Excursions

The excursions ran by the programme were all extremely well organised. I enjoyed going to watch a Peking Opera show and dancing with one of the cast on stage. In each interval the cast let us take photos with them.

There were module-orientated trips as well. The group studying 'Law, Urbanisation and Society' visited an orphanage and community centre. My group, studying 'Tourism Management' visited an engineering factory and a beautiful Eco-hotel which we later had to create a presentation about.

We had 2 free days and a couple of afternoons free throughout the programme and although we were advised to relax and do work because the programme was so intense, many of us wanted to make the most of our time in China so organised trips of our own.

On one day a group of us visited Beijing, we got a 2 and a half hour bullet train to Beijing, then a 2 and a half hour taxi ride to the Badaling section of the Great Wall of China. We then got a taxi back to Beijing to very quickly visit the Olympic Stadium and Forbidden City Palace.
On one afternoon, several of the students, their buddies and myself visited the Thousand Buddha Mountain.
On another free day, me and some students got a bullet train to Qufu to see Confucius Temple, Mansion and Graveyard.