Guomao Hotel
Travel Blogs from Changsha
Dodging spit and snot
... was a wonderful reprieve from the city, and reminded us a bit of Stanley Park. Minus the giant "Mao's Head" (see photo). It really is giant.
Being able to continue spending more time with team members we knew from our Hengyang trip was super awesome too. My new BFF, Paige, even made a last minute decision to join us in Changsha on the weekend just to spend more time with us and see a different city.
New friends are ...
My story book of life
... your own private room with a huge movie theater size tv to project your song of choice, they have cool touch screen computers to select your songs and they have more American songs than you would think. You also can have 40+ people in there if you choose, the room comes with a bunch of beers and fruit platters and a wonderfully loud sound system. Now just imagine a big group of your closest ...
K458
... apparent lack of faith in us find the right platform etc.
4.50am Get up, break out the paramedic paddles to shock Becca into life
5.20 Leave hostel
5.30 Find taxi after 10 minutes wandering in the dark
5.45 Great we are at the station, errr looks a bit quiet
6.00 We are in, waiting room one (of two) errr… thanks Miss Hostel Receptionist how dumb do you think we are? Only ...
I met Akon this week in Changsha...Random? Yes
... days in our apartment we had very little to eat and did not have our "kitchen" set up. Where we are located is MUCH less populated than the city center, it is some what similar to suburbia but where gated communities are replaced with high rise apartment buildings. Needless to say Lexi and I were a little hungry for a few days due to the lack of kitchen and lack of convenient restaurants.
We had to do (and are ...
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. ...