View From The Top

View from the top of the Hilton hotel, on the 60th floor.

November 6th 2018
Today was mostly spent traveling and eating. I was exhausted and tried to sleep for most of the day on the bus, but my parents sat in the row behind me and every time I’d start to fall asleep, one of them would poke me. Mom was trying to translate Chinese to English, and was texting Olivia in New York and then trying to get me to read it, and Dad kept poking me on the head every time we passed a ... read more

Asia » China » Guangdong » Zhongshan

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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