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ndwalke's Blogs in May 2008

Tuesday night 4/30
May 1st is Labor Day in China, so we had Wednesday and Thursday as off days this last week. Originally, my plans were to go to a city by the name of Qing Yuan, which is in the mountains and absolutely incredible. I wanted to go whitewater rafting and kayaking. Unfortunately,......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-03 00:45:25 | Rating:

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Wednesday 5/1
Tonight I was invited to a Chinese wedding reception. The wedding was for the sister of one of our students. The custom here is that only family and close friends attend the wedding ceremony then co-workers and other friends attend the reception. So, a couple other teachers and......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-03 00:57:55 | Rating:

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Thursday 5/2
Thursday, the day after the holiday, was a busy day. I woke up and took off for some parks. Since I wasn't able to get outdoors like I wanted, I decided I needed to at least get outdoors. Sabina and I took a bus to the college I had already visited because there are 3 parks......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-03 01:29:06 | Rating:

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Long Time
Sorry about the long time since my last post but things have been kind of the same here. I guess I haven't posted anything since the earthquake which I'm sure most of you have heard about. It took place in Sichuan province which is in western China while I'm in the......Read More