 | Happy Valentines Day
2007-02-14, Beijing, China. By: shell | | Hello!
I have offically completed all my teaching practice now and i only injured one child so i dont think thats too bad. Just a little bit of advice, dont try and teach the hokey cokey to small c... |
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 | I am a big teacher now
2007-02-08, Beijing, China. By: shell | | I taught my first ever class today, it was so much fun. We went out to a Chinese Primary School calle xianan(or something like that) which translates into Little Place Primary School.The children are ... |
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 | Temple Of Heaven and the Pearl Market
2007-02-06, Beijing, China. By: shell | | We went to the Temple of Heaven today, it was very pretty and we found the first trees that we have seen in the 11 days that we've been here.They werent quite green, nothing in Beijing is but they wer... |
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| Starfish on a Stick
2007-02-05, Beijing, China. By: shell | | Well now that i am a grown up and living in china, I've decided to branch out and try some strange foods. I have started of my new little game by sampling Starfish on a stick.Now I'm not entirely posi... |
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 | P.S
2007-02-01, Beijing, China. By: shell | | Unfortunately, i havnt seen any Pandas yet Gareth but i am keeping my eyes open and will definately let you know when i do.
Please forgive any rubbish typing errors as i havnt quite mastered this k... |
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| Wo hen hao (Im Fine)
2007-02-01, Beijing, China. By: shell | | I am very happy today. I have lots of exciting things in the past few days. I will start with one of the most momentous of occasions so far, the buying of pig bread.
It appears the Chinese are ver... |
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 | I hate to complain but my soup is too salty!!
2007-02-01, Beijing, China. By: gtontour | | Have been in Beijing for 3 days now and are having a wonderful time! have been to the temple of heaven and the Summer palace (both beautiful ancient temple things!). Have been to the pearl market - wa... |
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| Ni Hao Ma? (how are you?)
2007-01-29, Beijing, China. By: shell | | Started lessons today and it appears that we will actually have to work while we're here and not just bum around China! I'm am just filling some time between my madarin lessons and a vocab lesson. A C... |
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| Forgot To Mention
2007-01-28, Beijing, China. By: shell | | I have either forgotton or really well hidden my phonecard, so dont ring me on the number i gave you because i wont be able to pick up the messages. On the other hand if you want to be really adventur... |
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| I have arrived!
2007-01-28, Beijing, China. By: shell | | Hello there everybody
May i start by saying i am disappointed in all of you. I have been away for the grand total of 3 days and nobody has emailed me with any exciting gossip. This should be rectif... |
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 | Sidetrip to Beijing
2006-11-06, Beijing, China. By: hisern | | My trip to China was one a life changing experience. I found Beijing to be a city of conflicts—caught between its long history and the future that beckoned it to move forward at light speed. Many ol... |
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 | Beijing Duck
2006-08-21, Beijing, China. By: jandtrish | | We arrived at 5.30am into an already bustling Beijing. Jay's navigation skills (he made me put that) successfully delivered us to out hotel on foot with only a Chinese map! Where we then followed ou... |
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 | 'Nihao' from China (Beijing, formerly Peking)
2006-08-10, Beijing, China. By: hrd1977 | | 你好 "Nihao" (Hello) from China (Beijing, formerly Peking)
Our first stop in China was to the north-east of the country, Beijing, formerly Peking - we arrived late morning and took a t... |
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 | Mission 2: Dodgy & Mispelt Merchandise
2006-08-20, Beijing, China. By: jandtrish | | Cannings! This was a tricky one indeed and only took three hours of roaming around a tacky tourist shopping centre to find something! Anyway picture evidence attached. It cost a whopping 50y or 3 poun... |
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 | The Trans-Manchurian Moscow to Beijing
2006-08-18, Beijing, China. By: Jandtrish | | Question: How do you pass 6 days on a train?
Answer: Making friends, eating nutella and playing Ludo...
(We will explain the pigeon English later.)
We did it!! We have survived 6 days and 7 nigh... |
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 | First a confession...
2006-06-03, Beijing, China. By: silverwing | | I have never been to China before and I never had a great desire to go. Visiting it was a fulfillment of an obligation to see my "homeland" and a "been there, done that" experience. As the saying goes... |
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 | Mongolia awaits. . .
2006-05-08, Beijing, China. By: thewilsons | | Hello everyone!
Once again, we are busy packing as we plan to head to Mongolia tomorrow by a 30 hour train. Should be an adventure! We've stocked up on crackers & peanut butter for the ride & have ... |
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 | ...just south of Red Square...
2006-05-02, Beijing, China. By: thewilsons | | Hello everyone!
We have made it safely to Beijing, China and we are having a great time getting accuainted with the city and its people. The city is a strange hybrid between Manila and Taipei with ... |
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 | Beijing
2006-04-29, Beijing, China. By: portersaw | | Friends and Family -
Just a quick note to say we're having a great time in China, This place is so different, I don't know where to start. We'll start our work in a couple days, but we're just en... |
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 | Beacons of Gondor
2006-03-17, Beijing, China. By: vorn | | After walking round Shanghai all night I thought I would avoid a repeat in Beijing by getting my hostel to come and pick me up from the airport. All good right? No. The flight Em booked me from Quzhou... |
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| Beijing Orientation
2006-02-17, Beijing, China. By: reardon | | Wow! I have just spent an amazing few days in Beijing and so much has happened its hard to remember all of it. The flight with air china was awful btw and I (and many others) would strongly suggest al... |
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 | Beijing Rundown
2006-02-11, Beijing, China. By: kev_jen | | You'll be happy to know our experiences in Beijing did not all go like our first day. It actually included many incredible sights and memories.
We spent about a week in Beijing. Our first day con... |
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 | Yes, Beiheyan - 50 yuan
2006-02-05, Beijing, China. By: kev_jen | | As we mentioned in the last update, the 50 hour ferry ride from Kobe, Japan to Tianjin, China was relatively uneventful. Pretty boring, but after meeting Thomas, one of our Beijing rommates, who had ... |
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 | Busy in Beijing
2006-01-17, Beijing, China. By: gemandyoz | | At last are able to let you all know about our first few days in China, having discovered what seems like the only internet cafe in Beijing.
Have spent the last four days in the Chinese capital, ha... |
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