My blog focuses on places that I travel to and interesting things I see. But the truth is I spend most of my town in the small city of Lin’an, China. (Pop: approx. 1million–small for China’s standards.) Considering the amount of time I spend here, it gets very small mention
Teddy Bear Thai–Honest to Goodness Real Place
In my trip to Shanghai last weekend my friend asked me what I wanted to eat for dinner. Shanghai has so many options I was overwhelmed. “How about Thai?” he suggested. Sounds good to me. “How about Teddy Bear Thai,” he said. Sounds very good to me. Yes, a teddy
Hanging Out With Foreigners
I want to write about hanging out with foreigners, which might seem a strange topic to you. The fact of the matter is that for the past 3 years I haven’t spent much time with the other laowai (foreigners). At school there are so few, and aside from one or
Chinese Mountains Rule
Here’s the thing I love about mountains in China. In addition to being a tall piece of land we love to climb, they have so much history. Even the small mountains around my school are filled with hidden graves, small temples and other things built over the decades. In America,
Across the Bridge is Some Darn Tasty Noodles
If you are an avid reader, with a really good memory, you’ll remember that I have been to Kunming before, two and a half years ago. I didn’t write much about the city, just one entry on the amazing park, because well, we didn’t do much. At the time, I
Back from Kunming!
My month-long intensive Chinese class is over and I’m back from Kunming. I had an amazing time, without a doubt my best holiday yet (and I have had some awesome holidays). In fact, this is the first time where I wasn’t relieved to come back home. Usually, after a month
Wet, Rainy Stones
The sky was dark, the streets were flooded and you could hear thunder in the sky. What to do with that kind of day? Well, walk around outside with hundreds of chinese people of course! Thats right, me and 4 of my classmates from my Kunming Chinese school decided to
So What Should I Say?
I’m not quite sure what to write about my short trip to America. A lot of my friends and family read this blog, and well, I don’t want to insult them or make them feel like I was unhappy to see them. (Because I wasn’t. I was very glad to
Epic Night in Shanghai
Last weekend my best friend returned from Hong Kong and we met Shanghai to have fun. I haven’t been to Shanghai too often (though this was my third trip this semester) and I didn’t really know much about the Shanghai social scene, but luckily I knew someone who did. My
Long Time, No See!
I should apologize for my recent absence. Nothing’s wrong, it’s been more of the “perfect storm” of events to prevent me from writing recently. Let me explain. First, my blog got hacked, and it’s still not up to snuff. You’ll notice if you try to go to any page on