Joseph Harrison

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• China: The Wildcard Cities!

  

  Following the crowd is boring, dealing three of China's wildcard cities showed me how to be a travel trailblazer! Bowing down to the favourites like Shanghai an... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2017 TRAVEL

• Teaching English: Semester One, Second Year!

  

  I can't believe where the time has gone?! It only seems like a moment since I returned to work after the summer break! The first semester of my second year at... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2017 TRAVEL

• Wuhan: My Favourite Things...

  

  Wuhan has been my home since July 2015, this Central Chinese city definitely has its moments but I want to focus on some of my favourite things. Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2017 TRAVEL

• A Place Like Lijiang

  

  Back on the travelling hype I boarded another K train from Dali to Lijiang, Yunnan. I was excited to be staying within Lijiang Old Town, leaving Dali on... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2016 TRAVEL

• Darling Dali...

  

  Kunming had shown me what it had to serve, I was ready to board my first long distance train in China to Dali. My second destination of my 2016 Christmas holida... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2016 TRAVEL

• Kunming, China: City of Flowers

  

  Kunming wasn't a bad decision! I negotiated that contract to secure my Christmas holiday for 2016's festivities. Yunnan called me, I didn't need to leave the... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2016 TRAVEL

• 18 Months In China...

  

  Could I call China home? I have now been living and working in China for eighteen months, the time is zooming past me but this experience keep on surprising me! Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2016 TRAVEL

• 2016: Nonstop November!

  

  November has so far been nonstop, quite literally I don't know if this month will ever end! I was ordered to move out of my apartment, worked a weekend and... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2016 TRAVEL

• The Hankou Weekender...

  

  I don't do best friends but when I got to know Fiona Dade I had to re-evaluate that train of thought. Leaving my Guanggu location I spent another amazing weeken... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2016 TRAVEL

• 26: Happy Birthday!

  

  I am another year older, does that mean I will get any wiser? Anyhow, I recently celebrated by twenty-sixth birthday in China for the second time! Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2016 TRAVEL

• China: The Best of Three...

  

  Oh, I could give a million reasons why any of the following Chinese cities are my top three since arriving in June 2015. Ranging from Giant Pandas, Terracotta... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2016 TRAVEL

• Jinan, China: Shandong's Spring City

  

  Boarding my High Speed train, Jinan was on my radar! Speeding toward Shandong's Spring City was all I could think about, seeking a mountain and spring was on... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2016 TRAVEL

• Qingdao: Seashores, Beer & German History...

  

  Did anyone say Qingdao Pijiu? That once German governed corner of China's Shandong province called my name! Qingdao gave me tones of Germanic Realness with a... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2016 TRAVEL

• Chinese National Day 2015

  

  served all kinds of big city overness with a smattering of scandalous behaviour! Getting my life I snatched my passport back to experience Chongqing and Chengdu... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2016 TRAVEL

• Essential Travel Tools: Top Gadgets for the Modern Explorer

  

  Getting the most out of travelling means being prepared. When you’re exploring new countries, meeting new people and seeing incredible scenery, you want to be... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2016 TRAVEL

• Next Stop... Zhengzhou, China!

  

  Within life's strange arrangements it good to turn to a new city to explore, the look of Zhengzhou had me instantly captivated! Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2016 TRAVEL

• Victory Day Weekend 2015

  

  September 2015's National Holiday was given a victorious slant, celebrating and commemorating the Chinese victory over Japan during World War Two. Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2016 TRAVEL

• 2016: No Summertime Sadness!

  

  My second summer living in Wuhan, China was equally as epic as 2015, well if not a little more hectic work-wise! Keeping within the boundaries of Hubei's Wuhan... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2016 TRAVEL

• East Lake, Wuhan: Nature, Museums & Secrets...

  

  The Summer of 2016 has been a scorcher, for that reason I haven't been out and about much. Getting my life together I returned to Wuhan's East Lake to see it... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2016 TRAVEL

• Getting Around China... Rail, Air & Sea!

  

  Getting from one place to another can be enough of a stress but I have found that getting around China has never been easier! From boarding my first experience... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2016 TRAVEL