#121 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Part 3, Desert & Crescent Moon Spring and Mingsha Sand Mountain, DUNHUANG, Gansu)

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March 9th 2010

Published: March 8th 2010

Dunhuang is a small but ancient and historical city in China's province of Guansu. It is an Oasis city along the fabled Silk Road, leading from the important city of Xi'an (home of the Terra Cotta Warriors) toward the countries of the West. Dunhuang is the half way point from the ancient metropolis of Xi'an to the borders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, and India and was an impo... Read Full Entry

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Hans J. Schneider

Hans

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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8th March 2010

Katherine
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wonderful trip
I love that photo of you on a camel. I hope you received the package and letter I sent. Best wishes for the Year of the Tiger.

8th March 2010

Sandra Cordoba
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Cowboy!...Camelboy? :)

12th March 2010

June
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The precious spring water must have quenched the thirst of many desert travellers? Baked under the blazing sun, the blooming sunflowers look almost orange-ish, so strong and full of life, much better than those in Van Gogh's paintings, I'd love to smell it! Feel warm when look at these boiling hot places, while shivering in the bitter could this Tuesday.

20th March 2010

Victor
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beautiful
I also have been there last october,have I seen you?

15th April 2010

Julie
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Quake
Hans, I heard about the quake in China. I hope you are safe and sound, and your students and friends there as well.

12th May 2010

Langyi
Andy Yao

Beautiful place!
Maybe I should travel and see our beautiful county !

23rd April 2011

andrewyan83
andrewyan

very handsome
very handsome

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