Blog 1: May Holidays

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Blog 1: May Holidays

So in May we had a holiday and we hit the road with Charlie, a teacher, and his Chinese girlfriend Bao Ling. We met up with two other teachers from the school Rachel and Patricia in Datong China, from there we went to The Hanging Monestary, some Buddah Caves, and the city PingYao. Because it was the holidays everywhere we went was packed with people. Crowds aside, the trip was great! enjoy the pics, there are more of Linyi and such to come.

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Photos

Sleeper Bus
A look at a sleeper bus, common here... they're nuts... the two of us, Charlie, and Bao spent 15 hours on this one!

Streets of Datong
Patricks impression of the vitruvian man.

Hanging Monestary, ShaanXi
A super old monestary built into a cliff

Buddah Caves
I dont know the real names of these places... but there are dozens of massive buddah statues at this archeological site... very cool.

Buddah Caves
This picture turned out good... can you find Chantel??

Buddah Caves
more of the caves

Buddah Caves
more of the caves

Ping Yao
The courtyard of the hostel we stayed at in PingYao.

Buddah Caves
This is the most photographed Buddah at the site. It was breathtaking...

Ping Yao
Cool Art laquered painting thingies! yay!

Ping Yao
Streets of Ping Yao, good look at the crowd, and ancient buildings. Ping Yao is one of the last cities in China with a fully intact outer wall.

Ping Yao
We visited many mansions of the rich in ancient times. Ping Yao was rich up until the time of industrialization, so it never changed.

Ping Yao
cute kid

Ping Yao
streets in pingyao