Hey,

I am heading out to Tangshan in less than a week, I was wandering if anyone has been to this area and if they can give me any advice on where to go, also if you have taught at the school I would appreciate hearing your experiences. Anyway would be good to hear about whats good in the area!

Ali

Hi Ali,

I'm not a teacher there but I went to EF Tangshan a day ago. You'll meet Joe, who is the director, and some other teachers. As far as I know, they only have male teachers there.

I don't know what kind of place you would like to go but if you need help or anything, you can contact me. I live there and I'd love to take you to travel around the city. :)

Thats, cool. I have a little while till I go out there, but is good to know someone who can help me if I need it!

thank you

thats alright. i've been to foreign countries so i know what it feels like to be a foreigner. during my time in bangkok, although thai people were very nice, i still felt a bit lonely due to the language gap(therefore communication was not enough) and that i couldn't find a community. tangshan is not like beijing where most foreigners would go. so a community is even smaller and harder to find. also, only a few people can speak english. but anyway i hope you'll have a good time here. if you need a friend, let me know ;)

btw, why did you choose ef tangshan? just curious.

The school sounded good when I read about it! That and they didnt seem to mind the fact it was my first teaching job. Although I have had a bit of a panic recently as someone posted a very bad review on it the other day! But I am thinking it will be like holiday reviews where some people love the place and others hate it! So I will find out in a couple of days what I think of it.

I'm also gonna be in Hebei province as of 16th Feb 2011  : )

Hi, I am in Hebei province too! I teach in Handan, not sure how far that is from Tangshan.

@Rin Hi! um..I dont know how far it is too. but I guess an 1-hour train would get you there. how's life in handan?

@Filter what city are you gonna be?

@Ali i just heard that there's an ice adventure theme in the south lake park and you can ski, ice-skate, snowboard and so on. i think it's definitely worth a visit and it sounds really fun! i'm going to visit there but i'm kinda busy right now. maybe we can go there together when you arrive. 

Wow, its quite good to see others are around the province! I think when I just looked at a map Handan is a little way away!

But Valala that does sound pretty good to do! seen as most of the things you mentioned I rather enjoy! So Yeah I would like to go there.

Hey.

Handan is cool. Pretty small city, but I've made lots of friends now and found all the good bars! ;)

@ Ali Cool! So tell me when you're here. or we can connect on facebook. Do you have facebook?

@Rin it's good to hear that you've made lots of friends! I've never been to the city but I think it's pretty old, right? Like, 1,000 years? There's one chinese four-word idiom that has mentioned the city - handan xue bu (literally means "handan learns to walk").

I will be in Xingtai  : )

Ali!! are you teaching at EF Tangshan??, I am too!, not sure when I'm arriving.