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Lantau Island
HONG KONG: Lantau Island January 30, 2006 On Monday morning, we took a ferry to Lantau Island. It is the largest of the islands, nearly twice the size of Hong Kong Island, although its population is a mere 45,000. At Mui Wo, the sleepy southern side of the island where our ferry arrived, we …
Lamma Island
HONG KONG: Lamma Island February 1, 2006 On Wednesday, we took a ferry to Lamma Island, the third largest island. There are no cars on Lamma Island, so the island is covered in paved footpaths connecting the houses and shops. It was a warm and beautiful day and after about five minutes of traipsing …
Hong Kong Island
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Island January 27 – February 2, 2006 Skyline from Victoria Harbour Hong Kong Island was beautiful. The north side of the island was packed with skyscrapers, but it still managed to have plenty of trees in addition to a botanical and zoological park right in the middle. The city was impeccably …
Cheung Chau Island
HONG KONG: Cheung Chau Island February 2, 2006 Thursday was our last day in Hong Kong. For breakfast we dined on chocolate milk and donuts then took a ferry to Cheung Chau Island. It’s a small dumbbell-shaped island that also has no cars, so most of the population is crowded into the isthmus near …
Yangshuo
China: Yangshuo April 14-16, 2006 We spent the last three days of our China trip in Yangshuo, which has great scenery and is the “sister city” of Zac’s Grandpa’s city of Morehead Kentucky. It was through this connection that we ended up having lunch with Mayor Zhou in a restaurant right by the Li River …
DARK SIDE OF THE MOON CAKES from http
DARK SIDE OF THE MOON CAKES from http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050919/od_nm/china_mooncakes_dc Mon Sep 19, 2:49 PM ET BEIJING (Reuters) — The people of Beijing munched through 15,000 tonnes of mooncakes — more than 1 kg (2.2 lb) per person — and bought one tenth of all the round cakes sold nationwide for Sunday’s Mid-Autumn Festival, Xinhua news agency …
BEIJING
CHINA: BEIJING October 1st -7th 2005, “Golden Week” WELCOME TO BEIJING, Population 15 millionWe arrived in Beijing at daybreak on National Day. We would be staying in Beijing for six nights and planned to see all the attractions that self respecting tourists should see. Beijing Tiananmen Square Forbidden City Summer Palace Lama Temple Temple of …
FINAL EXAM
FINAL EXAM March 2006 Well, Zac and I head out into the great unknown tomorrow. We’ve had lots of farewell dinners, and it’s really quite sad to say goodbye to all of our good friends here. Marin said Zac should go traveling by himself and I should move in with her. Emma said she would …
Chinese Name
WHAT’S IN A NAME? October 2005 “I would like to suppose a coast,” Charlie says, holding his beer glass up. “Propose a toast,” Zac corrects, with only the hint of a wry smile. Charlie scrunches his eyes and shakes his head, trying to get the right consonants to rattle into place. “Propose a toast, yes, …
CHINESE SLIPPERS
CHINESE SLIPPERS March 2005 My favorite class by far is my A7 adult class that I teach for two hours every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Because the students are at a pretty high level, the focus of the class is on conversation, with a few grammar tips or vocabulary words thrown in for good measure. …