Anqing Wan Yuan International Hotel

We were supposed to meet some friends here, but they got an awesome deal on a side trip. Therefore we spent the 4th sleeping. Not by choice mind you. It was also one of the few nights we spent in town that we DIDN'T hear fireworks. A bit disappointing. On the other hand we did get our paperwork that we ...

... water to feed the fish. Many also got in boats and paddled out to the middle and banged gongs in order to ward off evil spirits and the river dragon. Today they have races. We were able to meet up with a few more Westerners and took a big bus out to a river outside of town to see the races. It was a blast! (Especially with the fireworks)

... and split pants. This kid is probably wearing three or four layers of clothes or more. Traditionally this can be done between National Day (1 October) to Labour Day (1 May). Many of our students ask if we are cold when it is 25 degrees (75 degrees) in April and we are wearing a t-shirt. We were also able to go over to a new friends', Erna and Dagwin, home for dinner. They own two birds and one was very...um...vocal and loved heads.

... on Communism. Chen Du Xiu was born and raised in Anqing then he became a professor at Beijing University when Mao was there. His main ideas about Communism were based around looking to the future, democracy, and obedience. He also believed in looking towards the West to learn about and from their culture and it's people. This was especially shown ...

... style place that serves food that is somewhat close to picture of what you might eat. They try to emulate food from the west but have no idea of how it is made or should taste. But, they try. It was not special or delicious and it may be some time before we go back there due to Steve not feeling well afterwards. We did come back home and watched Love Actually and then fell to sleep. We both had to work in the morning.

They are continuing to build onto campus here at school. The interesting part is that they tend to do things a little different over here when it comes to construction. They LOVE cement and safety isn't terribly important. There is also no such things as unions, so the same people start at 7:30am and sometimes go until 9:00pm or a little later. Here are a few pictures and we will continue to post updates here :)

We got to go to a Chinese wedding. The main legal event is when they go to the courthouse in the city where they live and then they are married. Granted this is after months of getting random pieces of paper stamped with their special stamp. (Everything is stamped in the country. You go to the supermarket and when you leave the receipt is stamped.) The fun part of getting married in China is this: The female gets up early and has her ...

... was going to pay?? Samvit: "I got all-angry and agitated but soon calmed down when I noticed no one could understand him and he could understand no one! Karine on the other hand only got more upset as the crowd of people around us grew. As she was getting nowhere she went to call the police! Meanwhile Sam got get all my papers ready. While we are both busy, the lady, her daughter and the electric scooter mysteriously disappeared! On one from all the people ...

... to go home, so sweet! We had room service... eh eh... in our "cockroach infested room" and went to bed! Day 4: Monday 8th of October 2007 Hongcun- Anqing Odometer:1240-1480 (240) Départ 8:30am - Arrivée environ 7:30pm On est partis sous la pluie! Le temps es vraiment très mauvais à cause du typhon qui a touché la province du Zhejiang ces jours-ci ! La plupart du temps nous étions sur des routes de montagne et le temps ...

... forholdsvis hårde stolerækker hvor man sidder tre ved siden af hinanden og over for en sidder endnu tre pers., vinklen mellem sæde og ryg er 90grader. Så idag har vi været ude i Huang Shan (De Gule Bjerge), som er blandt Kina flotteste og kendeste. Jeg besøgte foden af dem da jeg var på klasse tur i 2002, med min klasse. Denne gang kom jeg op i dem, det er usandsyneligt smukt, hvis nogle af jeg har set Lao Hu Chang Long (nok bedre kendt som Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon eller ...