Miyun Travel Blogs

This really was the highlight in a trip to China for me, and it didn't disappoint. One of the Seven Wonders Of The World, it has only recently been confirmed that you cannot see the Great Wall from space or, indeed, the moon, as was believed. Originally built over 2,000 years ago, it was intended…

Nothing out of the ordinary happened this week... Inga wasn’t well so I covered her classes on the Monday, the timetable changed which annoyed me as it made the day longer as they added a break to the afternoon, and my classes were a mixture of good and bad.  The level of English from class…

Monday was a struggle given the lack of down-time at the weekend, but I was delighted when one of my students presented me with a moon cake at the end of the evening class to celebrate the mid-autumn festival. The mid-autumn festival is not a public holiday despite it being quite a big celebration…

The week started much the same as the last couple...with me in a bad mood and feeling very cold.... Luckily I got some good news though.  I was told the kids would have exams from the 7th to 9th November.  This meant I could delay my return back from the UK.  What I had originally t…

First thing I made my way to the Thai Consulate to put in my visa application.  I’d been marginally stressing that the form wouldn’t be in English so would have translation nightmares, but thankfully the whole process was really easy.  I just had to wait a couple of days before pickin…