Blogs from Henan, China, Asia - page 14

Thursday one of my students from 4 years ago, "Charming" Charles came to "fetch" Megan and I to take us to his home. After lunch and pei joi (beer) and a game of Chinese Chess, where I got beaten VERY badly, we headed to the bus ride. Due to lack of communication Charles thought Megan and I were going to stay with him and his wife Mary for the whole weekend. Charles's English is pretty good - our Chinese is not so good - but we soon learned an afternoon excursion was not possible. We ended up spending Thursday night and most of the day Friday. This afternoon I hope to post the pictures and tell more of the story - it was a great adventure for sure! Sorry no pictures yet - probably not until ... read more

After a busy start - flying into Beijing, sightseeing, training, traveling to Xinyang, 10 days of teaching straight, and then off on an unexpected adventure that included a 4+ hours bus ride (one way), my first night staying in a Chinese home, and an amazing four hour trek in the mountains and a million stairs back out of the canyon - today was an odd one for me. Megan headed off this morning with the Chinese (my students) and American youth (20+ from Colorado and Minnesota) to do their community service project. They were working on a road (Megan said she wouldn't exactly call it a road) to a junior middle school somewhere in the area. After seeing them off I had the morning free. I didn't have to teach until 4:30, at which time I ... read more

I have not had time to post entries of late, and I have so much to catch up on. I am almost out of time now at the internet cafe, so this will be short, but today was a big WOW! I hope to post pictures tomorrow, and you will see for yourself! Megan and I traveled to a distant county to the east to visit friends of mine, and we had the most amazing trip! Charles and Mary are teachers and were students of mine 4 years ago. They came here to Xinyang to see me 2 years ago, so it was my turn to go visit them. I had no idea what we were heading into on our 4 plus hour bus ride to the mountains. I wish we could have stayed longer. Parts ... read more

Pictures at our hotel and of our own private dining room!... read more

Sorry I know I spelled Tiemmenn Square wrong I will fix it later AND ADD MORE PICTURES. OFF TO LUNCH NOW!... read more