Dragonboat Festival! May 28th 2009 Dragonboat Festival was today! That means Dragonboat Races (as long as I found the location) and getting to eat with and share a cultural experience with a local family! The only source I could find said that there would be a dragonboat race and festival around 1pm near Zhongtan Subway Station...however I have to get back by 3:10pm to not be late meeting up with our volunteer student host ... read more
Asia » China » Shanghai » Jing An 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
I am a third year at Georgia Tech studying Chemical Engineering who loves his music, good food, bboyin', meeting random people, exercising, and chillin' with family and friends. The GT Study Abroad Program in Shanghai is the trip that actually got me to start this blog. Right now, I'm back at Tech for summer semester but I just finished visiting my brother in Boston and will be posting my updates from that soon! Peace.... full info