http://www.computernewbie.info/wheatdogg/2010/01/02/esl-students-meet-dickens-christmas-yearn-for-travel/ Ramblings by a former physics teacher teaching EFL in Jishou, China Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.computernewbie.info/wheatdogg/2010/01/02/esl-students-meet-dickens-christmas-yearn-for-travel/#comment-49671 John Wheaton Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:34:00 +0000 http://www.computernewbie.info/wheatdogg/?p=1322#comment-49671 Hehe. A day trip to Changsha is feasible -- just 4-5 hours by bus. The quickest way, other than flying, to Beijing is a 13-hour non-stop train ride from Changsha. A sleeper berth is about 500 yuan, about half a farm family's monthly income. The hotel issue by comparison is a minor problem. There are youth hostels around Beijing that rent dorm-style rooms for about 20 yuan ($3) a night.But nothing is impossible. Once I think of a good fundraiser (or creative grant proposal), I'm on it! Hehe. A day trip to Changsha is feasible — just 4-5 hours by bus. The quickest way, other than flying, to Beijing is a 13-hour non-stop train ride from Changsha. A sleeper berth is about 500 yuan, about half a farm family's monthly income. The hotel issue by comparison is a minor problem. There are youth hostels around Beijing that rent dorm-style rooms for about 20 yuan ($3) a night.But nothing is impossible. Once I think of a good fundraiser (or creative grant proposal), I'm on it!

]]> http://www.computernewbie.info/wheatdogg/2010/01/02/esl-students-meet-dickens-christmas-yearn-for-travel/#comment-49670 Karen DeSpain Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:48:00 +0000 http://www.computernewbie.info/wheatdogg/?p=1322#comment-49670 Do you think it would be possible to do a an American type fund raiser there, John? If so, you could raise some money for the trip to Beijing. Maybe you could rent some busses and just take a day trip there. Even better,would be two days with one night and have them bunk together in the least amount of rooms at a reasonable hotel. Do you think it would be possible to do a an American type fund raiser there, John? If so, you could raise some money for the trip to Beijing. Maybe you could rent some busses and just take a day trip there. Even better,would be two days with one night and have them bunk together in the least amount of rooms at a reasonable hotel.

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