Black girl in China: Visit to the Chen Family temple

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Ms Z.

As I mentioned in my previous black girl in China post, this is what I was most looking forward to during our time in Guanzhou because I couldn’t leave China without seeing an ancient Chinese temple! I’ll let the internets break … Continue reading →

Black girl in China: Yuexiu Park

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Ms Z.

After checking out the Guanzhou Sun Yat-Sen memorial hall, we headed to Yuexiu Park where we were taken to see the 5 goat statue. The statue has an interesting story behind it, bizarre too but interesting nonetheless. Legend has it … Continue reading →

Black girl in China: Hello Guanzhou!

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Ms Z.

Check out Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3 if you haven’t already! We left for Guanzhou on a typically dreary Shanghai morning. During our wait for our flight at the airport, it began to rain and the temperature dropped further. Everyone … Continue reading →

Black girl in China Part 3: Shanghai activities

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Ms Z.

Check out Part 2 if you haven’t yet! Hangpu River Cruise After having dinner in the city center of Shanghai, our next destination was the Hangpu river for an evening cruise. The concept sounds amazing given that there are so … Continue reading →

Black girl in China Part 2: Shanghai tourist activities

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Ms Z.

Check out Part 1 if you haven’t! Over weekends in Shanghai, we had a full schedule of tourist activities organised by CIUB. Every Saturday and Sunday we had to be in the hotel lobby by 9pm. We’d all pile into … Continue reading →

Black girl in China Part 1: Shanghai activities

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Ms Z.

This past December I got the amazing opportunity to travel to Shanghai and Guanzhou, China. The school where I take evening Mandarin lessons, Confucius Institute of the University of Botswana (CIUB), takes 2 groups of students to China twice a year in … Continue reading →

Across Asia in 10 Photos

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Ms Z.

Reblogged from The Travels of a Traveler:

I just submitted an entry to the Google Photography Prize for students. You can view my entry here if you want. Anyway, I just wanted to share with you some of the photos from my submission in one post. I think I've shared all of them here on WordPress already but they function well as a collection from Asia too.

Yangshuo County, Guilin, China - Justin Dong - Guest Photographer

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Ms Z.

Reblogged from PhotoBotos.com:

Justin Dong - Guest Photographer

Today’s photo comes from our guest photographer Justin Dong. He is a college student at Rice University who has been studying abroad in Asia. You can check out his interesting work at http://asianinasia.wordpress.com/. His HDR images are top notch.

Take it away Justin,

Yangshuo county in Guilin (Guangxi province), China contains some of the most breathtaking scenery I’ve ever seen in my life.

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