On Wednesday morning I had booked a tour through the hostel to Huashan to leave at 7:30am. I was waiting in the reception area when the guide arrived and we had to wait on some other people so we left late. We got to where the bus was leaving from to find out that there wasnt going to be an English guide and that we were actually touring with a ...

Friday July 18th was our last day in Xi'an. In the morning we all gave our presentations that we had been working on with other students. It was fifteen minutes each and we were done by 12. Then I went with some other Chinese students to lunch. We had a great time and talked about when we would see them again in Beijing. In the afternoon, Tim ha...

HE SAID: On our flight from Datong to Xian, we were once again the only white people on the plane. I did notice one other white person while at the airport which totally ruined the experience (I would never do that to him). We arrived at our hotel in Xian and when I asked how much the internet costs for 24 hours the front desk person mentioned i...

From Beijing, we flew to Xi'an and with more people than they know what to do with, China Air were able to have our luggage in the arrivals hall before we got there. At the Temple of Heaven I was obliged to do the tourist thing and mug at the camera from what the ancient Chinese saw as the centre of the earth. Once the preserve of the Emporer al...

This trip to Xi'an is of great importance to us foreign volunteers... Not only is it China's Historical and Cultural centre, full of fascinating glimpses of an ancient land in the 21st century... but also our nearest city for delicacies such as crunchy peanut butter and chocolate! After only being in the college 1 week, teaching 2 lessons, its t...