China

Busy, Crowded, Smoggy, but overwhelmingly mind-blowing. And that was just Shanghai for a week…Would love to go back!!

Chinese people are amazing, beautiful and kind.
China is nothing short of amazing.

china is for the open minded, and rather sturdy traveler! get out of your comfort zone! learn chinese! eat food from street vendors! it’s really all worth it. the people here in teh shandong province are amazingly sweet, kind, and helpful. i’ve had complete strangers help me in a amazing ways! I love china and it’s people!

APRIL ‘08 I CAN’T WAIT!! I’m going to Hong Kong for the first time in April, only a month away from departure date. Not really sure what to expect. I hear a lot of mixed things from the people I have met who have been to Hong Kong. Everyone on this site seems to have pretty positive things to say. I’m a little worried about the language barrier. I’ll post as many pics as I can when I get back!

I am a Chinese girl being brought up in the UK. I wasn’t interested in my backgrpound before because…well, to be honest, i think i was because I didn’t want to be classified as ‘different’ and so avoided learning about my background…at least I think that’s hat I was doing as a child(?)...

But now that I’m a bit older, I’m finally embracing it. Our family went to China a few Christmasses ago and now I definately want to go back. I personally thought many aspects of life there were the same as here(in England) and homely, like England. But perhaps that’s because I have experienced both cultures before. (Does anyone know what I’m talking about?!) Anyhow, it has encouraged me to learn a ot more about my culture and also I’ve become more interested in Asian coutries overall. I’d like to go back at some point and visit countries such as Japan and N. and S.Korea

People can not speak english even though just an easy words.Last time I asked for help in macau,They tried to walk away from me.Anyways I love chinese architeture and fine art.They have a long history that I can understand a lot from the museum.There are a lot interesting things maybe I will be there for several months for walk around.

I filled out a volunteer application today for Olympics 2008! The games start the first week of August, so I think I could viably work for them for 7 days before going to Egypt and coming back to the States..

Longmen Grottoes was promulgated a key national cultural relic unit for special protection by the State Council in 1961. In 1982, it was promulgated one of the first group of scenic zones to be protected at the state level by the State Council. In November 2000, Longmen Grottoes was inscribed on World Heritage List by UNESCO…

its amazing! it really is. i absolutely love everything about, both good and bad. as a chinese person by heritage, i understood most of the people there and got a chance to experience how people lived in a country that was so close to my heart, yet so far away. the bustle of city and the beauty of countryside just tears you away from any experiance in America. everyone should definitely try to go there at least once in their lifetime.

I can’t sum up the past year of my life into one blog entry, maybe it’s just enough to say that it changed my way of looking at things forever. The UK feels so small and dreary now and I can’t wait to go back.