valley scenery

The yellow flowers are the "rapeseed" plant used in making canola oil. The hillside in the background is dotted with "tea bushes". This region is famous for it's green tea. I tried it but decided that this is one healthy habit I'm not yet ready to acquire!

Mountain trekking

March 31st 2007
Matt’s in Brazil, Ty and Jessie have vacation. So what’s a mom to do with 2 teenagers who have a week of time on their hands in China? Hmmm, something active. I know, lets climb a mountain! So climb we did. Not anything like what the local porters did, but enough to make all of our little American legs fatigued and ready for rest. Huangshan, also known as Yellow Mountain, is reputed to be th ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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