Monthly Archives: August 2010
Kaifeng’s Night Market
Kaifeng has some ancient buildings, historical pagoada’s and astounding sculptures but that the people really come for is the night market. Held in the middle of the city every night the night market is overflowing with skewers of meat, pounded peanut cakes, breads cooked in small charcoal ovens and lots and lots of unidentifiable stuff. &hellip Continue reading
One Year Later
One year ago today I was getting off a plane in Shanghai to begin my Chinese adventure. One year ago I was waking up only an hour after I fell asleep, feverish and confused in my surroundings due to extreme jetlag. One year ago today I was walking into stores and marveling at all the &hellip Continue reading
Kaifeng: Jason the Rickshaw Driver
In Kaifeng, one of the 7 ancient cities located in Henan Province, our very sketchy hotel offered free breakfast. Much to our disappointment breakfast consisted of a basket of cold, hardening mantou (steamed bread), over boiled eggs and a salad bar with tiny scraps of pickled vegetables. I might have been able to choke down &hellip Continue reading
A Hike up Sacred Tai Shan (Mount Tai)
Got your hiking boots on? Good, you may want to make sure your laces are tied tight because we have quite a ways to go. There are over 6000 steps from the bottom to the top. Why are you looking so pale? Don’t worry, we’ll take the bus to the halfway point. It’s already 4:00 &hellip Continue reading
We’re Back!
We survived 22-hour train rides, bus scams and heat-index temperatures of 120 degrees during our summer travels and have arrived home with tans and bags full of dirty laundry to prove it. It’s good to be back (especially in an air conditioned room) but had a great time seeing some amazing things. We decided to &hellip Continue reading
Photo of the Day: Rooftops
I kept expecting some Kung Fu masters to have an epic battle on the rooftops, but I left disappointed.
Photo of the Day: A Typical Banquet
Photo of the Day: Trust Walk
In my class we did a trust walk activity. The class was split into partners and one team member was blinded. The room was arranged differently and chairs and “bombs” (the yellow paper) were set up all around the room. It was the task of the seeing partner to lead the blind partner around the &hellip Continue reading
