world,China,35.86166,104.195397,3,H

39.930011,116.399975,Beijing (北京)
31.229999,121.470001,Shanghai (上海)
30.579997,114.27,Wuhan (武汉)
32.10119,86.572266,Lhasa (拉萨)
22.283378,114.150009,Hong Kong (香港)
23.119996,113.249989,Guangzhou aka Canton (广州)
34.259593,108.941674,Xi'an (西安)
34.68,112.470001,Luoyang (洛阳)
36.719967,119.100037,Weifang (潍坊)
38.04728,114.467926,Shijiazhuang (石家庄)
31.300005,120.620012,Suzhou (苏州)
30.250022,120.170002,Hangzhou (杭州)
My first real international trip—and my first time flying—was when I went to China during the summer of 1993. I had just finished 10th grade, and it was an eye-opening experience. The group I was with spent three weeks going along the eastern coast of China, from Beijing to Hong Kong, which at that time was still a British colony. Though I greatly enjoyed the trip, little did I imagine I would later spend three years of my life there, in Wuhan, Hubei province. I taught English there from 2001 to early 2005, with a four-month hiatus in between.