Posts Tagged “China”
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 […]
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.
Saturday, July 24 *pictures coming some time from Susan’s camera Today was a lovely day. I tried to sleep in, but couldn’t, so I just lay in bed pretending to be asleep for as long as I could stand it. Several of us had planned to go to the Fairy Lake Botanical Gardens, about an […]
Sunday, July 25 Yesterday was a fun day touring, which I intend to finish writing about quite soon, but today I had the most amazing experience! From school, it was arranged for us to go on a visit to the home of one of our students. Families got to choose which teacher to invite. I […]
Ahhhhh….
By admin | July 21, 2010
So one thing that is awesome about China is massages. Imagine the density of tattoo places in PB, and that is about the same as the number of spas near us. One we like has the slogan “Pedicure Preventative Health Palace.” I don’t know if they’ll actually paint your toenails, but they will pound your […]
I just got back from my first yoga class in China. I love to go to yoga classes when I travel, but til now I have just been doing a little flow or small amount of acro training in my room while getting used to our schedule and the area. Tonight I ventured out to […]
Monday, July 19 Today we started our career week unit. This goes better with our motto, “You are the builder of our dreams; you are the master of your destiny,” more directly than biomes or world cultures. We have been told that the Chinese parents are extremely interested in the career topic. As far as […]
Shopping!
By admin | July 20, 2010
There was a lot of shopping this weekend. It began Friday night, when Mr. John the tailor met us at our hotel to see about making custom clothes. I gave him a very poor drawing of a crazy blouse with a lot of asymmetry I have had in my head for a while, and he […]
At dinner, we eat family style at a round table with a big lazy susan tray in the center. We never order at our hotel’s restaurant, they just start bringing the dishes they are serving that night, usually around ten different ones. They are getting to know us and bringing more vegetables and less meat. […]