China-Changsha

I spent 5 months teaching English in Changsha, China....about 1,000 kms north of Hong Kong. This was a 4th semester option in Master of Teaching Program (BEd) with the U of C. For someone who thrives on culture shock, I sure got a big dose of it here!



Dragon River Valley near Yangshuo





Summit Mt. Hengshan

Back streets of Changsha, being offered Betel nut

Rice paddy preparation with a water buffalo

Porta potty?

Whako?

You'll father 2 children soon.......huh?

Isn't it "nothing ventured, nothing gained?"

Noodle making machine...what did they do in the old days?

Grade one class

Miao ethnic group

Teaching Merengue to 1st year English majors

Macaques

Loving Duck Pavillion

Sagging cement ping pong tables

Fenghuang

Dried baby piglet

Quack. Or is that....croak.

One of 3 classes of 1st year English majors

Sign says "no climbing for saftey and challenge"

Climbing a route called winebottle

Chineese checkers anyone?

The new sport of sewer fishing...

Some famous smiley guy....

More smiley characters....

I'm sure there is some deep fried baby wombat in there somewhere

U of C collegues

China-Harbin

I spent 1 month teaching English to Engineering students doing Masters and Phd's at the Harbin Institute of Technology.....China's MIT, or so they tell me. Harbin is way up in Northern China, close to the Russian border. A lot of mechanized farming....a huge contrast from southern China. Harbin is know for its Ice sculpture festival, but fortunately I was there in July/August and it was quite warm.


A very small piece of the futuristic skyline.


Cheers, big nose.

One of my classes

Flying fish

A country family who invited me in for lunch....I met the gentleman on a run up a mountain.

spot the big nose

Aside from swimming in pig fat, some of the best food on the planet.

My other class

Mainpro and Linda.....the class reps who's job it was to look after old big nose.

Russian Orthodox church in central Harbin. I believe this part of the country used to belong to Russia...

Our teaching team....from the US and Canada

Chinese Muslims

I hope not!

Camping chinese style....and I thought European campgrounds were short on personal space!

Good thing they used pictographs! As both signs say "men"

Ok...if you insist

Happy on the way!

Guess I won't bother then.