7 Days Inn (Changsha Dongtang)
Travel Blogs from Changsha
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
... eating out is a big pass-time in China, especially if someone invites you out, it can turn into a 4 or 5 hour event of ordering more food than anyone could ever eat and quite a bit of drinking (Gan Bei!), so in order to bond with people I must comply. Laying off the milk tea, yummy pastries and fried things along with cooling it on the drinking and staying up until 5am (bars just don't close in China) ...
K458
... 8230;.. Pictionary; 6 hours late, chinese hilarity, (Becca still stone faced, hide sharp objects)
13.05 tannoy; rarararararaarar……….. oh no……… 6.5 hours late. Come on the driver must have a mobile phone.
13.40 Crack out the party poppers the train is here, only the 11 hour train journey to go.
01.40 Make that 12 hour journey, Arrive Changsha, won’t ...
I met Akon this week in Changsha...Random? Yes
... would be hosting Akon that night. Sure enough we show up at this night club and Akon arrives shortly after. I went and said hello to him, my friends got a couple of autographs and we continued to dance the night away. It is rare to see someone famous in Changsha. After meeting Akon, Lexi and I go to take cab home in the wee hours of the morning and I discover my wallet is gone. We always get warned about pick-pocketing, ...
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. ...