My Life in China

Ni Hao!!! Welcome to the Photographic account of my experiences in Asia. Most of the pictures are taken in the city of Dalian which is in North-East China. There is a lot of good stuff posted here-- so go ahead...snoop around!

Name: adill

Friday, June 30, 2006

class photos



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the assistant on our floor (ai Yi)

my sunburt roommate

yamika cooking indian food for me

monk on th train Posted by Picasa

trip to shenyang


grandma and dad

grandma apx 4ft3in and laughs like jabba the hut

mom and dad

mom and her tiny chinese car Posted by Picasa


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
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heres a pic of the korean sandwich place

here todd helps out some construction

here are yamikas children who i hang out with sometimes
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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 Posted by Picasa

class photos


South African Classmates

me, my listening teacher, and thomas (german)

me and yang laoshi (my basic chinese teacher)

My listening class Posted by Picasa

Volleyball champions


our team/teachers and classes (the winning team)

laoshi gives me instruction

jiao you! building team spirit

our team Posted by Picasa

Friday, May 26, 2006

The Great Wall




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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" Posted by Picasa


Sing a new Song

Everyone love Americans

Tress everywhere in Nanjing
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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 Posted by Picasa

Thursday, May 11, 2006


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. Posted by Picasa

Rock and Roll


A little rock garden action


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


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


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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 Posted by Picasa

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. Posted by Picasa

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. Posted by Picasa


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. Posted by Picasa

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.

We packed on this little tug boat in the morning to cross into Pudong. Posted by Picasa

More Shanghai


Where's lance?
Theres a lot of bikes in china, a lot of bikes!!!

In a buddhist Monestary. Buddha buddha buddha

Riding on boats through Shanghai can be fun and exciting :) Posted by Picasa


savage?

xiuxi

Giant world Posted by Picasa

We're not in Dalian anymore


This is Shanghai

Tuppins a day


Outside a musuem Posted by Picasa

Monday, April 10, 2006


here is a small side market on the side of the street

many of the grocery stores are 2 stories so there is inclined escalators you ride with your cart

here you catch your own fish in a net

the obvious freshness, the cart is blocking the view of the eel. Posted by Picasa

high tea


the epcot center?

here is 2/3 of my intro to chinese class at the hilton hotel having high tea (yes i'm the guy that ruined the picture)


pingpang qiu! i'm teaching the japanese who's boss
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