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Travel Blogs from Changsha
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
... bad English four letter words, they chatter way too much, and sometimes they will not follow my rules and directions. Ultimately they are so smart. I teach 13 classes with 60 plus students in them and they are very serious about school( though their English levels vary). My students are Junior 1 so that means they are about 12 years old. I find that enjoy teaching much more than I thought I would. It ...
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
... American teachers. They have been very friendly and available when I cant seem to figure something out (they have helped us with anything from translating our Chinese washing machine and hot plate to teaching us what buses to take).
The campus is very beautiful. It is a newer campus, about 4 or so years old. There are about 1700 students, most of which board at the school. Kids get very excited when they see me and ...
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. ...