The first few days...

The girls dorms on campus

Martyr park view at night

Breakfast!

When you leave the dorm area 

The balconies of Changsha

Old/New

Some of the hallways are nice long balconies with a pretty view of the gardens

The gardens

Your typical Chinese students desk...

Public gym!!! aka ADULT PLAYGROUND

On the riverfront 

These men were holding sticks with rope attached and would hit these big skinny top type things on the ground... the resulting WHAP was delicious to listen to. Probably how the men blow off steam after a long day at work.

all along the roads

It also seems very common to find demolished buildings

Late to class= Karaoke

Every night at Martyr Park thousands of Chinese gather to dance the night away. This is one of the biggest classes, but they are all along the walk ways- traditional music, techno, salsa, you name it, they have it. And I absolutely love it. Many countries could learn a lesson from this!