Blogs from Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, Asia - page 4

Well..day 2 is down and only 9 more to go. Today was a rather enjoyable day. We began our day with breakfast in Nanjing and then headed to the Jiangus School of Education. We met with our advisors who will work with us on presenting our lesson on Wednesday. After meeting with them we went to lunch for more ODD food from China. I will sooo be ready for some steak and baked potato when I return to the states. After lunch we took a 2 hour bus ride to the city of Wuxi and checked into our hotel. THis is a city that is rural and has many factories. Once we checked into our hotel we made our way to a brand new school that is still under construction and took a tour of it. ... read more

First let me start by saying how much I love everyone's comments. It is a highlight of my day to come back to my room and get to read everyone's comments!!! And Josh...I will NEVER eat the turtle!!!! Okay, this morning started off a little differently than yesterday morning...we had to check out of our hotel before leaving for the days events due to the fact that we would end the day some 2 hours away in the town of Wuxi. I woke up, got ready, packed my stuff, Skyped with Josh, then headed down stairs to check out and eat breakfast. As I got off the elevator with my luggage I was approached by an employee that wantd to help me with my luggage and would not take no for an answer so I reluctantly ... read more

I have come to Wuxi to visit my uncles',who has opens up the chain Sichuan cuisine restaurant at Xicheng Road, just 10-minutes away from Wuxi Railway Station by e-bike. Wuxi ,though not the capital city, stands out in economy as the No.1 in Jiangsu Province.And it just one-hour away by train from the china's eastern metropolis ,Shanghai. In the town there are a lot of fomer residence of the famous people,including great writer ,author of the novel Weicheng(围城）Qian Zhongshu,Chinese traditional Erhu musician A Bing,former Chinese leader in the world-known Great March ,Bo Gu.Above all ,the most attractive one is the Nanchansi Temple in the Nanchang District.A couple of small temples with a large temples in the middle are located along the Jinghang Great Canal ,starting in Beijing and ending in Hangzhou.The temples are of traditional ... read more

18th July So the next two days we spent just being in Olina's city. We went and booked our coach and trip to the mountain Huang Shang which we would got to on saturday. So today i had a sleep in and woke to find all Olina's friends in the flat, they had come round to have dinner and play some games. Olina's mum came home from work especially to cook us some nice dishes for lunch. They were very yummy as usual and i had a chance to see some of Olina's other friends which was nice. Then we went upstairs to the flat ( we often eat in the garage downstairs which has been turned into a kitchen). I asked if Olina's friends wanted to learn some card games which they did, was fun ... read more

Shanghai, well if like busy cities that are hot and sweaty here is the place to come. We got up early on the 14th and caught a coach to Shanghai and then went to a hostel which we booked. It was a good job as when we arrived they were already full and still other travellers were pilling through the door to try and get in. Even so it was quite a good hostel to meet people. We got our bags behind the desk and went straight for some food, which was evidently served out of someones garage on the street- was'nt the nicest food i've had here. With no time to loose we caught the metro straight to the Shanghai museum which is hailed as a must see. Hmm. We were a bit dissapointed really ... read more