#54 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (TIBET #4- Day 5+6 traveling in Tibet)

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September 9th 2006

Published: September 9th 2006

Foreigner visitors to Tibet require a special permit, that must be issued by the local authorities in Lhasa. Tibet is considered an "autonomous region of China", and though it is possible to secure entry-permission as an individual traveller, booking with an authorized travel-agent makes the process simpler, less cumbersome, and "seemingly" worryless. Arthur and I had negotiated with an agency... Read Full Entry

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Hans J. Schneider

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After 38 years as a Foreign Language Teacher and Foreign Language Dept. Chair at Coral Gables Sr. H.S., and A.J. Professor of German at the University of Miami, I have left Florida in June of 2006, where my home is in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. I have just signed another year's teaching-contract (my 8th year now) with Taizhou University in the city of Taizhou, located about 3hrs north of Shanghai, in Jiangsu Province, CHINA. I thought it would be informative for others and rewarding for me personally, to log the progress of my efforts from beginning to end, as a Travel and Photo Jo... full info

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rest room??

This was one of our rare and possible "pit-stops" as we travelled to South Tibet. The girls on either side of the entrance for men and women, were charging for its use, and told us it was for keeping "it" clean.

Room for two !!

If the smell was any indication, these two square holes seemed to be the opening to hell. How does one hold his breath, and close his eyes for the duration of a #1, much less a #2 and hope to aim successfully, without future brain damage ????

wool

Cashemere-wool is brushed and separated by this woman near the toilets.

nature's relief

Once we were back on the bus, nature provided important relief from our personal drama in the "hole". Another reminder to always have toilet-tissues with you when travelling here.

I miss this family...

from Harbin, who helped make our journey more memorable. They are the mother and father of young Peter, of course their "only" child.

at the dinner table

We were always a group at the dinner table and never short of conversation.

"one child"

With his open and great personality, Peter always stole the show.

mother and daughter

legitimate drug manufacturer, also from the City of Harbin were

generous, kind, caring, and funny.

stubborn as a mule

This "ass" was not about to move, and showed no fear of the on-coming bus.

waiting for transportation

These travellers, and we saw thousands along the route, were waiting for "any kind" of transportation. It was as if I came back from the future.

hand-threshing the wheat harvest

By enlarging the photo, you will notice the two women, threshing the meager amount of wheat they have just harvested.

Our road for hundreds of miles.

Now made more passable, this road has been in use for thousands of years. If this was the only road to travel distances for much of the region's human history, imagine what the rest of the terrain, beyond the road and the river is like?

hard labor

Little room for a bus to pass. In our bus, we must have been like aliens in a space-ship. Work methods have changed little over the centuries.

"holy cow!!"

This herd was driven by young girls, who demanded the same rights as any other moving thing on the road. Some of the horns actually seemed to scratch the side of the bus.

not much land available.

This photo from the window of the bus shows, how little farmland is available between the road, the river, and the arid mountains. The green patches provide the needed grain.

hard life

Barely visible are the roof-tops of simple dwellings, from centuries ago, which still provide the living space to the poorest of peasants.

hotel lobby gathering

In typical Tibetan cowboy hats, our friends said good bye in the hotel lobby.

hotel-lobby "good-bye"

Our trip together, through Tibet, left each one exhausted.

sad good-bye

We were all wondering, how time had passed so quickly. It was like we had known each other for a long time. It was a very sad moment.

9th September 2006

Franco
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Great photos and interesting accounts. Enjoyed, as always.

9th September 2006

Sandra Cordova
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whoa, schneider1 you're quite the ladies man! :)

10th September 2006

Dr. K.
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Greetings From Your FL Dept.
Hans: I have really been enjoying your travelogs. More importantly, they have been highly instructive. How little we Westerners know about the Chinese. And that ignorance is hurting the entire Western World. Stephanie is really a great lady and a super Chairperson who always works her tail off regardless of what she is doing. She is doing a super job and all of us (including our two new colleagues) are doing very well. Your old friends and colleagues, however, do indeed miss you and all of us are delighted that your Chinese adventure has turned out to be so spectacular. All the best to you, my friend. David Kirsner

11th September 2006

Sigrid
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Mr.Schneider I'm glad your having fun.Everytime I read one of your blogs I see a little more of you I never had the chance to see before.The pictures are quite lovely.Peter seems like a darling child.It's good they fixed your lodging error,I to would have been a tad upset.Glad to report that I found away to get my high school diploma through other means and am now studying to become a pharmacy technician.I am working a part time to pay off school and to save up money for any miscellaneous fees.Well I have got to go.Glad to see your still venturing the wonders this world has to offer. Love Sigrid Reyes

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