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beijing yu yuan da xue
Posted August 07, 2006 at 08:34 AM by
beijing yu yuan da xue, known as the beijing language and culture university, and formerly known as beijing yu yuan wen hua da xue, is a school fraught with both locals and foreigners. many students live on campus and a good amount live off. during the summer, they offer 4, 5, and 6 week courses of mandarin from an introductory level (a0) [...]
macau, china, japan
Posted June 11, 2006 at 07:20 AM by
This was awhile back, but 3 years ago a bunch two of my aunts took a bunch of cousins back to Hong Kong. While there we also visited Macau, which was just an hour ferry boat ride away. We ate at the top of this tower that overlooked the whole city. There was a museum with all sorts of artifacts and historical information and that led out to the [...]
Mountains...oh how nice (part 2)
Posted July 24, 2007 at 05:08 AM by Mr Wheelie
I wanted to camp but didn't even have even enough water for a cuppa. I found a petrol station, bought a load of bottles, emptied them into my water bladder, was offered some gloves and then back tracked to do a nifty little left turn up a dirt track. Campy campy time.Light was fading but managed to find a superb spot. The moon was out [...]
China Trip
Posted July 12, 2007 at 07:26 PM by nawabbawre
China is not only the fastest growing economy or a rapidly changing society, but is also an interesting tourist destination. Recently I spent a few days in China where I went to attend a conference in Beijing. Because of the olympics coming up next year, the whole city is under construction. You get to see a lot of traditional monuments like the [...]
Beijing - Off the Beaten Track
Posted August 14, 2007 at 08:10 PM by DavidFeng
Beijing is massive. Most people stay well within the reach of the 5th Ring Road (unless it's a day trip to Badaling or the Ming Tombs). As a result, they're missing out on the real "great outdoors" -- on the outskirts of Beijing.And we're talking about the bits of Beijing that sometimes don't even make [...]
