The next several posts chronicle my trip around China over the last couple of weeks. Many posts I wrote on the train in between destinations. On the trip I spent just over 100 hours on 7 trains traveling almost 10,000 … Continued
I just finished my final week as an English teacher at Anhui University in Hefei, China. I’ve learned a lot, taught a lot and hopefully inspired a lot. My final exam for my students, all but one freshmen, was for … Continued
All around the Shanghai region of China there are numerous canal or water towns. These are towns built around a series of streams, rivers and canals with wonderful bridges spanning them. Of course, if you’re in China for any real … Continued
In China, schools don’t compete against each other in athletic competitions. They do compete in language, debate and other scholarly competitions, but there is no NCAA equivalent in the Orient. However, this doesn’t mean they don’t play sports. Instead, each … Continued
I’ve created an Adventure Patches – China Map with locations of my adventures throughout China. Using Google Maps like I did for my Adventure Patches Map, I’ve marked the locations of my adventures all across China and marked off areas … Continued
After Hongcun we went to Tangkou, the small town just outside of Huangshan national park. The travel people we worked with (a professor Melissa taught last semester) had booked our hotel and everything should have been fine. However, when we … Continued
Last week my lesson was all about family and genealogy because at the beginning of this week was the Chinese holiday Tomb Sweeping Day, which is traditionally when people clean the graves and tombs of their ancestors. Now it is … Continued
For Christmas weekend, our whole little LDS Hefei group decided to visit Nanjing. The branch there was having a party and of course a Christmas service on Sunday. It was a delightful weekend. We did a bit more sightseeing including … Continued
Yes, that’s a random post title and song, but this post is about random other stuff I did during the Christmas season. Foreigner Get Together In addition to my lessons and party, I hosted a get together of my foreign … Continued
Over the last month, I gave a couple of lessons on Christmas. We talked about decorations, music, Santa and baby Jesus. We talked about how Americans and others around the world celebrate their biggest holiday. Middle School My first big … Continued