The Group, along with Language-B Group Instructor, Avery, have landed in LA where students are headed towards onward flights, or to the hotel with Avery. Wishing everyone a happy reunion with family and friends soon!...Read More
Good morning from the Kunming airport! We’re just a few minutes out from having said our farewells and parted ways with our group, leaving them in the experienced and caring hands of fellow Dragons instructor Avery (4B Group) for the return......Read More
Hi, I’m Jacob, and I’m writing this Yak on a bullet train from Kunming to Dali, officially bringing our time with our Kunming families to a close and formally beginning the expedition phase (X-phase), a roughly 36-hour period where instructors......Read More
Dear Families & Friends, It is hard to believe that almost four weeks have passed since your student embarked on this incredible adventure! It won’t be long until students will be boarding their planes back home. We are sure you are anxiously......Read More
I like long car rides. I don’t drive often, since I live in New York City, so every time I do get to look at the world through a car window or listen to the radio it fees like a special occasion. There’s one drive I especially enjoy: the......Read More
Hello friends back home! As we arrived back in Kunming and are beginning our urban homestay, we invite you to look back on some images from our time in Bangdong Village....Read More
Hi! I’m Sofia. I’m writing this on the 20-hour night bus ride from Lincang, the biggest city close to Bangdong Village, to Kunming. We have finished the first homestay of our trip, and eagerly anticipate the second. My homestay family was......Read More
Tyler’s Yak post Hello, I am Tyler, one of the participants of the 4-week Mandarin language intensive. I am currently writing this Yak in the beautiful village known as Bangdong and I would like to share some of my experiences during the trip so......Read More
Cheerio from Kunming! On Saturday, June 30th at 2:00 am, 10 students—strangers to each other—arrived in rural Beijing. They settled in a small guest house off the Great Wall. Along with 3 cunning instructors and passion like a lion, these brave......Read More
Dear families and friends of China Language 4A students, A quick note to let you all know that after two days of orientation in Beijing, we arrived in Kunming yesterday morning. We spent the afternoon in the city of Kunming, visiting the Dragons......Read More
After a long delay in Shanghai, the group has finally arrived in Beijing. Ian, Madeleine and students on the group flight are on their way to meet Long Yun, who is with students who traveled independently. Wishing everyone in Beijing a good......Read More
After a long wait in Shanghai, the group is now onboard and ready to fly to Beijing! They are expected to land in Beijing at approximately 10:50 PM (6/30), China time....Read More
Students and instructors (Madeleine and Ian) on the group flight are now in Shanghai, at Pudong International Airport, awaiting their flight onward to Beijing, China Eastern #564. Unfortunately, that flight is now delayed and airline staff cannot......Read More
Dear Families & Friends, Instructors Madeleine and Ian along with all students on the group flight from Los Angeles are through security and ready to board their flight, Air China #578 to Shanghai, and then on to Beijing on China Eastern #564.......Read More