Xiye Hotel (Qingyuan)
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
... why I got sick, I am pretty sure inhaling mass amounts of second hand smoke (when I have tried so hard to avoid it in my life) was a factor. I am still, two weeks later, coughing and hacking up throat ****. It is also very polluted here, I am sure that is not a positive factor on my lungs either, China is currently in their automotive revolution so everyone has cars ( it is really interesting too ...
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
... the fun of it?
I have (as per usual) attached many pictures and I have included descriptions.
If anyone has any questions for me please dont hesitate!
I will sign off and go eat my abnormally large, Chinese version of cup of noodles, that entirely is too spicy,(and surely isn't vegetarian, but how would I know? I dont read chinese) before this one blog turns into a novel.
Love you all!
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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. ...