China Adventure

a trip by Carey Fink

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...

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Trip Length: 5 ½ months
Blog Entries: 30
Photos: 164
Words: 27779

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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 » Dong Hoi
July 2nd 2009	How we spent "ONE MILLION DONG!" on Cat Ba Island	Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Cat Ba Island
July 3rd 2009	More Cat Ba Island hospitality...	Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Cat Ba Island