At the panda breeding base

Terracing it up in Longji before settling down in Chengdu

November 16th 2008
Since my last blog entry my "real" life in Chengdu has finally started. After two months of mainly chilling out and getting my head round the idea of working again, I have landed myself a beautiful job. I was originally working for a primary/middle private English school, where I was teaching children between 7 and 12 years of age. This school couldn't offer me any more than a few hours a week, wh ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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After a few years of the daily grind, I quit my job, bought a few plane tickets and set off around the world. After a 46 hour flight from Amsterdam - Auckland (with layovers), I arrived in New Zealand, where I spent two weeks. I then flew to Bangkok, and spent the next three months or so making my way through Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. I walked accross the Chinese border in July 2008, with six weeks left until my flight home from Shanghai. Those six weeks were of course never going to be enough, and I have still never been to Shanghai... I decided to let my ticket expire and stay... full info

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