{"id":12977,"date":"2016-06-20T13:38:27","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T13:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/?p=12977"},"modified":"2024-01-30T11:40:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T16:40:51","slug":"tips-china-2016-study-abroad-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/tips-china-2016-study-abroad-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips from the China 2016 Study Abroad group!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tips from the China 2016 Study Abroad group!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/06\/mmexport1464211506642.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12978 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/06\/mmexport1464211506642-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"mmexport1464211506642\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/06\/mmexport1464211506642-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/06\/mmexport1464211506642-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/06\/mmexport1464211506642.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Must,must,must have comfortable walking shoes! Those strappy sandals just won&#8217;t cut it. If you don&#8217;t bring the walking shoes, bring plenty of band aids. You&#8217;ll need them!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Wear clothes that breathe, as AC is hard to come by throughout the day<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Either bring enough clothes to last the trip or be prepared to wash clothes in your sink<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Make sure that you bring tissue packs, wet wipes and hand sanitizer.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>There&#8217;s no need to exchange a lot of currency in the U.S. Instead go to one of the plentiful Chinese ATMs (certain ones are partnered with American banks so reduced\/no fee)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Pay very close attention to your professors at all times!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>It is important to always have a partner. Walking alone is never a good option anywhere.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Be punctual! This is important for success and happiness for the group.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>This is more for females: but the time change can mess with your body, so be prepared! <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Be prepared for an awesome adventure every day!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tips from the China 2016 Study Abroad group! Must,must,must have comfortable walking shoes! Those strappy sandals just won&#8217;t cut it. If you don&#8217;t bring the walking shoes, bring plenty of band aids. You&#8217;ll need them! Wear clothes that breathe, as AC is hard to come by throughout the day Either bring enough clothes to last &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/tips-china-2016-study-abroad-group\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tips from the China 2016 Study Abroad group!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":614,"featured_media":12979,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95,7],"tags":[98,8],"class_list":["post-12977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-china","category-study-abroad","tag-china","tag-study-abroad-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/614"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12980,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12977\/revisions\/12980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}