Quote Originally Posted by monkeyfoot
just get a flight out there

travel to the 'obvias' places and ask around.

I hate all these arranged 'china trips' costing like £2000 for 10 days. I spent £1,500 and spent 4 months in china.

and of course it will be hard if you cant speak mandarin, but neither could I.

craig
Now this is not Paris or Amsterdam we are talking about here.

I think someone would have to be nuts to just show up in China by themselves.

Also, you could probably find a family or something to take you in but still living on less than $700 a month is spreading it thin. My understanding is than training alone to westerners is very expensive.