Talk:What to do upon arrival/@comment-4323856-20110820160559

When taking a taxi back to campus, you can tell the driver "shee-dah". That's the short form for Guangxi Daxue. You can also have a Chinese friend or student write the characters for the name, and show them to the driver. Sometimes the driver will ask you which gate to go to. Even if you don't understand Chinese, you can guess that this will be the first thing he asks you. You can answer either Zheng Men (front gate) or Dong Men (east gate), depending on where you live.

I never take the bus. I can get most of the food and groceries I need either on campus or a short bike ride away. I take a taxi if I need to go into town. Since I only go into town once a week or so, the taxi rides don't break the bank. Your mileage may vary.

The "Dog Street" mentioned at the top of this page is a wonderful area of street food on the West Campus! I'm not much of a cook, so I go to Dog Street ("Gou Jie") about two or three times a week. I get enough for two or three meals. There are places that have different kinds of noodles, places that have prepared dishes and a couple places that have cooked meat with rice. If you like cooking, you can buy vegetables at the Western Market on campus, by the West Gate. You can buy cooked meat there, as I do, but I would recommend buying raw meat at a real grocery store.

Nancy