China: Mandarin Language Intensive (4-week) - Group A, China: Mandarin Language Intensive (4-week) - Group B
The Group, along with Language-B Group Instructor, Avery, have landed in LA where students are headed towards onward flights, or to the hotel with Avery. Wishing everyone a happy reunion with family and friends soon!...Read More
The Group is through security and ready to board their flight from Kunming! Students traveling independently are also through. Wishing everyone a smooth journey and happy reunions with family and friends! 一路平安...Read More
Time had gone so fast since we left Nanyao on 22th of July, we had a goodbye party with the homestay families at our program house, we danced with them in a circle with Naxi (regional ethnic group) music. It was quite a touching moment saying......Read More
China: Mandarin Language Intensive (4-week) - Group A, China: Mandarin Language Intensive (4-week) - Group B
Dear Families & Friends, It is hard to believe that almost four weeks have passed since your student embarked on this incredible adventure! It won’t be long until students will be boarding their planes back home. We are sure you are anxiously......Read More
I am currently writing this Yak from the bustling kitchen of my host mom’s sister’s house. Relatives, friends, and neighbors gather as eggplants and mushrooms of all shapes and sizes sizzle in giant pots on the stove top. The vibrant environment......Read More
It’s been incredible experiencing the day to day routine of the Naxi people in the small community of Nanyao. The city life we had become accustomed to is a stark contrast to the courtyard homes nestled on the side of a mountain which we now call......Read More
Hidden Gems Throughout my time in Kunming, I focused on the aspects of business that couldn’t be experienced from an outside perspective. Through this exploration, I discovered good, bad, and definitely some ugly. While my time in Kunming......Read More
Hello Language 4B Friends and Family! I’m Benjy Renton — an alum of the Language 6-Week program with Dragons in 2015 and currently living and studying in Yunnan this summer. I had the opportunity to meet this wonderful group over the past few......Read More
Hi. This village, the village of Nanyao, only has 1500 people living inside it. 1500 people, in a country with the largest population on the face of this earth. When taken into perspective, this really is a small town. Each of us lives at furthest......Read More
A few days ago our group of seven students and three instructors hastily cleaned and arranged the program house in preparation for our thank you party for our Kunming homestay families. Some of us wielded cleaning supplies while others arranged the......Read More
Eli Transmission 2 (July 15) As the rain poured over Kunming, we tidied the Program House for Language Group 4A, sweeping floors, organizing the library, and hanging artwork on the walls. Night fell as we rode public bus to Kunming Station,......Read More
As our 10 days in Kunming come to an end we are struck with the realization that our trip in China is almost halfway finished. It also gives us a chance to reflect on our days here spent with our home stay families, each other, on ISPs, and......Read More
We are spending our final hours in Kunming taking the time to reflect and fill our mid-course feedback (we can hardly believe mid-course is here!) We wanted to share some photos of our time from Kunming. Most of the photos are compliments of their......Read More
Dear Family and Friends, I am writing to you from my host family’s home, a modest and well kept apartment in the heart of Kunming. The last several days have been amazing – riddled with new experiences. For example, last Saturday I was......Read More
Hello friends and family! We are sitting in the program house in Kunming writing after yet another delicious lunch. We arrived to the big city on Wednesday and have loved our time here so far. Before entering Yunnan, we spent an amazing few days in......Read More
