Blogs from Henan, China, Asia

So our idling about came to an abrupt halt as we had to go to work. We were collected by taxi, which was just as well as the addresses are not easy to find and are usually part of a huge building. Finding the right entrance is a challenge. We got there early and were taken for a coffee in Starbucks, which was a nice start. We walked in like members of the Royal family, the staff all clapped. Oh dear! But the little children were the cutest ever and so polite. Lunch was a takeaway, Chinese food, but not as WE know it. Really interesting although we weren’t too hungry and declined dinner at the end of the day due to exhaustion and needing some down time. The worst part of the experience is the ... read more

Once again, I was surprised to wake up hangover free. We headed out for some breakfast and decided to check out the town next to Nanjiecun. We walked through the tunnel in the city wall, Choayangmen Gate. Inside the tunnels, there were some great sculpted murals on the walls of the tunnels. I enjoyed looking at those and it was another reminder that Nanjiecun is different to the rest of China. Through the other side of the tunnel, the contrast to Nanjiecun was quite stark. While Nanjiecun is quite stark and utilitarian with its red trimmed white building, this street in Linying County was full of traditional looking Chinese architecture and was really pretty. There were quite a few restaurants on the street and we just headed into one for breakfast. I had reganmian (hot dry ... read more

For breakfast we headed back to the noodle shop. I decided to try the spicy beef noodles today. They were yum. I really liked both kinds of noodles, I had here, but each bowl left me dripping in sweat. Oh to have Asian genes and to not sweat. We headed back to the guesthouse as the owner had offered to drive us to the place we wanted to visit as it was a little outside of town and it saved the faff of using public transportation or calling a cab. The guesthouse owner is an absolute legend, so friendly and helpful, nothing was too much bother for him. The drive to Di Shui (Water Dripping) Cave was pretty quick, only about 10-15 minutes. After paying our entrance fees, we decided to take the shuttle to the ... read more

Ok, sooooooo I made some mistakes on my last post. SEEE I’m not very good at this L So, on Friday we went to the museum and the mall, Saturday is when we went to Luoyang(洛阳) where the shaolin temple and temple of heaven where located. OK Now that I got that back in order, not I can talk about Karaoke and some other stuff….. I’m a little behind. On Sunday, we gathered as many of us (UTA students and tutors) and headed to karaoke, except they call it KTV here in China. All together it was like 12 of us in the room, good thing the room was big if not we would have not fit at all. It was so much fun, I of course was the first one to sing and not because ... read more

So, it turns out that Blogging is so much harder than I thought because I want to share every detail of my day. I know I’m not supposed to do that because not everything I do is interesting and I don’t want to bore y’all but guys everything I’m doing here is so interesting to me. I am eating food in china, I am washing clothes in China (not very well) and I am studying Chinese in China. SEE so interesting!!!!!! I arrived at the University on Sunday and the very first day we had street food. I was so happy, one because this was exactly what I wanted to have since the beginning and two it was so good!! It was hot and spicy, had all the meat products one could ever want and super ... read more