今宵离别后，何日再相会 When shall we meet again, after parting tonight At 8:00 o’clock in this morning, Ned Stone left our apartment for his programme house. He has lived with my wife and I for ten days. He is a 16 year-old boy. He is a......Read More
It seems that new buildings, metro lines, technologies are emerging every day in this city, though I haven’t been back to my hometown for only 16 months. The development speed in my hometown is quicker than the bullet train. When I guided our......Read More
Our story through drawings. Let the moments flow and stay as they were felt among us!...Read More
China: Mandarin Language Intensive (4-week) - Group A, China: Mandarin Language Intensive (4-week) - Group B
All students and instructors returning to Los Angeles on the group flight are now at their gate in Beijing and ready for the flight back to LA. Thanks so much to all students, parents, instructors, homestay families, language teachers, ISP mentors,......Read More
Written on: 28 July 2019 Our final day in China is coming to a close. As we head to the airport, everyone is busy finishing writing letters to each other and chatting about the travel ahead. Despite the Beijing heat, we filled our final days with......Read More
Written on: July 25, 2019 It is currently 12:45 am. I am sitting on the bus, and we just began our journey to the place we are staying for the night in Beijing. None of us know where we are going. This morning, more like yesterday morning, we said......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
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 working in Beijing this summer. I had the opportunity to meet this wonderful group yesterday as......Read More
Written on July 25, 2019 Our last day in Kunming was bittersweet. We spent our morning debriefing the previous day’s student X-Phase (a day that students get to plan and put their leadership skills into practice). We discussed the tea market......Read More
Kunming Homestay To explain to all of you the essence of our Kunming homestay, we have written a poem. Each person wrote one line, that is why the poem might not make total sense. ——————- Over the skywalk, the......Read More
Written on July 12, 2019 Tiger Leaping Gorge What a day we had today! Speaking for the entire group, I know I can say that today was a blast! We saw the craziest scenery and natural elements. We started off our day unsure of what the day would......Read More
Hello Everyone, I am loving all of your posts and pictures, please keep them coming (and try and post videos if you can- I see other Yak boards posting videos!). Did you all get to hike the Tiger Leaping Gorge — I sure hope so! And I am......Read More
Moments of rain, moments of waiting, moments of peace, moments of happiness …. Hope these drawings and water colours become our shared memories of that land, which we embraced wholeheartedly....Read More
Written on: July 15, 2019 Rural Homestay Reflection After singing a thank you song to our homestay families and leaving the rural village of Nanyao, I asked my classmates to answer one of the following three questions: What was the most eye opening......Read More
Notes to Families Written on July 10th and 11th. Nina: Hi Family! I tried to call yesterday, but the connection was bad, so it wouldn’t go through. I will be sure to send post cards and emails once we arrive in Kunming. Today is our last day......Read More
