Lianyi Hotel Taizhou

... and metal.

Reversible -- one color on one side and a different color on the other with a buckle that twists.

Sam Browne -- named for a British army general, who having lost his left arm couldn’t support his sword without this special belt. It’s a broad leather belt with a light strap that hangs over the right shoulder.

Sash -- any belt of soft material that loops over and ties in a knot or bow rather than buckling.

Self -- a belt ...

... really scary and I'm just so relieved that she is better. Oh, and in case you were wondering, 2 days of IV (including the antibiotic) plus the doctor’s appointment cost about 13 USD.

Despite Elise’s illness, we very much enjoyed staying in Qingtian for 9 days. That was the longest we stayed in one place for the whole trip. Add to that: our generous relatives who helped with celebrating the holiday, treated us to ...

... give a hefty fine if you have a second child. So rich people can still have more than one kid, but in general, most families only have one child.

In Qingtian, because so many people are overseas, we’ve seen a lot of families here with 2 children. My (second) cousins here have 2 children in some of their families, and when we ask them about it, they say they had the second baby ...

... know in advance. The kids loved setting those off. They also spent a little time fishing and skipping stones. We thought that was neat, that they got to spend a little time where their great grandparents probably did the same thing.

Here is an excerpt from Jacob’s writing:

…we got to go to our relative’s house. It was very big, bigger than ours with 5 floors, but was much more rundown. It was ...

... car. My mom said that her father used to say that it took more than ½ a day to walk to the city center. Here is a picture of our great grandfather’s house. It included all 3 parts in this picture. My mom said when they were little, they visited and it was one huge (all connected) 2 story house. My ‘Tai-Gung’ (great grandfather) was a ...

... of it. Many people from Qingtian have been moving overseas, starting businesses, and mailing money back to their families, so we’ve found this "small city" to be relatively cosmopolitan! There are many overseas Qingtian people living mostly in Europe. We’ve heard people speaking fluent Spanish, French and German here. Actually very few go to America, so we haven’t heard any English!

This weekend we took a trip to Lin Hai for a hometown visit. The family of a student that I have been working with invited our group to a visit of their hometown. We had a chance to visit the Great Wall of the South, an Old City and Guoqing Temple. Today was my 22nd ...

... déverse tout dans la rue et on y fait aussi cuire le tofu, et autres denrées plus ou moins appétissantes et odorantes... Bref je vous passe beaucoup de détails pendant une semaine je vais me rendre de là ou j'ai pris une chambre (j'ai dù changer 3 fois d'hotel dans la semaine pour cause de pas d'eau dans la douche,puis de pas d'eau chaude et enfin de déplacement autoritaire des autorités. Le monastères est tout neuf (10 ans) magnifique avec beaucoup de décoration d ...

I stayed in Ningbo overnight as it was the nearest airport for us to fly home from. The hotel we stayed at was called the 'Howard Johnson' and it was amazingly luxurious. I will always remember this hotel as well as the one in Hangzhou as the most incredible hotels I have ever stayed at. The rooms were huge, the bathroom was as big as my bedroom at home and all the extra touches made this place somewhere I ...

... i think some actually had bullet holes in them) and it looked like some didn't even have glass in the windows. However, it's also quite odd to see some of them with solar panels on the roofs! But some of the mountain scapes i saw were breathtaking. I do need to clarify something here thought. Shanghai-Yiwu was SO covered in fog/smog/haze today, that visibilty was down to a couple of hundred metres. But seeing the sun glow red through this WAS ...