Yueyuan Hotel
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
... things to note:
- I made a homemade grilled cheese yesterday..very exciting
- Whilst shopping for gifts to send home the other day, a random boy bought me a bouquet of roses...? Cant say I wasn't flattered.
- I got my phone stolen at the Fashion show
- My computer crashed..Luckily I live next a wonderful American (Bob Jones) who is a guru, he has ...
K458
... br>
7.00 Great in the right area, Chinese travelers have turned up, announcement on the tannoy………..rarararara rarararararr; cue much hilarity amongst passengers, ok must be small delay.
7.15 No train, argue about whose turn it is to approach a local, ok my turn; google translate, charades, and now new for this train guard; Pictionary,……….. best guess 4 hours delay!! ...
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. ...
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- Room service
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Free parking