My Life in China

class photos

the assistant on our floor (ai Yi)

my sunburt roommate

yamika cooking indian food for me

monk on th train

trip to shenyang

grandma and dad

grandma apx 4ft3in and laughs like jabba the hut

mom and dad

mom and her tiny chinese car

here me, JiA (korean),Steph (german), and max(german) watch a speech contest

this is heather (korean) one of the smartest people i've ever met

here is the international gardens outside shenyang

heres a pic of the korean sandwich place

here todd helps out some construction

here are yamikas children who i hang out with sometimes

misc.

Primetime, i'm always thinking about you buddy

the gun is bigger than the kid and i don't see any parents

this is for you shirk, lance in china...USA...USA

class photos

South African Classmates

me, my listening teacher, and thomas (german)

me and yang laoshi (my basic chinese teacher)

My listening class

Volleyball champions

our team/teachers and classes (the winning team)

laoshi gives me instruction

jiao you! building team spirit

our team

The Great Wall

to Beijing!!!

Making friends on the train

Just because its under constructin doesn't mean we can't use our imaginations and admire its beauty

The forbiden city

Tiananmen square with everyones hero (joke) "Mao Zedong"

Sing a new Song

Everyone love Americans

Tress everywhere in Nanjing

Nanjing

This is taken the "Rape of Nanjing" Memorial were 300,000 unarmed chinese were mutilated by the Japanese before the 2nd World War

Nanjing's is the largest "walled" city in the World

Here we tread atop the 40 foot city wall to avoid an entrance fee to the next tourist site.

Nanjing

Here is another Pakoda

hail to the cheif. Suzhou is very famous for its silk. Here we are at the Suzhou silk factory.

There is just a lot of people in China.

Rock and Roll

A little rock garden action

In china, you don't have to memorials or parks, you can touch/ play on anything.

In suzhou were the most beautiful gardens i have ever seen. So well maintained.

The Venice of China

Suzhou is known as one of China's most beautiful cities. It has canals running through it like Venice. I practiced my Chinese and asked the rower if I could have a try, it was very difficult, but todd and i both enjoyed rowing.

Here is a Pakoda in Suzhou. Beside it is a monestary.

This is beside the pakoda, Here we hung out with some buddhist women. I could not understand their accents at all. But, they did give me candy and taught me a prayer.

The locals live along the canals, sometimes while boating through we saw them chilling along the water

to Suzhou

here is a chinese Train Staion. It is crowded and hot.

Here we were just eating at restaurant and a dog walked in

We were walking by this van one night and as we approached it they rolled up the windows and locked the doors. Oh how the roles reverse.

Here is two old men walking through Suzhou. The Grandpa Dill and Anthony Spinace, if you will.

it belongs in a museum

shanghai shot

heres some chinese bells from about 1000BC.

China is obviously famous for their "china." They are very skilled with the ceramics. Here is a ceramic "pillow" from more ancient times.

Here is a suit made of salmon. yes, the fish.

One of the tallest building in the world, we got to go up and have a look at Shanghai.

Who doesn't love weddings. This will be a great picture for the bride and groom to look at during all there aniversaries.

Todd's a proud athiest, so I got his picture in front of the Cathedral.

This is a technique of making noodles. It is fresh uncooked dough and the chef is slicing off noodles very quickly into the boiling water. It was delicious.

at night

we went on boat ride at night through the city. The water seperates pudong. Pudong , which is what this photo is showing, has all been built since 1996.

Pudong.

Building huge cities in 10 years takes a lot of work. I am told that Shanghai and its surrounding area has more cranes than all of north america combined. There is construction everywhere.