Why I want to travel to China and learn Mandarin

My name is Mario, I was born in the countryside but grew up in the capital Quito. I studied telecommunications Engineering at ESPE University. I got graduated more than a year ago. I like learning new things every day, my passions are learning languages, meeting new people and visiting new places. Currently I am focused on learning Chinese Mandarin, it has been a dream which was born when I started at University, and three years later I could start studying at Siyuan institute. My hobbies are the cuisine, listening to music and to keeping up to date with technological trends. I think that cuisine is an art where I can express my good feelings and emotions.

Some years ago China started forging strong links with South American countries related to business and tecnology, for that reason I believe it is convenient learning this millenary[1] language, which is spoken by more than a billion people around the world. Since China became one of the main economies in the world, knowing how to speak Mandarin is a huge advantage when people are finding a job.

Studying Mandaring has allowed me to learn and understand Chinese culture and traditions. As well as this, I have made some chinese friends and shared many experiencies.

I cannot imagine the huge varieties of dishes which are made by people from the different regions around China, each one with distinctive flavor and appeal. I would like to taste the most famous chinese dishes like the beijing duck 北京烤鸭,Chow Mein （炒面, Spring Rolls (春卷, or the Kung Pao Chicken （宫保鸡丁. [2,3]

I have traveled throughout some countries in west Asia, and now I want to visit the east Asia, China. Travelling around China will be a dream made reality, I would like to visit historical places like the great wall, the terracotta warriors, the Forbidden City or the temple of heaven, and also the big cities like Shangai, Shenzhen, Beijing and Hong Kong, where the style of life of the citizens are so different to the suburbs.

All these experiencies will be unforgettable for all my life[4] and I will have many stories to tell to my family and friends about the best trip of my life, in which I will have the opportunity to taste the food and visit the most places as I can, and over all I will be able to practice the language that I been learning for some time.

I am really looking forward to going there too!

Red Errors, Green suggestions

[1] I don't know what you meant to say here, but this word isn't English!

[2] If you're going to use one ( you have to use two (). But you don't really need any.

[3] I wonder if those dishes are the ones that are most famous in America? ;^)

[4] Unforgettable is for all your life, by definition!