Helen popped out of nowhere, and thank goodness we had her to explain, for one thing, that these pots, laden with water, were meant to fight fires in the all-wooden city...
Bonjour Beijing! May 5th 2008 After months of Chinese lessons, practicing phrases such as “To the Airport please” (Qing chu ji jiang…Ching chew gee gee-ang), finally having the opportunity to say this was first on my list to begin our May day holiday in Beijing! But as it turned out, I'd been practicing the wrong language…
In any case, this concern over language paled over our worries of even getting a cab to come to ... read more
Asia » China » Beijing » Great Wall of China 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
We are a couple of intrepid wannabe hippies -- young at heart -- who have dropped out of the Canadian rat race to explore life in the Shanghai teaching circuit. Join us on journey -- but only if you dare (or have nothing else better to do) What we lack in youth and energy, we'll try to make up for in entertainment value -- or a couple of laughs with us (or at us, at the very least :-).... full info