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I have also used Fluenz to learn Spanish, French, and a little German. We started the program one year before our trip to China.

Tyler and I used Fluenz to learn basic Mandarin. There are a lot of language learning apps and computer programs to choose from. This is a country where people really appreciated our efforts to speak their language and these moments are some of our favorite memories from China.

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To speak in full sentences and attempt a simple conversation made us many friends in China. Plus, a simple ni hao (hello) or xie xie (thank you) is much appreciated. We would have had a very difficult time here if we couldn’t speak the basics. If you plan on visiting the smaller cities off the main tourist trail, such as Zhangjiajie and Yangshuo, speaking basic Mandarin is invaluable. The younger generations can speak basic English and many are eager to help out when necessary, from our experience. If you plan on only visiting the larger cities like Beijing and Shanghai you will be able to get by with English. Knowing Mandarin is not a necessity but it helps A LOT. It is an Advantage to Know Basic Mandarin Please note, make sure you purchase the VPN before getting to China.China blocks access to the VPN companies so you will be out of luck trying to purchase one if you are already in China.

Without it I would have spent one month in China without any access to the outside world. While in Shanghai I was totally unable to access this website although I could still get onto Facebook. It worked fairly well but it was not perfect. We used VyprVPN for the month we were in China, paying a small monthly fee (around $10) for the service. A VPN disguises the computer’s IP address so it looks like you are connected from the US or Australia even if you are in China.

One way around this is by purchasing a VPN, or a Virtual Private Network. It can be incredibly frustrating, especially during long term travel, to lose access to websites used to stay in touch with people back at home. Thanks for stopping by and thanks for wanting to know a bit more.The Great Firewall of China blocks all access to Facebook, Google, Twitter, and YouTube. There were periods where I was even blocked from this Earth Trekkers website. We love traveling, we love the beauty of the Earth and hope to see as much of it as possible… I’m also great at entertainment, providing food and I am annoyingly good at speed control!

We are both vegetarians, I’m mostly vegan, which can make our travel either difficult, either interesting….

Yes that’s a lot! We’ve enjoyed so far a little over 140.

We have the secret project (or not so secret!) to visit all the sites registered on the Unesco World Heritage list.

You can go where you want, stop where you want and change plans whenever you feel like it… which we do often! The important thing is the freedom that having a car provides.

Driving is not what’s important to us.

We don’t like to drive that much! Yes ironical!!.

We’ve been together or separately, but mostly together, to something like 40 different countries, some for short period of time, some we’ve been to several times, some we go to regularly without even thinking about it.

We’ve leaved in 5 different countries, moved together 6 times and I moved in total 15 times (maybe I should have done a blog about moving?).

We’ve been together for many years now (but who’s counting!) and we have had the chance to have quite a few travel experiences.

Mr A is half English, half French, I’m ‘just’ French although it seems that I have Sicilian origins.

Here are a few random facts about Mr A and I: He also puts up with me, especially when I’m taking too many pictures 😉 He has been a great photographer assistant, carrying my tripod and other equipment around! Mr A, my boyfriend is my supervisor & biggest fan! He offers great suggestions, technical back up, but mostly moral support. If you want to know, Coco is short for Corinne and I’m the writer, designer and photographer behind all this blog content. I’ve been called Miss Coco by my friends and family, as long as I can remember so I decided to continue using this nickname here.