advantage of at a young age, I realize how invaluable it is to be multi-lingual.
I am slowly finding a new normal. I am also finding that even though things are very different here, you just adapt. Every outing is exciting, and believe me the enjoyability factor of leaving my apartment can be hit or miss, but ...
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. ...