Posted in Places in China, Learning 汉语 on Oct 31st, 2007
Well, it’s been a couple of days since I posted. I’m starting my first night in Hangzhou, but I want to go back a couple of days to talk about touring Shanghai… First, though, here is the link to the rest of the pictures from this day.
My friend and colleague, Zhang Wenjin, was afraid her […]
Posted in Places in China on Oct 30th, 2007
I arrived in Shanghai yesterday afternoon. Wendy’s father (张文进的爸爸, or Zhāng Wénjìn de bàba) met me at the airport and we rode the airport bus and then took a taxi to their home. I wasn’t prepared for the huge feast that her mother had prepared! Wow! Well, pictures are better than words….
and the famous Shanghai […]
Posted in Places in China on Oct 29th, 2007
Well, this is my last day in Chengdu. I went to, you guessed it, Dufu’s Thatched Cottage and Wuhou Temple. These had some nice gardens, but weren’t the historical treasure troves that were in Xi’an and Beijing. The Wuhou Temple was celebrating three men that declared themselves brothers who ruled one of the three states […]
Posted in Current Events, Places in China, Learning 汉语 on Oct 28th, 2007
When I first got to Chengdu (Sichuan province) last Wednesday (2007-10-24), I ate that evening in a local restaurant down the street and the customers were all fixated on the TV screen. There was a rocket, obviously getting ready for takeoff. I tried to find out what was going on, with questions like 那是什么 (nǎ […]
Posted in Places in China on Oct 27th, 2007
Well, I went to the Panda Research Center Friday (2007年10月27日). We had three vans going from the Mix Hostel. We left at 7:40 and got back at about 12:30. There isn’t really a lot to report, other than we saw a lot of pandas and I got my picture taken with both a panda (the […]
Posted in Places in China on Oct 25th, 2007
Well, after a day spent getting from Jiuzhaigo to Chengdu and getting settled into the Mix Hostel, I went with 5 others from the hostel to see the 乐山大佛 (Lèshān Dà Fó, or LeShan Da Fo for those who can’t see the pinyin, or the Giant Buddha at LeShan for those who just want the […]
Posted in Places in China on Oct 23rd, 2007
All the pictures for Day 2 are here. This took place on Tuesday, 10/23/2007.Well, after getting a good night’s sleep, a nice hot shower and leisurely getting to the park after 9:00, as opposed to getting there at 7:00 and fighting the crowds just to get entry tickets (for only Y20, you can get an […]
Posted in Places in China on Oct 22nd, 2007
Update: OK, I added the pictures. To see more of them, click here. Also, I had a nice long nap this afternoon. I’m going to go back tomorrow and see if I have a different impression. But, here is the unedited first impression…..
Well, if I knew before I came what Jiuzhaigou was like, I wouldn’t […]
Posted in Places in China on Oct 22nd, 2007
Well, on the third day in Xi’an, I went with my hosts, Zhao Xi Hu and Wang Ya Ling, to a Daoist mountain about an hour’s drive from Xi’an. This was apparently the place where Lao Zi made medicine for longevity. It is a state park now and the walk up and down the mountain […]
Posted in Places in China on Oct 19th, 2007
Hi, again! Once again, I’ve had a long day full of cool things from a long time ago. I was once again accompanied by the same young lady from Hunnan. Today we went around in a taxi. She was invaluable when it came time to eat, since I would never have known what or how […]
