Monthly Archives: March 2011

Two weeks without work

I looked at my diary today and saw two weeks of now work. No IELTS, no teaching, no Extra-curricular support, no nothing. So, I decided that I should go travelling. When else am I going to find the opportunity? So, since I have always wanted to go to Kashgar, I spent the day planning my… Read More »

Zheng He

I heard about a park where there was a replica treasure ship. Zheng He was sailing as far as Africa and the Middle East in 1405 a long time before Christopher Columbus was even born. His ship was built in Nanjing and now, in the same place stands a replica of one of his supply… Read More »

Back in Business

The VPN is back! hooray. The Chinese govt succeeded in silencing us ex-pats for a week or so but we dodged back and forth and got through again thanks to the staff at Witopia.