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Travel Blogs from Tangshan
The life and death
This week Christmas seemed to have come early for us. For the past few months the director of the school has been saying that she will get some communal bikes for all the teachers to use whether that is to go to school or just to nip to the supermarket. As you may know by now if someone says that something will happen you must never hold your breath for it. If you ask when you will get something the in England the reply would maybe be "anytime between 8 in ...
Winter Wonderland
... writing rude words on the board and eating. After Rikki (my assessor) had been pushed through the door and had her chair stolen it was time to start teaching. On a normal day this would just consist of me telling them to be quiet, them ignoring me which result in them standing up for a full 45minute lesson with their fingers on their mouths being quiet. Trust me, not fun! This time I had to teach, within 5 minutes I had sent 2 people out for eating and stood 3 people up for ...
Escape to be alive training
After 304 days in China things are starting to feel normal now, whether it's the awful driving or near suicidal builders nothing really seems to really shock us anymore. Don’t get me wrong we are still shocked but that soon passes when we shrug it off saying "that’s China for you". After a grizzly few weeks of preparing for mid-terms we were surprise to hear one of our schools was having “escape to be alive” training giving us a free period. ...
The teaching life
... hear that crunching noise when you set in it for the first time just got too much for me, shrieks of joy followed by noises I didn’t even know I could make. We quickly dressed ourselves then rushed outside only to find no snow on the ground only melted ice. Within a matter of minutes our excitement quickly dissipated into disappointment. Hopefully we will get more snow soon. It sucks having the temperature of snow without the physical thing. After a ...
Babies and Grannies
... his food from a restaurant across the street. According to Oliver, while he was waiting for his food outside the restaurant out of nowhere he felt a smack to the back of his leg. As he turned around expecting to see someone kicking him he saw a baby, no more that 16months old, wielding a huge hammer in its tiny hands. With not a parent in sight they decided to finish this encounter with a brief staring contest. Strange things happen when we are apart. ...
Other places to stay in Tangshan
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Jinjiang Grand Hotel
Downtown, Tangshan | 4 star hotelfrom $42 -
Changsheng International Hotel
Downtown, Tangshan | Hotelfrom $65 -
Jinjiang International Hotel
Downtown, Tangshan | Hotelfrom $117 -
Xin Hua Hotel
Downtown, Tangshan | Hotelfrom $55 -
Tangshan Jinbin Hotel
Downtown, Tangshan | Hotelfrom $30 -
Kailuan Hotel
No.83 Xinhua East Avenue, Lunan District, Tangshan | Hotel -
Feng Run Hotel
San Rafael, Tangshan | Hotel -
Jing Tang Hotel
No.72 West Xinhua Road, Lubei District, Tangshan | Hotel -
Great Wall Hotel
No.118 Jianshe North Road, Lubei District, Tangshan | Hotel -
Tian Long Hotel
200m South of Bus Station, Tangshan | Hotel -
Jichuan Hotel
300m South to the Train Station, Zhanqian Road, Lubei District, Tangshan | Hotel -
Swan Lake Hotel
Haitian District, Tangjiasha Town, Tangshan | Hotel -
InterContinental Tangshan
No.11 Wenhua Road, Lunan District, Tangshan | 5 star hotelfrom $96
