Field notes

The Journal

Field notes, small wonders, and everything we ate.

July 10, 2026 · GCC → Baiyun Airport

Thank You, Guangzhou

On our last day we traded small gifts on campus, drove to Baiyun Airport at dusk, and watched the skyline shrink from a plane window — finally sure what to call this feeling.

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Day 7

July 7, 2026 · Yongqing Fang & Shamian

Old Streets, New City

We spent day seven in the folds of old Canton — qilou arcades, the lanes of Yongqing Fang, the banyan shade of Shamian — with the new skyline never quite out of view.

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Day 5

July 5, 2026 · A morning teahouse

A Table Full of Dim Sum

Our teachers held class at an old teahouse, and the bamboo steamers never stopped coming. Somewhere between the har gow and the fourth pot of tea, breakfast became our favorite classroom.

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Day 4

July 4, 2026 · Canton Tower & Pearl River

A River of Light

On day four, our hosts saved Guangzhou's best trick for after dark: a tower that cannot settle on a color, and a river that carries the whole skyline in its current.

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Day 2

July 2, 2026 · Guangzhou College of Commerce

Green Shade and Open Doors: Our First Day at GCC

Teachers and student volunteers were waiting at the gate before we had even learned to say good morning properly. By lunchtime, the campus already felt a little like ours.

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Day 1

July 1, 2026 · Baiyun Airport → Zhujiang New Town

Descending into Summer

The Pearl River delta unfolded beneath our wings at dusk, and by nightfall we were standing under a glowing skyline. Day one, and Guangzhou had already won us over.

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Photos are placeholders for now — real ones coming soon.