Huangshan

September 9th 2012
I felt like I was Mulan this weekend. Not the Mulan at the very end of the classic Disney movie where she saves all of China, but the Mulan at the beginning of the movie when she is struggling to make her way up a mountain. That was me. This weekend, a group of seven of us (six from our program plus someone’s friend who is studying abroad in Thailand) decided to go backpacking. Everything about ... 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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Chelsea

24900 Miles in 525600 Minutes

Back after 6 years for a "3 week only" stint, here are my thoughts as I travel to the Owyeung family village in China. Still witty and sarcastic, but I'm a little less dramatic and a lot more sassy. OK maybe not less dramatic. I've also traded out the Chinese proverbs for just one word, "YOLO". _________________________________________________________________________________________ "It is better to travel 10,000 miles than to read 10,000 books" --Chinese Proverb Hello! My name is Chelsea and I am a student at Babson College in Massachusetts. Born and raised in California, I left the U... full info

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