Dear Parents， After an amazing journey of two weeks in China we just said goodbye to the students and teachers at Beijing Capital Airport. It was a truly inspiring journey for all of us. We spent time together to go deep into cultural......Read More
Today we went to Beijing’s art museum where we learned how they make different kinds of traditional Chinese art. We made masks that represent good people. The red on the mask signifies courage, black represents reckless but straightforward, and......Read More
Today we went many places in Beijing such as the Forebidden City, Tiananmen Square and the Beijing art museum. At the Tiananmen Square it is a big square and you can tell the different artitecture styles. We saw one building dedicated to Mao......Read More
I am currently staying with Rainbow and her parents who have been so amazing to me. They have welcomed me as part of their family. When she picked me up at the airport, Rainbow greeted me with flowers and a huge hug. I know Rainbow is very friendly......Read More
New cultures never fail to shock a person. A different language, a strange food, everything fails to be recognizable as familiar. For me, China has been breathtakingly shocking and full of beauty. Beijing has by far been the greatest culture change......Read More
This trip so far has been everything I knew it would be and so much more. My host family has been nothing but sweet to me these past few days and I am so happy to be here. I have already experienced so many new things, like trying the new foods,......Read More
To be in a place that is so different, yet so similar is indescribable. In Beijing I find myself in a place where I am completely lost, I can not read the language, write it, or find my way among the crowds. Yet, I am still enjoying it. My host......Read More
Today our group of 14 students, 3 teachers, and one tour guide walked through the crowded Tian’anmen Square. While learning the history of this famous site in Beijing, we took pictures of the landmarks, and learned that Chinese tourists also like......Read More
Yesterday Heidi and I went shopping for the day in the town area. We walked around the whole day with a couple other students and their hosts. We stopped at the cat cafe for a little while and then went to lunch at a market style restaurant.......Read More
I have just arrived in Beijing and met up with my exchange student, Alice. We spent our first day shopping! I have been trying many new foods here (good and bad). The driving here is quite crazy and in my opinion reckless. It is the next day now and......Read More
Tiquipaya Homestay – Student Voices Greg Hays: To say the least, living with our host families has been a life changing experience. I have spent time in South America before, and have seen the way people live, but never have experienced it. On......Read More
Hello everyone! Now that you know where the Yak Board is, Guy and I would like for us all to start using it. Firstly, we’d like for each of you to introduce yourselves on this Board. Tell us a little about yourself: what your hobbies and......Read More
There is an interesting thing that happens when you take time to slow down, to walk instead of run, to take in the landscape—the trees, the brush, the birds, the colors—at a more leisurely pace and in sharper detail than the technicolor blur......Read More
A breath-taking and strenuous first day hiking beneath Yulongxue mountain. Supposedly the peak is shrouded by clouds most days, but we had a very beautiful hike. Tomorrow we push on for Tiger Leaping Gorge!...Read More
