Qinhuangdao, welcome to China!

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Earlier on in the year I wrote that I was going to do a TEFL course and then become a teacher in Asia.... Well..... here I am in China, with a TEFL diploma and a year contract with a large language school!
After my arrival on Beijing airport, I was picked up and driven to Qinhuangdao, a city on the eastcoast, accross from North Korea so to say.
Here I have spend my first night in a chinese restaurant (and bar afterwards) meeting all people associated with this school.
Today I did a little bit of sightseeing with another new teacher, we went to Shanhaiguan, which is basically next door to Qinhuangdao. Here the famous Chinese wall meets the ocean....!
Tomorrow I am going to experience Chinese healthcare first hand with a full on medical check, something to look forward to! Then tomorrow night I will leave again to take the night train to the city that I am going to be in for the coming year;

Hohhot, capital of Inner Mongolia province.
I am very much looking forward to this, I think living there is going to be a great experience.
Hopefully this winter will prove to be the mildest winter since records began, because the climate there is not one to be wearing flip flops at any given time of the year.
More about Hohhot soon.
First I need to survive the medical check and prove to the Chinese government that I am an extremely healthy guy (one with a really bad cold)......

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Photos

Chinese writing
Large stone tablets surrounding the wall inscripted with chinese characters

Chinese cabbage anyone..?
This is on the highway to Qinhuangdao!

Where the wall meets the sea....
pagoda & shanhaiguan coast

Comments

[Maarten]

He ho Yuhan!
hey bro mooi dat je heelhuids door de doane bent gekomen met je lonely planet;) heb je beide mailtjes gelezen.....dat je je kamer moet delen met een meisje en ook nog een zonder fatsoen...;) wat heb je altijd een pech ..;) anyway mooie pic. veel luck in hohhot met het lesgeven! greetings from Israel! Maarten.