Beijing, China | Mon Nov 17, 2008 | Views: 2911

Planes, trains and automobiles...and pedal cabs, and bicycles, and subways, and buses, and scooters, and various clever homemade contraptions. Beijing is movin'! There are so many ways to get around Beijing. This morning as I took a taxi to our on site office, I got back into my flash card routine. I can't speak Mandarin, so I have a pocket full of little cards with different destinations written on them in …

SarahHeminger
China November 2008

Beijing, China | Sun Mar 29, 2009 | Views: 4654

Okay, so I know I didn't finish that story about the haircut.  It was going well too.  I've lost a bit of the momentum I had but I think I can get it back... So my two guides led me over to a chair in the barber shop and sat me down.  One person placed a towel across my upper back, another placed a towel across my chest, and another girl …

AdamO
Beijing: Feb-June, 2009

Beijing, China | Sat Feb 21, 2009 | Views: 2307

Rule of the Day: Chopsticks says to the fork, “I can do anything you can do better!” I woke up early Saturday morning.  I did not want to, but I couldn’t help it because I was eager to start my day.  I took my shower (you must see the picture of my bathroom) and set out for an early morning walk.  I explored the streets outside the walls of the university and …

TishaMac
Beijing--Getting There and the Beginning

San Jose, Costa Rica | Sun Apr 25, 2010 | Views: 3018

I’ve now been in Costa Rica for almost four months and have become much more comfortable with living here than I could have ever imagined. This month’s entry will be about what my day-to-day life has been like while I’ve been living here in San Jose. Housing: I live with an amazing host family. Most of the time, the people I interact with most often are the mother and father, but …

YPeeters
Costa Rica