I had a great time , but will just not recommend certain kit
It was my first time on a language trip and I had a great time. I really enjoyed the safari kit, I visited Cheng du's famous place with my teacher Dawn 老师 learning about Cheng du's culture and history, we chatted in Chinese like we were friends, she helped me to structure my sentence better and also taught me new super useful words. I just think the survival kit and the connection kit are not worth it. For the survival kit, you can survive without it, especially if you have Alipay. You can ask for help to get the SIM card, the transport card, you can have it on your Alipay. You don't have to pay extra for that. Now, I wasn't in a home stay, so maybe it's useful for people in a home stay. And for the connection kit, I was paired up at the beginning with a Chinese student who was really busy with school, so I only met her once the day we were introduced and we were supposed to hang out other days but she was too busy. The great thing is when I reported the problem to the school at the end of my stay, Unicorn, a teacher at the school kindly took the place of my Chinese buddy and we went to have lunch together, we had a great time, Unicorn was really sweet and kind. I really enjoyed the buddy programme, we will do an activity once a week with the students of the school and Chinese friends, a great opportunity to practice our Chinese in a casual context. The thing I liked most was the activity and atmosphere of the school, all the teachers are super friendly, kind and professional. We often go out for lunch at the nearby restaurant, we chat and laugh together, we even went ice skating one day with all the students and teachers, it was so much fun. I'm definitely going to miss everyone and all the time we spend together. I meet really wonderful people there and hope to see everyone again one day 🤍