Arrival!

I got to see a gorgeous sunrise in Korea! 

Hey everyone! So I've decided to keep a blog of the things that happen to me while I'm teaching English in China. I'll probably update it every week or every other week, depending on how much craziness happens.

So I flew out of Utah at 3 pm on Friday, February 13, and I arrived in Guangzhou at 12 pm on Saturday, February 15. We flew to LA, then to Korea, then Guangzhou. I then had a two hour bus ride to get to Zhongshan, which is where I'm teaching. The flight wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I slept most of the time on the really long one to Korea (13.5 hours!), and they had individual TV screens where you could watch whatever movie they had available.

It's really strange being in a place where you're one of the few white people around. A lot of people will just stare at me and the other volunteer teachers because we're white and we stick out. It's funny. They're super nice and will often say hello to us and smile.

Here's the bathroom

Anyway I'm in an apartment with five other girls. The apartments are small but functional. The bathrooms are a bit strange since the toilets are basically a hole in the floor (they call them squatters) and the shower is just a shower head that you use in the bathroom. If you want hot water for showering, you have to flip a switch on five minutes before you shower. Like I said, it's all very different but not bad really.

The city I'm in is called Zhongshan, but it's split up into different districts. I'm in the district Guzhen. It's very smoggy and overcast here. I haven't seen the sun since I got here, but that will probably change when it warms up a bit. It's a little chilly right now, especially since the humidity makes it a bit colder. Anyway that's all for now. I'll post again in a week or so. Until next time!

The view outside my apartment.