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On the move again

So as the Olympics begin (at bloody last) my time in China comes to an end, for now at least. Its been great fun and not as difficult as I had expected. I guess I thought the infrastructure of the place would be less developed than it is and apart from a few nasty bus journeys (suspect I have...

permalink written by  Dan on August 08, 2008 from Kunming, China
from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

Explosions in Kunming

The Dan luck strikes again! I should definitely be made to stay at home. This morning there where 3 explosions on buses near my work. Not my apartment I was nowhere near. 3 people have been killed, unsure of the motives etc. Quite a good report on it here www.gokunming.com/en it should...

permalink written by  Dan on July 21, 2008 from Kunming, China
from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

Visa ok

Just to let you know I got my visa extended yesterday with no problems. So i'm here for 30 more days, hope to be racking up the lessons to get extra spends for Laos etc. I'll be headind there around August 9th. Just as the Olympics finally get started. I hope it isn't so hyped in England in four...

permalink written by  Dan on July 12, 2008 from Kunming, China
from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

Update

Well its been a month in my teaching job (got paid today!) and all is going well. Only had a couple of annoying kids and everyone i'm working with is super friendly. Apart form working i'm ashamed to say I have done little. Go to now the locals (shopkeepers mostly) and can live of about 15 yuan...

permalink written by  Dan on July 03, 2008 from Kunming, China
from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

The apartment

So i've moved into my apartment in Kunming will be here for the next 2 months, its a bit of a distance from work but thats more than made up for by the massive sofa! Theres also plenty of amenities close by a big french supermarket and Cinema are within 10 minutes walk. The house itself is...

permalink written by  Dan on June 10, 2008 from Kunming, China
from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

Got a job

So it didn't take much searching to find a job, the English language training centres here are always looking for native English speakers to come and teach at the schools. They were so desperate they tried to get me to work before i'd even had the interview! Got my first class this evening, an...

permalink written by  Dan on June 04, 2008 from Kunming, China
from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

Giz a job!

Flew back to Kunming from Urumqi in 5 hours. After taking 2 months to get up there it sort of put it all into perspective. I'm now looking for some work, probably english teaching to tie me over for the summer then back onto the travels again in September. This is all dependent on visas however...

permalink written by  Dan on May 28, 2008 from Kunming, China
from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

Breezy Kunming

Kunming is really nice, i stayed here a bit longer than i intended but it was worth the extra time just to check the place out. The hostel got steadily busier through the week mostly with Aussies because there was an international football game on the wednesday, a world cup qualifier no less...

permalink written by  Dan on March 28, 2008 from Kunming, China
from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

Kunming by train

Just arrived in Kunming, 1265km and around 18 hours on the train. The train trip was fun i was in a bay with 6 middle aged women who kept giving me bananas and laughing at me when i tried to climb into my bunk which needless to say i'm a bit to big for. They also had a water bottle with sand and...

permalink written by  Dan on March 24, 2008 from Kunming, China
from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

Kunming

So i haven't posted in quite some time now. I guess a lot has happened. After staying in Shenzhen for awhile I got a bit stir crazy and decided to head to Kunming. I was offered a job to work for a company called Wild China that does guiding all throughout China. But believe it or not I...

permalink written by  Jakeb on September 29, 2007 from Kunming, China
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