Hello everybody, happy fathers day to all dads out there! Here is a weekly update: DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL: Wednesday was the Dragon Boat Festival, which is a very important holiday here. It's based around an ancient Chinese love story that ended with one of the lovers drowning. To celebrate the holiday, the local people build boats shaped like dragons and race them at XiXi (pronounced Shee-shee) wetlands, which is only 15 minutes from our college. Some of our Chinese friends took us to see the races at the wetlands. It was interesting, but it was 90+ degrees outside and as humid as anywhere on Earth I have ever been. Like many tourist attractions in China, there were 100 times too many people crammed in as well, making it difficult to get photos. Regardless of all that,
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