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So far eating out for me has been a bit of a challenge. This is for two reasons, first the language barrier and second Chinese people don’t have the best understanding of vegan or even vegetarian. I have dealt with this by cooking most of my food myself. However, there is one place I cannot […]
Yesterday I got hit by an e-bike. Don’t worry! I’m okay. No harm done but it was a little alarming. Turns out being a pedestrian in China is harder than I thought. Therefore, I thought it important to share with you the differences between being a pedestrian in the West and in China. 1. THERE […]
I typically start my day by walking outside for 40 to an hour. I find this helps me function throughout the day and I don’t get as restless as I might if I weren’t to exercise. Recently though I have started running in addition to my walk. Running is something I have wanted to get […]
Yong Tai is about a 25 minute train ride from Fuzhou and has many trails to hike. The Hikes range from short and easy to long and hard but all are gorgeous. With the help of one of our amazing senior teachers a group of us planned a weekend away for some hiking and relaxation.The […]
One of the best things about Fuzhou is being surrounded by mountains. I love having the option of just picking one of the many mountains to climb/walk around. So the other week me and some workmates decided to do Jin Ji Shan, Golden Chicken mountain. We began our journey by getting into a taxi […]
Temples are something that most people who come to China want to see, and I am defiantly no exception. One of the main temples in Fuzhou is Xichan and was top of my to-do lost when I arrived. So me and some of my new workmates went to check it out. We started this adventure […]
Two weeks after my arrival in Fuzhou, me and my new friends ventured up Gu Shan (Drum Mountain),which is approximately 925 meters tall. There were many stairs and all of them were different sizes, heights and shapes making the trek more difficult. The journey up was long and tiring and I soon realised I was […]
In February, I moved from little Adelaide, Australia to Fuzhou, China to become a teacher. Below are the details of why I chose to move overseas and how the opportunity came about. I have always wanted to travel and living in the US for six months in 2015 increased this desire. The biggest problem I […]