Mentioned a lot in the book my mom gave me to read, "Country Driving" by Peter Hessler. After reading a lot about it I was excited we happened to drive through it!
幽谷神探 Yougushentan July 27th 2010 Lauren and I trucked it out to Yougushentan last Sunday. We went to the Dongzhimen long bus station which was kind of around the corner from the subway stop. To get there you have to leave the subway stop building and wander around and keep asking people if you're going in the right direction. : ) People kept telling us that there weren't any public buses left to where we wanted to go and we h ... read more
Asia » China » Beijing 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'm studying Chinese at Beijing Language and Culture University (北京语言大学)for two months and living with a host family in Beijing. Then I plan to go to Wuhan to do atomic physics research at the Wuhan Institute for Physics and Mathematics (武汉物理与数学研究所). In between I hope to do some traveling around China!... full info