China Part.. Something

So, I havent had internet in the last three weeks. Well that not true. Our hotel in Beijingdidnt have convenient access, and we didnt have time with our host families in Deyang.

Anyway, heres the low down. In Beijing I didnt have much time to do things I wanted because they were all about having us do on the bus with our group. I stated getting upset. We move constantly from 8 to 8. They also have our meal provided, which is nice because we dont pay and we eat good. But I can count the number of times Ive had to eat on my own. But we did go to the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and other notable places around Beijing. The best day was our free day. I went out of the central city to an art district that was a revitalized factory. It was awesome. It was very run down with a number of art studios and stores in little buildings that use to be part of the factory. It was very low-key, too. Although, Beijing decided to have a dust storm during the time, so I got really gross. But Beijing in general was a gross city. It never rains and it is very near the desert. I mean, its dirty, but still cool. Anyway, after seeing the factory I wondered outside the area to some stores that had some cool stuff. There was a cd store, and I tried to find an artist that I thought was good in china. But they didnt know English, so I bought the green day album for 10 yuan (or 1.50). it had Chinese letters on it. The Chinese are about 5 years behind in music, and are all about the boy bands. Anyway, after the cd place I went to a tea store and bough some green tea. I then asked the lady where to get a bus to the central city. I had taken a taxi and thought the bus would be more fun. Anyway, she didnt know any English, so she took me to the bus stop and tried telling me in motions. During the process another lady began to help her, and the other lady told me to follow her. I then began a one hour bus ride back to the city, which involved three bus transfers. The lady totally took me the entire way, and they continued her journey where ever that was. It was amazing. She didnt know any English. So afterwards, I went to the subway to continue my day. Thats when some English speaking people approached me because they were lost. (It is very exciting when you see white or English speaking people here. you feel like you should talk to them). Anyway, they were from Britain and backpacking through China. I ended up giving them directions to a market, and then just going to the market with them. Afterwards, I went back to the hotel and we left for the airport to go to Deyang.

Anyway, Deyang is a city in inland China. Its four million people (bigger then Chicago), so its a small city in China. (Size is very relative here). We got there around midnight and we met our host families. It turns out that our host families have a student learning English. So there was a kid near my age his name was Wu Lei. It turned out to be an awesome experience. I will go more into it later. I need to go now!