It's time...
... to revive my blog here in China.
I've been in China for about 8 months now, first in Shanghai and now in Beijing since 2 months back. This blog will be about the everyday events and insights into Chinese life and culture that I encounter. The topic can be about anything so I hope you'll find this interesting enough to read on.
Friday was after work with a group of Swedish people. My friend dragged me along and it was fun catching up after the Chinese new year. Did find a few interesting people to talk with but the night ended rather early due to my persistent lack of sleep. Quite a few Qingdaos didn't help keeping me awake either. A recurring topic of ours is North Korea, not just the usual talks about crazy dictators and poor people, but actually about how to travel there and see the place with a minimum of interference. It is possible to get visa to North Korea but you need to go with a tour group and the routes are highly restricted and regulated. Of course we prefer to see the actual conditions and not just whatever Kim Jong Il happened to fancy that week. One way is supposedly to go to the Chinese-Korean border and go with a tour from there. These are appearently less strict and you go for just a weekend if time is of concern. It's not a problem for Chinese people to go on these tours since they blend very well. The problem is that my friend is not Chinese and may therefore draw unwanted attention to our presence. Will check it out and let you know what we'll do.
That's it for today. Will keep you up to date with things daily if possible.
Your voice from Beijing.
/Y
I've been in China for about 8 months now, first in Shanghai and now in Beijing since 2 months back. This blog will be about the everyday events and insights into Chinese life and culture that I encounter. The topic can be about anything so I hope you'll find this interesting enough to read on.
Friday was after work with a group of Swedish people. My friend dragged me along and it was fun catching up after the Chinese new year. Did find a few interesting people to talk with but the night ended rather early due to my persistent lack of sleep. Quite a few Qingdaos didn't help keeping me awake either. A recurring topic of ours is North Korea, not just the usual talks about crazy dictators and poor people, but actually about how to travel there and see the place with a minimum of interference. It is possible to get visa to North Korea but you need to go with a tour group and the routes are highly restricted and regulated. Of course we prefer to see the actual conditions and not just whatever Kim Jong Il happened to fancy that week. One way is supposedly to go to the Chinese-Korean border and go with a tour from there. These are appearently less strict and you go for just a weekend if time is of concern. It's not a problem for Chinese people to go on these tours since they blend very well. The problem is that my friend is not Chinese and may therefore draw unwanted attention to our presence. Will check it out and let you know what we'll do.
That's it for today. Will keep you up to date with things daily if possible.
Your voice from Beijing.
/Y
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Postat av: hanna
nice, gillar att du har börjat blogga igen!
kram!
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