China was pretty amazing. No my ideal place for a holiday but so worth it for the sights you can see over there. If I told you everything about my trip You would still be reading next year...so I'll just do one highlight from each city I went to.
So my trip was a school one. No family, just teachers and students. We became a family over there, I even got a Chinese family - thanks to my teacher who said that in the shop, we faked and acted to be a family. Good times.
The first part of the trip was in Taipei in Taiwan. We stayed with a host family who took care of us and showed as around the country. I made new friends! The highlight from Taipei, was probably spending time with the whole family playing Mahjong. They taught us to play and everyone had a good time.
We then flew back to the mainland - after being stranded at the airport for many hours - and toured through Hangzhou. The highlight from Hangzhou was the first day out of the two we were there. We went to see a show but afterwards went to a small market place I guess. It had a haunted house - with was so much fun, only because I scared everyone with me and bonus points for making the teacher scream - and a small water park. A friend and I became the most interesting thing there; the park attraction. (Almost 500 people were watching us.) We did some obstacle courses and fell in. Who can go by water and not go in at some point? It was the best part of the trip!
A change of transport as we caught a train to Shanghai. It was the prettiest place we went to on the trip. This highlight is more like two highlights. The first was on the first night we arrived - the only night we spent there. We decided to walk along the river front. So an hour of my night - it was late, very late - the group was split up taking pictures and enjoying themselves. On one side of the river you had old buildings with yellow lights and on the other all the new skyscrapers lit up with bright colours. It was both stunning and absolutely beautiful. In a way, it was also romantic. The second highlight was a light tunnel the next day under the river we walked along. That was just spectacular! The highlight for everyone else in Shanghai was the Oriental Pearl Tower, well the glass floor at least.
And the last part was in Beijing. We caught an overnight train - not on my list of transportation but was an interesting experience. The Great Wall was the highlight of Beijing and comes in a very close second place of best part of the trip. Forcing myself to climb the Great Wall was the best choice I made on the trip. If I hadn't I have put myself down about it for the rest of my life. Wondering why I didn't want to climb it? Well it's height was one reason and the second was it was really steep so I didn't want to climb it in case I couldn't get back down. But it had a great view - from what I could see anyway with all the smog that the place they had there. (The Great Wall is highly recommend for going to China.)
Well that was my trip. For the friends I made, the things I saw and did, this trip was one of a lifetime and one I'm glad I didn't miss out on. I recommend you go on all the school and non school based things you get the chance to. They are lifetime opportunities, and they do not come around lively.
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