Back in time - tales from The Great Wall (AND PICTURES TOO)!

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I don't remember what I have told you before, so sorry if some of this is a repeat! I will try to match the tale to the pictures as i am able to enter them, so the tale may not flow correctly, but I will try to weave it together to make sense. My other issue is I have pictures scattered all over, and right now those on my phone aren't accesible as I have no wireless. :> ( Will try to download from phone to computer, but I am still try to figure out how this DARN stupid SMART phone works!

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Photos

We arrive at The Wall!
So we start at the beginning!

The Steve's
Tall Steve and PRay Steve!

Our little group
Getting directions!

Andrea
Checking out the shops on the road to The Wall.

The beginning
Dakota and his grandmother, Deb Holm, who is a long-term teacher here in China! She also worked for CSV back in the day when I went to China with them!

Up, up, up we go!
Why do they always have sales people at the entrance of any public attraction?! Even in China!

THE MAN - David Du is it!
Preparing for the trek.

ya think
I think tall Steve LOVES China! And the Chinese love him!

Comments

[Lois Sherwood]

Thanks
I thoroughly enjoy your updates. I have been thinking about your steaming heat. Do your classrooms have A/C?

[Dieck]

HEAT!
It is much hotter here than in Beijing although per Steve Ray it is all just HOT! LOL Most of the time a breeze or even a bit of a wind blows in Nanchang. And there is lot of greenier on the campus, but it is VERY hot. I took 31 students running/walking at 7am this morning (they don't know it but they are helping me to train for my two half marathons in September) for about 20 minutes. We were all soaked when we were done. No A/C in the rooms we use in the morning, but maybe we will use some air conditioned rooms in the afternoon. I am in an air conditioned room right now! Class starts in 30 minutes. We will be doing a 60 minute run at 7pm tonight. We shall see how that goes!