Guilin to Yangshuo

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Travel cost; 800-3000RMB return flight/ 370-800RMB sleeper train (If available) Accommodation; 50-80RMB/night (hostel) Daily budget; 200RMB Guilin, known by many Brits for it being ‘the place where that Chinaman uses that bird to catch a fish’ is some of the finest, stunning scenery that I have ever seen in my life. Guilin is actually a fairly large city in Guanxi, a province neighbouring my home province of Guizhou. From Guiyang, it is just a sleeper train ride away, and in summer 2013 I and my…

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Simply Shanghai. Teach at the center of the new world

Teaching English in China

  Shanghai, one of the largest, most famous, well known cities in not just China, not just Asia, but the entire world. Famous for its past ties with the west and an outright modern economic epicenter of trade. That all sounds well and good, but what’s it like to teach English here? What’s it like? Shanghai is one of the most popular places to teach English  as a foreign language in the entire world. Its Western features and highly modernized, well maintained city streets make it…

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A day in the lives of 3 real China TEFL Teachers in Guiyang, China

Daily Life, Teaching English in China Leave a comment

A typical day teaching English in China Instead of more sugary anecdotes suggesting how awesome coming to a poor city and teaching English in China is and constantly looking at it through rose tinted lenses I want to give you a very neutral post about a poorer aspect, teaching in a distant, lower quality school and walking around the surroundings to give you a feel for what it will actually be like if you come to teach here. So, here is mine, Marco and Mitch’s…

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