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Zhenjiang Hotel

No.92 Zhongshan West Road Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212004, China

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Day trip: Zhenjiang

A travel blog entry by leg5a

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... of about 10 Chinese and foreign students at some classy Chinese-style restaurant (for example, they served our cheap beer in tiny wine glasses). The Chinese students did the ordering, so all the dishes were delicious.

After lunch, we got on the bus again and went to our third site of the day, Jiaoshan island temple. It was pretty similar to the previous temple area, except that we had to take a short ferry over. Again, we toured ...

Last Day of Teaching and Last Day with Charles

A travel blog entry by larlar1286

... 45 minutes adjusting margins.

I didn't arrange my grade charts by student number mostly because I didn't feel like it, but it meant that in order to enter my students' grades, I had to listen to Bessie read the characters for their names while finding their Pinyin names on my charts.

Anyway, by mid-afternoon I was finished and I'll never have to enter grades again.


In the evening, ten of us including some of our ...

Shipping Stuff Stateside

A travel blog entry by larlar1286

... which I didn't think was negotiable, but the postman said my box of winter clothes and shoes would cost over 300 kuai when I knew it should cost no more than about 150 kuai. We argued trough Wu Yue for a while and finally came to a compromise of 225 kuai including taxes.

Wu Yue and I took all my clothes out of my suitcase and packed them into the box. The shoes wouldn't fit, but I figured I could put them ...

ET's and Chimpan-jays

A travel blog entry by larlar1286

... silence, the man started over with, "I believe in aliens UFO." Sam and I said "Yep, so do we."

Though our friend was still a sight to behold and could have continued forever, we were getting a little bored so I said "Okay, zaijian (goodbye)," hoping I could trick the man into leaving. Amazingly, my plan worked and the man said zaijian back to us, then walked away.


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Brand New Ancient Ruins

A travel blog entry by larlar1286

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... the teapot had such a high price because it was more than a hundred years old. I left the shop and he didn't chase me to come back. I realized he was serious about the value of the teapot.

After looking in a few other shops, I went back and offered the shopkeeper 100 Yuan. He again told me no. I offered 150. Laughing at my ability to barter in Chinese, the man came down to 180 Yuan. Finally, ...