Archive For The “Shenzhen, China 2010” Category
November 9, 2010 (This entry is actually from early August, in the last few days of my China trip. I’m in Reno now, and I’m finally getting around to finishing this and posting it.) Hong Kong came and Hong Kong went. A large Asian city with an even denser forest of even taller buildings than […]
is that we have two internet cables, so Patti and I can both surf the web at the same time. We almost had wireless access in Yangshuo, but not quite. Though I have to sit on the floor in the middle of the room with the laptop balanced perfectly on my lap in order to […]
Monday, Aug. 2 I slept late, and Patti came back up to our room to tell me she was going on a boat ride in 15 minutes if I wanted to join the group. There was still much confusion about what kind of boat on which river, but I hopped out of bed. I had […]
Wednesday, Aug. 4 Last night–3am, really, after a midnight flight and hour long bus rides on both ends, we returned to our home base in Shenzhen, but only for the morning. Today was the day when our group splits up. Some were flying out in the evening; some went on to travel elsewhere. I went […]
Sunday, Aug. 1 Yangshuo Yangshuo is a vacation town. The scenery is straight out of a Chinese watercolor. The Li River runs by, and there are caves and mudbaths and hiking and vanishing tribes shows. This morning we had western-style breakfast at our hotel—salty scrambled eggs, fake orange juice, and white toast. The Chinese-style breakfast […]
I hope to catch up soon from the last few days. We’ve been on an awesome vacation in Yangshuo with patchy internet. Going back to Shenzhen tonight and to Hong Kong tomorrow.
July 28, 2010 Thank you to everyone who sent birthday wishes! I appreciate it so much! It is so great to have little notes from home while I am here. I am not much of a “It’s My Birthday!” person. I just mentioned it to my roommate, and I was surprised when a few other […]