Chinglish II: Forbidden to Wear a Life-Jacket on the Boat
click on the image and its much more readable ‘Chinglish’: the laughably bad Chinese > English translations you find all over China. There are also many examples in neighbouring countries […]
New Featured Sunset Header for May 2016
Originally posted on Before Sundown:
Mongolian Sunset by Andy Smart https://justturnleft.com “Andy Smart quit the UK ten years ago and now lives in Beijing. So far he has visited half…
Book Trailer: Warm someone’s spirit with this three year life-changing travel yarn
Just Turn Left at the Mountain – Trials & Tribulations Meandering Across Chinese Borders by Andy Smart With zero Chinese speaking ability and minimal planning, Andy’s story starts with […]
Just Turn Left: Featured Blog of the Month at Yesterdayafter.com
Originally posted on Carolina Russo Art:
And FEATURED is… Andy Smart! ? YesterdayAfter Featured of the Month April 2016 ? Hello everyone during last 30 days I came across lots of…
Thanks for the Memories: Yangshuo: Guangxi Autonomous Region, S China
I must say I miss working in the smaller towns around China; magical amazing days of initiation into TEFL that will forever stay close to me. The attitude and way […]
My Local Supermarket: There is No Queue!
I’ve always hoped that one day I can take a friend who’s just arrived in China to my local underground Chaoshifa supermarket just to see the look on their face. […]
A Romantic Candlelit Dinner for One
A year or so before I met the wife, I briefly dated a girl called Anna Wei Yi. Though things were still in the early stages, all the signs […]
The Beginning of Winter, Beijing 2015: Knickers in the Wind
One of the good things about going it alone is that you can stop and make notes in your own time. These are observations that have been sitting in my […]
TOURISM & PHOTOGRAPHY: ARE YOU A TWAF ?
Definition: /twæf/ Noun (countable): abbr ‘taking without asking first’. A twaf, some twafs: meaning someone who takes photos of another without asking for permission or consent. Normally used as a […]
Don’t Stand Next to the River-Side Tower: Nantong, Jiangsu Province, SE China
In June, now going up the wall for something interesting to do or for going somewhere, I hit the road again to the city of Nantong in the Jiangsu province. […]
Chinglish
Hello and welcome to the amazing world of Chinglish; the laughably bad Chinese – English translations you find all over China. There are also many examples in neighbouring countries but […]
Chinese Hospitality
One of the first things you notice when setting foot on Chinese soil for the first time is the incredible hospitality that you will be shown from the word go. […]
An Interview with Professor Su: Memories of Mao & Hardship
One of the great things about teaching in China is that your students can be so interesting. If you are based in one of the big cities you’ll find that […]
I Met Michael Gao. An Amazing Tale of a Blind Man: Dunhua, Jilin Province, N China
I’ll never forget my trip to Dunhua in northern China in 2008. Some things really stick in my mind. Waiting to check in, the old faithful trolley bag was once […]
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