We had a pretty early flight to Yunnan, about 9 am, so I had to get up very early and double check my packing (especially the bug bottles).
15.05.2007 - Jonna Wibelius - Travel diaries
Isn't it wonderful how economic you can suddenly get when you are in a town where a taxi ride actually costs you peanuts compared to home? Darn. I should be ashamed of myself.
16.02.2007 - Jonna Wibelius - Travel diaries
I stayed on for a bit of a chat even after the interview. Ok, yeah, I will admit it. I had to suck in some more of the rich- and glam-atmosphere of Hyatt, before I returned to my more humble, everyday life.
17.01.2007 - Jonna Wibelius - Travel diaries
Mr Zhang is a former ‘whiz kid’, today known as a ‘genius teacher’. He entered university at the age of 15 and started teaching when he was 19! Meeting this guy was something I had been looking forward to for a long time.
02.01.2007 - Jonna Wibelius - Travel diaries
I woke up fairly tired, but my new, healthy, Chinese brekkie consisting of soy milk, nuts, grapes (they don't really have cereal here) and copious amounts of coffee woke me up.
21.11.2006 - Jonna Wibelius - Travel diaries
This day was an important day. Olympic interview with the VICE CHAIRMAN of the committee was on the agenda. Questions had already been prepared, but I also knew I had to look good!10 hours of sleep didn’t manage to erase the dark circles under my eyes, but I know the trick to things like that: clever make up and fancy clothes. -It always makes you feel a zillion times better!
24.10.2006 - Jonna Wibelius - Travel diaries
Jonna Wibelius, a journalist from the Radio86 Swedish team, was awarded a grant to report on a development project in China. So, last May, she left Finland for a two-week working visit that took her to Beijing and Yunnan. Read about Jonna's adventures (and misadventures) in her China blog.
16.10.2006 - Jonna Wibelius - Travel diaries
Jukka Karvonen left Finland in February 2006 to embark on a grand adventure. He was going to bike his way around China beginning from the city of Shenzhen. After more than two months, he reached Beijing, the end of his 5,000-kilometer journey.
11.10.2006 - Stina Björkell - Travel
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