Living Abroad – Life as an Expat

Tibetan Quarter in Chengdu Sunday was my last day in Chengdu, but my flight left at 8:00 PM, so it was almost another full day!  After checking out of Sam's (luckily I could leave my suitcase there) I went to Starbucks and had a nice cafe latte and a chocolate...

Chengdu Panda Bear Sanctuary On my 6th day, I finally had a chance to visit the Pandas!!!  I had decided not to go to the large Panda reservation in Wolong, but to the closer Panda Bear Sanctuary and Research Station directly in Chengdu.  I have heard that...

Exploring Sichuan Province I really have to say that day 5 was the absolute highlight of the whole week in Sichuan Province.  I had booked another tour with the travel agency at Sam's, which was supposed to take me out of the city to see the countryside and a...

Temples in Chengdu  After this strenuous and a little disappointing day yesterday, I decided to sleep in and have a little more relaxing day today and visit some of the famous temples in Chengdu. I also took hundreds of pictures that day and below, you can find a...

Le Shan - Biggest Buddha in the World A rude awakening I should have known from the start, that this trip to Le Shan and Emei Shan was doomed to failure… But let me start from the beginning.  Yesterday I booked a 2-day trip at my hostel.  The first day was...

Exploring Chengdu Sichuan Province Day 2 in Chengdu Sichuan Province: I got up early and went shopping (I am a girl after all).  I bought a nice outdoor jacket and some great outdoor pants to get ready for my exposure to nature.  I did not know at that time,...

Arriving in Chengdu, Sichuan Province When I decided to go to China for 6 months I also wanted to travel a little bit around the country.  Actually my first plan was to take a 48 hour train from Beijing to Lhasa, explore Tibet for a couple of days, visit the Mt....

Temples in Beijing - My Experience in China 6 I really must say that Beijing is getting better every week so far.  This week I had a few first-timers of some things that were mentioned in my previous blog. And on the weekend, I went on a little tour visiting two...

About Eggplants and Scorpions - My Experience in China 6 Everything Eggplant or what? Week one in China - and what an interesting one, too!!!  Let me tell you about how I got scammed by Art students on Wangfujing Street, how I lost my Chinese virginity (the...

Working in China - My Experience in China 5 Yesterday was my first day working in China and I also met with my Chinese teacher for my first lesson. I am working at Winglong PTY, an Australian company that helps to strengthen the relationship between Australia and...