Month: June 2016

Day 117 (20th of June, 2016) – Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China Consider this week’s blog the ‘calm before the storm’. It’s my last week of classes and exams at Jiangsu Normal University. Next week, I’ll explore every last crevasse that this city has to offer before moving onto bigger and better things – Shanghai, Sichuan, Tibet, […]

Day 110 (13th of June, 2016) – Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China This morning, unlike most Monday mornings, I woke up at a reasonable hour. I headed home early after spending the previous evening at Fusion Bar. The conversations at the bar were incredibly entertaining. Most of my night was spent talking with “Old Tony”, who’s a […]

Day 103 (6th of June, 2016) – Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China I woke up this morning after a night out in the city centre with some of the Ukrainians. The bar there is called ‘Fusion’, and it’s the closest thing which Xuzhou has to a reputable venue. It’s owned by my colleague at the English school. […]

Day 96 (30th of May, 2016) – Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China I woke up in Nanjing bright and early at 6:30am in order to log onto the ‘Splendour in the Grass’ ticket resale. For those of you who don’t know, Splendour is a 3-day music festival near Byron. This year, not only does it sport one […]