China Adventure

a trip by Carey Miller
From: February 24th 2009
Until: August 5th 2009

Teaching English in Chengdu, China. I'm teaching at Southwest Petroluem Univerity. I have 7 classes, 2 advanced oral English, 4 oral English, and European Culture/History thrown in the mix. The people here are lovely and my students are bright and enthusiastic about learning and improving their English, along with hanging out with the only white person on campus. It's not easy being a celebrity...

An UPDATE! Finishing up my collegiate experience here in China and off to explore Macau, Hong Kong, and other regions of China (hopefully Tibet--if they let me). I'll entertain 8-12 year olds as a summer camp counselor from July 14-27th, then my brother will visit and we will shenaniganize the east coast of China for a week before departing the country. But the adventures won't stop there...
Trip Length: 5 ½ months
Blog Entries: 31
Photos: 167
Words: 28328

Blog Entries

Date Blog Title Location
February 24th 2009 First Impressions of China... Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu
February 26th 2009 My Chinese Health Screening Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu
February 28th 2009 Interesting things so far about my life in China...Volume 1 Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu
March 2nd 2009 First day of teaching...and of being a celebrity! Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu
March 5th 2009 Its called "Hot Pot" and "the other dinner" Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu
March 8th 2009 My Special Adventure Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu
March 12th 2009 A special dinner Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu
March 12th 2009 More adventures with Zu Yong Asia
March 14th 2009 Two weeks of teaching and dinner... Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu
March 22nd 2009 Afternoon with my students Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu
March 26th 2009 Tour of downtown Chengdu Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu
April 5th 2009 Long weekend #1: Mopeds and Newscrews Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu
April 10th 2009 Weekend adventure day 1... Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an
April 11th 2009 Weekend adventure day 2-3... Asia » China » Shaanxi » Hua Shan
May 5th 2009 Life, life, life...or something like it Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu
May 7th 2009 A trip to the "Lubrication Blending Factory" Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu
May 9th 2009 My Buddha is like Whoa. Asia » China » Sichuan » Leshan
May 9th 2009 A day with the Pandas then then some... Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu
June 2nd 2009 They just want to talk... Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu
June 18th 2009 Last day as a teacher! Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu
June 19th 2009 Travel days... Asia » Macau » Macau
June 19th 2009 Macau Asia » Macau » Macau
June 23rd 2009 A regular Indiana Jones in Macau Asia » Macau » Macau
June 23rd 2009 I have arrived...in Hong Kong Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon
June 23rd 2009 Hong Kong or bust Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island
June 26th 2009 Typhoon warnings in Hong Kong Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon
June 26th 2009 A Weekend in Nanning and the meeting of the Fins Asia » China » Guangxi » Nanning
June 30th 2009 Good Morning Vietnam Asia » Vietnam » North Central Coast » Quang Binh » Dong Hoi
July 2nd 2009 How we spent "ONE MILLION DONG!" on Cat Ba Island Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hai Phong » Cat Ba Island
July 3rd 2009 More Cat Ba Island hospitality... Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hai Phong » Cat Ba Island
July 5th 2009 Off to Hue (pronounced way) Asia » Vietnam » North Central Coast » Thua Thien - Huế » Hué
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