In Xanadu did Kublai Khan
A stately pleasure dome decree…
We are met at the Chengdu airport by two representatives from CDUTCM (the university we are teaching for). As weary travelers (jet lag is setting in) it is encouraging to be met by Angel and Rebecca – two names nice to hear upon entering a new city in a new land.
We head off for the hotel. I hope it is good – we will be sleeping, eating, and teaching there for the next three weeks. As I enter the room – being an experienced traveler in Southeast Asia – I check for the essentials. The room has both an air conditioner and a western style toilet – everything else is details!!

We finally meet the other members of the teaching team – Maggie is from Nairobi, Kenya and James is from Cambridge, England. We set off to eat.