Xinshikong Conifer Hotel
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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
... you are interested in seeing what Changsha has to offer and what I may be doing here for fun, take a look!
I am still on a quest to make Chinese friends, while it is comforting and fun to hang out with foreigners and my own kind, I will never learn Chinese that way. All I do is speak English!!I am here to understand the culture, the language and share my own knowledge and culture. I have been ...
K458
K458 Departs 07.10
After much deliberation we decide to get the train from Guilin to Changsha, so that we could visit Wulingyuan National Park. After the usual combination of google translate, charades and Chinese accents akin to the policemans French accent in Allo Allo we managed to purchase two tickets. Ok it was from Changsha north, but no biggie we would leave a bit earlier, say 6am, no 5.30 as advised by ...
I met Akon this week in Changsha...Random? Yes
Where to start?
Things changed a lot in the last week. I moved from my hotel in the city to my school placement at Changjun middle school, which is just across the bridge from Changsha's city center. It was a bit sad because after becoming familiar with all of the my colleagues and the city it became time to move on to a totally new situation all on our own. Lexi (my sitemate) and I live right across the hall way ...
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. ...