Comments on: My impending trip to China and what I am hoping to learn from it http://www.dystel.com/blog/2016/08/my-impending-trip-to-china-and-what-i-am-hoping-to-learn-from-it/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: D. C. DaCosta http://www.dystel.com/blog/2016/08/my-impending-trip-to-china-and-what-i-am-hoping-to-learn-from-it/comment-page-1/#comment-46262 Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:08:59 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=13041#comment-46262 You said, “I am hoping to learn about the people of China and their culture.”

I spent a month this summer teaching conversational English (and some reading comprehension) to nursing and medical students at a university in Manchuria. To a very great degree it was like being on vacation AND being able to really get to know the people, spending 4 hours a day in class and often most of the afternoon or evening in the company of very promising young people. In class our readings covered a wide range of topics, which facilitated discussions and role play. I got to ask many questions on China culture and explain many aspects of ours.

I hope one day to have the chance to return and do the kind of sightseeing trip that you describe. But I didn’t miss it much this time around, because the human connection was so terrific.

]]> By: Lynn http://www.dystel.com/blog/2016/08/my-impending-trip-to-china-and-what-i-am-hoping-to-learn-from-it/comment-page-1/#comment-46249 Sun, 11 Sep 2016 04:39:26 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=13041#comment-46249 Last year my husband and I went to Dubai, Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Macau. We came back with wonderful memories and lots of photos, especially of food. (He’s a French chef so food is important.) This year we’re going to Peru to visit Machu Picchu, Cusco, and Lima. As for ideas, I don’t need to go very far, I get my best ones in the shower.

]]> By: Siri Kirpal Kaur Khalsa http://www.dystel.com/blog/2016/08/my-impending-trip-to-china-and-what-i-am-hoping-to-learn-from-it/comment-page-1/#comment-46212 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 22:56:12 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=13041#comment-46212 Sat Nam! (literally “Truth Name”–a Sikh greeting)

Besides photos? Well, when we travelled to NYC to go to the two Mets (the opera and the museum), our return trip included an extended stay in JFK airport due to the Jonas Blizzard. I’m writing a memoir about the experience.

Blessings,

Siri Kirpal Kaur Khalsa

]]> By: Teresa Robeson http://www.dystel.com/blog/2016/08/my-impending-trip-to-china-and-what-i-am-hoping-to-learn-from-it/comment-page-1/#comment-46211 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 15:08:36 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=13041#comment-46211 That’s pretty much the same itinerary we had when my family and I went to China in ’14…except that we also added Hong Kong because we wanted to visit my relatives whom I’d not seen since ’87. The purpose of the trip was to 1) make my father happy (he doesn’t like to travel alone), and 2) to get my kids acquainted with their cultural heritage. What we came back with was a lot of great photos and fun (and not-so-fun) memories.

I already had a story partially written when we went, but we couldn’t get to the area that is the setting for my ms to do research, unfortunately.

I wish I could follow your fine example of mining for story ideas when I travel, but mostly I travel for the food.

Have a wonderful trip and I hope it’s not too smoggy for you when you’re in China!

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