My Father’s Birthday in Shanghai
Posted by Trevor in Journal, Shanghai, China
This past Saturday, July 21st was my father’s birthday.
We arrived at the hotel in Shanghai at about 2pm on Saturday. This time around we stayed at the HengSheng Peninsula International Hotel, it is much nicer than the other hotel we stayed at and had a great location (about 100m from the Bund and 200m from Nanjing Road). We were able to get the rooms for $63 a night (their 7-day rate) through the discount website www.wotif.com. I would recommend this hotel if you ever stay in Shanghai.
After getting to our rooms my dad wanted to sleep for a little bit, so Allen and I decided to check out Qi Pu road (which was only about a 5 minute walk from the hotel). Shanghai has the best quality and newest imitation and knock-off items in the world, and Qi Pu road is the biggest marketplace for imitation and knock-off items. Louis Vutton
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Back To Business In Wuxi
Posted by Trevor in Wuxi, Journal, China
Hey Everyone,
Unfortunately, this is going to be my second to last or possibly last update I will send out before I return to Iowa from China next week. I am very sorry! I think that everyone, when they plan out a trip to a foreign country, thinks to himself, “I will take hundreds of pictures and write to all of my friends every 3 days.” But then when you actually get there you end up having so much fun and getting so involved that well… the last thing you are thinking about is stopping to take the time and write a long email! I will be sure to take the time to send out an email and fill in some missing details about my trip when I get back, or if I see you I can tell you all of the stories about my time here. It might take a while, however.
Since getting back from Korea I have spent a lot of time making contacts and learning about importing and exporting. I am leaving tomorrow to spend a few days in Wuxi and visit with several factories. Wuxi is a large city and industrial zone only a few hours south of Nantong. I am making arrangements
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An Update From Korea
Posted by Trevor in Seoul, Korea, Journal
AnYOH (Hey in Korean),
Before I go any further I wanted to give everyone a little background info on my trip because you might be getting a little confused that last week I was in China and now I am in Korea. My Dad has been working in China for a few months and will be there until September, so after I got my Visa I flew out to China on June 20th to stay at his place. He is living in the port city of Nantong which is a few hours from Shanghai. At the same time my friend CJ, who goes to Iowa State, wanted me to come stay with him in South Korea. So the way the timing worked out I spent one week in China, I am here for one week in Korea, then I am going back to China for three weeks.
I want to tell you guys more about my time in China last week and in Shanghai, but Korea is so much fun that I am going to skip it for now.
I spent my first night in South Korea in Seoul. It is the capital…
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First Time in China
Posted by Trevor in Journal, Shanghai, China
Ni Hao (Hello),
Wo hen xihuan Zhongguo (I like China very much).
Sorry I haven’t had the time to write to everyone until now, I have been in China for 6 days and have been too busy to get on the net until now. I am actually at a small restaurant/bar in downtown Nantong right now that has WiFi. The gym is just up the street so I stopped in here on my way back (I’ll tell you more about the gym later).
So far I’ve learned a lot, met a lot of people, and had a good time in the few days I have been here. I’ve written down most of the things I have done, but I’ll start off by just telling you about my first day in Shanghai…
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