tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88963839129275009912024-03-05T17:19:42.976+08:00Bright Light in ChinaMy stream of conscious thought. After it happens. Not always or ever up to date.Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-65073520502416213612013-02-17T17:55:00.001+08:002014-04-29T03:24:48.721+08:00Blog Closed to Further Additions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
After I moved from China I closed this Blog. You can still make comments to the posts. Thanks for all the support.</div>
Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-63066014858850235772010-05-11T18:22:00.003+08:002010-05-11T18:38:29.102+08:00Small Work Space<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-At5GBABPOl-oxqDI9FaF5x58axjSDV6BzKdzJZNdhekkdL7pXwU7k5K_ZI2TefBfpbO3Iogj9cUDdeI3tfdJTfAvGWCLKEI05rIhjXZhjUdspQ86IRtbC5H6asuJ5lpF-gCrnuNXHAw/s1600/Money-Changer.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-At5GBABPOl-oxqDI9FaF5x58axjSDV6BzKdzJZNdhekkdL7pXwU7k5K_ZI2TefBfpbO3Iogj9cUDdeI3tfdJTfAvGWCLKEI05rIhjXZhjUdspQ86IRtbC5H6asuJ5lpF-gCrnuNXHAw/s320/Money-Changer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469959745235493634" border="0" /></a><br />We came across this money changer whose work space brings a whole new meaning to the idea of a less than ideal work space. Between the back wall and the glass is less than 24 inches! The width of the room was no more than 6 ft. She had a exit door under the counter out to the street only. Her perch was a formica ledge about 6 inches wide attached to the wall. I asked her if the sun came in the window and she said it did but I noted that she did have a small AC unit. She said, "Yes but it doesn't work!" Maybe just over 10 square feet to be in on display behind a glass wall on the street. She was all smiles though.Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-55662515964284785722010-02-20T19:52:00.012+08:002010-02-21T19:21:35.458+08:00Hong Kong for a Day<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5IDfkTX1IR8ugq2qSo9yAgdXzf_ROMEN1C2t7zlf1hjgA9mPVnhMb5IZCd82C2NiQdJ9B_rlyaiLoukRPgsVWKXV-vKJOmgVDI6iL3MqZvy8V1XsO9GX_pAtBU2oZo_qAOwEGbfkNJXr/s1600-h/Tim-CNY.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5IDfkTX1IR8ugq2qSo9yAgdXzf_ROMEN1C2t7zlf1hjgA9mPVnhMb5IZCd82C2NiQdJ9B_rlyaiLoukRPgsVWKXV-vKJOmgVDI6iL3MqZvy8V1XsO9GX_pAtBU2oZo_qAOwEGbfkNJXr/s320/Tim-CNY.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440296894230997682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Chinese Money Man<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7XqZ_gMLRSwQ7awvbrMWjVxxNHSgfhtuBZNxKFrX0LwmZGB9zS0nmrpQhLjFn-70mfHYlBYMwSO1YTBCtXcaWQVOHPWhYVb3hseMc3jZtsHNVHNqf77qN7AwIcnknIQVsKgvkmE23UTl/s1600-h/DSCN4192sm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7XqZ_gMLRSwQ7awvbrMWjVxxNHSgfhtuBZNxKFrX0LwmZGB9zS0nmrpQhLjFn-70mfHYlBYMwSO1YTBCtXcaWQVOHPWhYVb3hseMc3jZtsHNVHNqf77qN7AwIcnknIQVsKgvkmE23UTl/s320/DSCN4192sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440294922464846642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">There are many of these butchers everywhere.</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWV5m1s9-FyGxYeBRuwcjHENMosHz1-caqn4Kn6B8Lt53bVx4XAbmIhMQdK4_c7udCxFq9neQUPPv-L-QtZchp9EaqtJPD2R_oqOfMn_G11t_fEaxtpQ0op9sP_uny14qUdfqAwyer8TtP/s1600-h/DSCN4211fixsm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWV5m1s9-FyGxYeBRuwcjHENMosHz1-caqn4Kn6B8Lt53bVx4XAbmIhMQdK4_c7udCxFq9neQUPPv-L-QtZchp9EaqtJPD2R_oqOfMn_G11t_fEaxtpQ0op9sP_uny14qUdfqAwyer8TtP/s320/DSCN4211fixsm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440294915551463938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Hollywood Road is very popular and has many antique shops.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5HFcCgAAQhL2leM6XmUdCmc3y7vrgpx78T_elgOuEK0GdCFVwjq6QBqAll2bHnWyiPzXITjeqrSrCA0yakW15fLhJFa2oO91UiKBXxJx7MMsmgynl2velbfjosicoBmzg6GVjE2BeF0Q/s1600-h/DSCN4326sm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5HFcCgAAQhL2leM6XmUdCmc3y7vrgpx78T_elgOuEK0GdCFVwjq6QBqAll2bHnWyiPzXITjeqrSrCA0yakW15fLhJFa2oO91UiKBXxJx7MMsmgynl2velbfjosicoBmzg6GVjE2BeF0Q/s320/DSCN4326sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440294911860482482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Crossing the street<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXVUiGFZBLvjWfxkz9YPMXu__oR1HZrv62dhG9Pm3vfoJgm69RBrjwcKORw71vXvdZVqcJAa8K18GgmQ7a1DkL9A83SCkN-U1uIzCBG9JhO4bRYYcgWiCnwln81xrzry66KRlVeCzOOsTj/s1600-h/DSCN4338fixsm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXVUiGFZBLvjWfxkz9YPMXu__oR1HZrv62dhG9Pm3vfoJgm69RBrjwcKORw71vXvdZVqcJAa8K18GgmQ7a1DkL9A83SCkN-U1uIzCBG9JhO4bRYYcgWiCnwln81xrzry66KRlVeCzOOsTj/s320/DSCN4338fixsm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440294907374866210" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Boxes to hold sweets<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSJCXltZVsUUKlPA3rqOlDRNK8pdFbKHvRl1iRnzvH17i0KChalXZirmlqSBiLFcZ4fp0BI6LbwsIiEfwJKHT4pRT8WS1U5BrUtgr-O0Ap5y8ZEjah56xqaQH8ZL6VRykkrZR66OQqIQ2/s1600-h/DSCN4353smcrop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 189px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSJCXltZVsUUKlPA3rqOlDRNK8pdFbKHvRl1iRnzvH17i0KChalXZirmlqSBiLFcZ4fp0BI6LbwsIiEfwJKHT4pRT8WS1U5BrUtgr-O0Ap5y8ZEjah56xqaQH8ZL6VRykkrZR66OQqIQ2/s320/DSCN4353smcrop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440294904156505650" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Major discussion<br /><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVKouRNsc28MoW8KMP7rTMq2OoeIhcpKA_ALB1wUln_CJeWQL16X_Yi-7xGSXETF4wqb4GSjnAdQDDb_mWI66hJD74MLn06RTulVw1TSyoNL4Bzvje5sbIwf5_eP2hI3T-Hi2hMqp-XFDF/s1600-h/DSCN4328sm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVKouRNsc28MoW8KMP7rTMq2OoeIhcpKA_ALB1wUln_CJeWQL16X_Yi-7xGSXETF4wqb4GSjnAdQDDb_mWI66hJD74MLn06RTulVw1TSyoNL4Bzvje5sbIwf5_eP2hI3T-Hi2hMqp-XFDF/s320/DSCN4328sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440294424250743874" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVwaI8oopv5FHBBW9GqzLBbtdf85Qm44gUY8C9TcWWXBYs3L_3n03Fa_Hw_bNcnszuN0yFOkAH8d3p76TdFEXFg5ILLfDTGcSbNzaP5VYSiRulYWxx2JOUN1AmyBS7s7A9N8TKTw_KbGe/s1600-h/DSCN4309sm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVwaI8oopv5FHBBW9GqzLBbtdf85Qm44gUY8C9TcWWXBYs3L_3n03Fa_Hw_bNcnszuN0yFOkAH8d3p76TdFEXFg5ILLfDTGcSbNzaP5VYSiRulYWxx2JOUN1AmyBS7s7A9N8TKTw_KbGe/s320/DSCN4309sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440294421465599410" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9DKGpCCVl-SmoZGMC51qL4UjP9SUMqemOzTjQu5sj0wV8FMV9xm6WhYkEOrlew8nIDfTPG0O2Zms-5jnyjjFhAH-aHIhu_oK5RqbT6Un0h_Dl3fn9D0oepiAuEKLONnu5NsL-os3E-gb/s1600-h/DSCN4304sm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9DKGpCCVl-SmoZGMC51qL4UjP9SUMqemOzTjQu5sj0wV8FMV9xm6WhYkEOrlew8nIDfTPG0O2Zms-5jnyjjFhAH-aHIhu_oK5RqbT6Un0h_Dl3fn9D0oepiAuEKLONnu5NsL-os3E-gb/s320/DSCN4304sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440294413804132562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Who knew that a Polaroid would be worth $500 US</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Jstpo4paC7x20clyQZ6l-8ZSxls3cx6McvWndjVeYbTYrleohgpoCRIXMzzvcmg5NBA6XCSkPw_Mb6eY1udyJzWQqB2JCn-tI-29jRn6CZtF_-4T-rVA4NG6mzd8m26BooCpHzaEv2kJ/s1600-h/DSCN4306cropsm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Jstpo4paC7x20clyQZ6l-8ZSxls3cx6McvWndjVeYbTYrleohgpoCRIXMzzvcmg5NBA6XCSkPw_Mb6eY1udyJzWQqB2JCn-tI-29jRn6CZtF_-4T-rVA4NG6mzd8m26BooCpHzaEv2kJ/s320/DSCN4306cropsm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440294413040270562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Rubber Mask<br /><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-0CJM3-dNt9e8mkuBfWB4aFuRp1jGaa2E64sbyIr7BAo7kklLqm_YWQ0v8h_bdHGvrdrp3Fl9MrAezQirQIrY23uBigqyFfPLoq6PBPdHN8cD3nTBQDr-OTsrhnD56ZuTmLWc56zBcnJo/s1600-h/DSCN4294cropsm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-0CJM3-dNt9e8mkuBfWB4aFuRp1jGaa2E64sbyIr7BAo7kklLqm_YWQ0v8h_bdHGvrdrp3Fl9MrAezQirQIrY23uBigqyFfPLoq6PBPdHN8cD3nTBQDr-OTsrhnD56ZuTmLWc56zBcnJo/s320/DSCN4294cropsm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440294405358000546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIsAK9tFQzqJPDR8-K_oSmYbmOEl5uDc4gFFyluhmYfNl8ZaLnKveVuS1FSAo-VmP6tHX7icC1O6kCYzfphCbKUSwV0bu7oQ09RSUCVPW0eDyUQx0eTyh-7MwJywFOcSdEssG7wL-_34iC/s1600-h/DSCN4290fixsm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIsAK9tFQzqJPDR8-K_oSmYbmOEl5uDc4gFFyluhmYfNl8ZaLnKveVuS1FSAo-VmP6tHX7icC1O6kCYzfphCbKUSwV0bu7oQ09RSUCVPW0eDyUQx0eTyh-7MwJywFOcSdEssG7wL-_34iC/s320/DSCN4290fixsm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440294037755455874" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIyPQlyhBYcjiroOa5U2vx-cJwVPdLh5Bls9wQ0_BnorTaLFoolfh83l6Heuy-kZtXlPMpS-2jRKxSnLd9x_Dj4dLtyNLmK0Cff9yxBDExg8xZr2xith6SikAC1XuXy5z9vgjbIA9rRhIP/s1600-h/DSCN4355-fix.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIyPQlyhBYcjiroOa5U2vx-cJwVPdLh5Bls9wQ0_BnorTaLFoolfh83l6Heuy-kZtXlPMpS-2jRKxSnLd9x_Dj4dLtyNLmK0Cff9yxBDExg8xZr2xith6SikAC1XuXy5z9vgjbIA9rRhIP/s320/DSCN4355-fix.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440293687362871138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Looking straight up<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTkg_X3QaA32juS6Qyu91O0g2cUI_sohl51K94MWMiV6TqZrrAH0SCfnigSsyslW36fA5wQDV2qJiDoPpr1CJJfr9_NOR25tTvh52Ng9o7YmSAzojwKTzUmzYukVngohkvvI5iyTjyBNL/s1600-h/UofHK.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTkg_X3QaA32juS6Qyu91O0g2cUI_sohl51K94MWMiV6TqZrrAH0SCfnigSsyslW36fA5wQDV2qJiDoPpr1CJJfr9_NOR25tTvh52Ng9o7YmSAzojwKTzUmzYukVngohkvvI5iyTjyBNL/s320/UofHK.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440293567341578258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Tim at U of HK</span></span><br /><br /></div>Bev and I spent a day in Hong Kong just for fun. We wanted to do a day of Art Galleries and Antiques. It was fun but many places were closed due to it being the Chinese New Year. These are a few pics from the day. Some in B & W which just seemed to fit.Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-20137979633155431162010-02-10T13:39:00.007+08:002010-02-10T15:26:41.387+08:00UNSHAKEN<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfK1wIZNR1eERJW7KT7GbUP5RpA5kS_rH3rWvGaxdOzonqOIK-5UMpyTRZiqLNsUWJNBtGrule96__n8GWAucvupahKqGH3mSqCEOq6FICbVZ4X-8I94n4HrAcfq4GE-knUVLPdVZsnxl/s1600-h/Michelle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfK1wIZNR1eERJW7KT7GbUP5RpA5kS_rH3rWvGaxdOzonqOIK-5UMpyTRZiqLNsUWJNBtGrule96__n8GWAucvupahKqGH3mSqCEOq6FICbVZ4X-8I94n4HrAcfq4GE-knUVLPdVZsnxl/s320/Michelle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436512367417529666" border="0" /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Michelle and her wonderful idea!</span></a><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBXdaq66_4r_x-_99l3f9UzmRUFYOMpgBGfwgf-KI6LpB84kPzWcb56gLKtYPoYiVqo6P0k5ZDLl3HXXWc-0o0BQezBhE5NeePos1HmzdkbPjtVbx6GmgnC-1anBAqmXEpvXlBUTAUGJ3/s1600-h/arm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBXdaq66_4r_x-_99l3f9UzmRUFYOMpgBGfwgf-KI6LpB84kPzWcb56gLKtYPoYiVqo6P0k5ZDLl3HXXWc-0o0BQezBhE5NeePos1HmzdkbPjtVbx6GmgnC-1anBAqmXEpvXlBUTAUGJ3/s320/arm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436512362431322802" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwABG9C-u_uxaPgahbQUfHu4s164oUd1QiyJCcyI3XXUkYq9aWeMpZNG5eYtzN_q-muQ34OTdS4V6UJVVVY_4N8RkZPefPKeDZwTqoOQB_kPpyufNVwNIldXeQ-hJIqxw8RIGbprQRZRf/s1600-h/%5BUNSHAKEN%5Dsm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwABG9C-u_uxaPgahbQUfHu4s164oUd1QiyJCcyI3XXUkYq9aWeMpZNG5eYtzN_q-muQ34OTdS4V6UJVVVY_4N8RkZPefPKeDZwTqoOQB_kPpyufNVwNIldXeQ-hJIqxw8RIGbprQRZRf/s320/%5BUNSHAKEN%5Dsm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436492286270284754" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Poster Michelle designed, FYI about 6 foot tall!<br /><br /></span></span></div>We work with the most amazing students ever. One of our secondary girls wanted to do something for the victims of the recent Haitian disaster. She came up with an idea. Went on to research the feasibility. Used her own money to develop a add campaign and is now selling her product with 100% of all profits going directly to the Hatian Red Cross.<br /><br />So Michelle designed a simple wrist band. The title says it all UNSHAKEN and on the backside in just a relief is HAITI 2010. She found a company that could quickly produce her product and had it approved to be sold in the school.<br /><br />She used her camera and designed a poster that has pics students wearing the samples that she had made. The poster was printed and hangs in our secondary building. To keep sales high and costs low the wrist bands sell for just 5 rmb or about $ .73 each with $ .60 being applied as a donation.<br /><br />Amazing Kids.<br /><br />BTW my friend Howard's daughter is the eyes at the top of the poster.Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-60282671556906148272010-02-02T19:41:00.004+08:002010-02-02T19:46:42.006+08:00Tensions Rise<meta charset="utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><div class="sih">We have not experienced any observed changes but we continue to hear quite a bit via some of the unblocked media routes. It does seem a little bit tenser at times. Our hope is that some of this settles down as China is all about retaliation.</div><div class="sih">
<br /></div><div class="sih">Some of the latest headlines.</div><div class="sih">
<br /></div><div class="sih">US-CHINA TENSIONS</div><div class="mva"><div class="bull">Google - China denies being behind an alleged cyber attack on the US search engine</div><div class="bull">Taiwan - a US sale of $6.4bn (£4bn) of defensive arms to Taiwan angers Beijing</div><div class="bull">Tibet - China says a US meeting with the Dalai Lama would "undermine relations"</div><div class="bull">Trade - rows over imports and exports of meat, media, car tyres and raw materials strain ties</div></div></span>Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-5419153511104307432010-01-26T18:12:00.004+08:002010-01-26T19:30:05.948+08:00Dog<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_YA5cXx-mNEGf0OWBqTCAJjOeukmdn7jEQG3T-pyxaKF-Vsx_njuVusmjheVldbvuIC0JDatYsFXGiS7m9MvBVx0kgSaU1HwXM5NRuD6hYwoWqfyhTHkgDjclYgBqz3yA4OoIsDzCTNvd/s1600-h/Dog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_YA5cXx-mNEGf0OWBqTCAJjOeukmdn7jEQG3T-pyxaKF-Vsx_njuVusmjheVldbvuIC0JDatYsFXGiS7m9MvBVx0kgSaU1HwXM5NRuD6hYwoWqfyhTHkgDjclYgBqz3yA4OoIsDzCTNvd/s320/Dog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431009256626758866" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAuuB9hURWBS2PbYcJkTHHtIS6o9MB7VM_kF-dwBfoh-8KeJJP_RuPZHFwk9tTeDeUInwT-cq7A29GyP-vMzN3BUIARbSwfiFpSHRoMKppSnd5W1Rus-VBh1c7wKglFMHqhITBc1gddAkf/s1600-h/dog2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAuuB9hURWBS2PbYcJkTHHtIS6o9MB7VM_kF-dwBfoh-8KeJJP_RuPZHFwk9tTeDeUInwT-cq7A29GyP-vMzN3BUIARbSwfiFpSHRoMKppSnd5W1Rus-VBh1c7wKglFMHqhITBc1gddAkf/s320/dog2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431009244790152162" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAqa4VjdMACZT0377fi86HgMXePPOoEP18o455o-BEsi6lcnHJkvAPR-v4jMmsAJVsbUsOlwcRkc7ert8cgh_RUeMgBcEbE9SWz7l_xeeCdzY00OAIXawpM8s7bNvqw50dx36iiz0XHZy5/s1600-h/Dog3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAqa4VjdMACZT0377fi86HgMXePPOoEP18o455o-BEsi6lcnHJkvAPR-v4jMmsAJVsbUsOlwcRkc7ert8cgh_RUeMgBcEbE9SWz7l_xeeCdzY00OAIXawpM8s7bNvqw50dx36iiz0XHZy5/s320/Dog3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431009236071468290" border="0" /></a><br />So as we are in the dead of Winter which means it is Dog season. According to the Chinese eating dog will help you stay warm during the winter cold. So along with the other the other drying carcasses dog is hanging in front of many Chinese restaurants. I talked to one Chinese waitress who thought it was curious that foreigners wanted to take pictures of the hanging dog. I am skipping the dog this year. The temperature has not dipped below 50 F.Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-16917894555509304722010-01-26T17:44:00.002+08:002010-01-26T18:09:17.778+08:00Fruit<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-YCGWMHMLwqj6gJZYPajenk_5xCcGGDVP79LXg6jwird2iUXMl6YNBO9foFMFMaNbnW9e8EfF0zsYxf58L5lkb6ljVYWXWotrbqibB4nXPcRDkqNlaxrtD7B2w3o1mAr7wXz-QBQufXM/s1600-h/fruit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-YCGWMHMLwqj6gJZYPajenk_5xCcGGDVP79LXg6jwird2iUXMl6YNBO9foFMFMaNbnW9e8EfF0zsYxf58L5lkb6ljVYWXWotrbqibB4nXPcRDkqNlaxrtD7B2w3o1mAr7wXz-QBQufXM/s320/fruit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430988294826092258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fresh Fruit</span></span><br /><br /></div>It is nice being able to purchase fresh fruit locally grown. We bought this on the way home last night after going out to eat. 1 small pineapple, 2 mangos, 3 larger tangerines, 2 apples. a small number of strawberries, 2 bananas (1 already eaten) bought right down the street. The prices have increased but still this was a little over $4.50 US. A grande size latte at Starbucks will be about the same price.Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-258631124544394552010-01-25T23:15:00.013+08:002010-02-11T16:03:01.871+08:00Si Hai Park, Shekou, Shenzhen<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5xjoNn5Iu6orAe_nkG0t3ZgmzDfGe3NFywb20jpHrRfFxeugXHNybJjFIBRF_VZV2ssI7PioI0N9j_OBxzbB2r1GQgUHXR7x9wZtqG6zsdeeWw03sxZeERN0VvQycFK545uByUJ9qCKh/s1600-h/Sui-Hai-Park.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5xjoNn5Iu6orAe_nkG0t3ZgmzDfGe3NFywb20jpHrRfFxeugXHNybJjFIBRF_VZV2ssI7PioI0N9j_OBxzbB2r1GQgUHXR7x9wZtqG6zsdeeWw03sxZeERN0VvQycFK545uByUJ9qCKh/s320/Sui-Hai-Park.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430696436824289682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is the park that is directly across from the Fenghua QSI secondary campus.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I took this phot last week from the 25th floor of an apartment building next to the park.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">One of our teachers and his family live on the 10 floor of this building.</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTy90sO2sNYq-CkIVD_AmVmNVmXJaFSrpsrbZwdiLOMAWmt-tnB9WYpFD5AYZgvVnl24g-k_FJ3lqXDCQKAnJTBw9XTUl2HDtu2RDm1Egv10fAA6oWLJ7-88XSCav9b0MZVqV0nHu695cP/s1600-h/ParkPagoda.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTy90sO2sNYq-CkIVD_AmVmNVmXJaFSrpsrbZwdiLOMAWmt-tnB9WYpFD5AYZgvVnl24g-k_FJ3lqXDCQKAnJTBw9XTUl2HDtu2RDm1Egv10fAA6oWLJ7-88XSCav9b0MZVqV0nHu695cP/s320/ParkPagoda.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436884948909225586" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgOuqrujcNdJP2DnkXtGMfB9vriWdsCTkD1Oa8f26P7aZoS9Vm_QN6t7f5qKXdnp8ak6BclkzlDXf3JCWjfePXuN0it5Mni-mLMXCPEW2B60L-BdLqEzYdTtW-MRete8ec-VKEUJEUuxo/s1600-h/Park-Lantern.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgOuqrujcNdJP2DnkXtGMfB9vriWdsCTkD1Oa8f26P7aZoS9Vm_QN6t7f5qKXdnp8ak6BclkzlDXf3JCWjfePXuN0it5Mni-mLMXCPEW2B60L-BdLqEzYdTtW-MRete8ec-VKEUJEUuxo/s320/Park-Lantern.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436884201519451842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-1uUUz2UqUBVRgMcSRkW2eTkBFP5ph3IlLR4gAwntcj9axa2fSqBxOA-q4kdOjkVUnVgP2guW0cDh6F_4LkJsEhhHKpOL1ecBigvzQegihyphenhyphenI8rEmB1sdWWVMJG4L-_8dA0Gxu0rmDNr6/s1600-h/Park-grandson.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-1uUUz2UqUBVRgMcSRkW2eTkBFP5ph3IlLR4gAwntcj9axa2fSqBxOA-q4kdOjkVUnVgP2guW0cDh6F_4LkJsEhhHKpOL1ecBigvzQegihyphenhyphenI8rEmB1sdWWVMJG4L-_8dA0Gxu0rmDNr6/s320/Park-grandson.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436884192897087458" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Many Grandparents watch young children and take them to the park daily.<br />The open pants are standard and make for convience and less laundry!<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3K53CxZqcMKoK_Ltj71oJ1Sq-QyMS3YT-oivzjHJPOYTApbSHsTcmPf7J1aWgPxRbvv4Ai6YVpGa70Fyr_S0sRMoDCglw-6BZPwLo70K2N87CnL8dkLTxUXI3W3FNBAt6-3f3A8nlrfSa/s1600-h/Park-Card-games.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3K53CxZqcMKoK_Ltj71oJ1Sq-QyMS3YT-oivzjHJPOYTApbSHsTcmPf7J1aWgPxRbvv4Ai6YVpGa70Fyr_S0sRMoDCglw-6BZPwLo70K2N87CnL8dkLTxUXI3W3FNBAt6-3f3A8nlrfSa/s320/Park-Card-games.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436884188588827666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lots of games are played in the park especially by older people.</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gLl9wjqgg4LE8Y1vFn5K7RrCci3KmGDxyouYTxkezJNY9O2dp3800BFFHswRwEGlJOH1-EyOEfAv7RvGVEcmGnlr80Fd1P6lK6VoxoVrTe988heFzTUhiY2K47v-NpcydmSck2zLXvBU/s1600-h/Park-Bull.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gLl9wjqgg4LE8Y1vFn5K7RrCci3KmGDxyouYTxkezJNY9O2dp3800BFFHswRwEGlJOH1-EyOEfAv7RvGVEcmGnlr80Fd1P6lK6VoxoVrTe988heFzTUhiY2K47v-NpcydmSck2zLXvBU/s320/Park-Bull.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436884187001264242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">This is the park Bull, it is giant size and can be seen from many upper floors of buildings in Shekou.</span></span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEA_xRxt3x-4xp1LzH4rU1hZCnf9pY3uW5G8Oc1FsIwFKpr7VQUTMv27Jn_JbBAvhrYeE1CaaL6BXVXmSVqi_-PtSFMJw26OQheWnnplIkhADX9AeHs0lP2ugrBdzhEQBXyuOOnYgKbWBV/s1600-h/Park-bridge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuWho1tAE97vejNk32qZfJJ2TQVUNiGOyUvcsZY8ZioRT_5QCDufb7FpMCj2gMQhgT3VkQ8sR8uYAwKLSs0xrgqK-ZKIzSq4ZpPPO3XB4No3Gx5FMtUi4YZ7ciLcRmaWBaZeazmhIZjgUi/s320/Musical-Instrument.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436882750331324498" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoMFsmSCg6yalWfCUmzdCRE665fU8ip2-N99Y14nReLgwH7zUq0VqWkaHAzP9gnFSm3VCaHoR0QdILAF9qp8bAq8TRwESDDoFAh2NknpjNpz94oHLQOb9kX7xkdQVBJ40oRZYuV7jXwVXH/s1600-h/Curious.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoMFsmSCg6yalWfCUmzdCRE665fU8ip2-N99Y14nReLgwH7zUq0VqWkaHAzP9gnFSm3VCaHoR0QdILAF9qp8bAq8TRwESDDoFAh2NknpjNpz94oHLQOb9kX7xkdQVBJ40oRZYuV7jXwVXH/s320/Curious.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436882747882601874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">This little boy was quite curious and watched this musical performance.</span><br /><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJS-SGop7a0TGIa3jU29hlG3sX7HyhZeKGXTVi5ipUBN6-ff8DkjcMi6PQQsr2j475KZ9UGOCC7q1JwWUc_c7bskVmtRVxwU3SHcelNX3YdJ1HU5o7I3xnjek7p2qH-rb6lBxnotHcM2x1/s1600-h/Chinese-Checkers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgZC-jYGhNmmXwpEKajCqNtiNhnCC_ZsbplTwlRq5ARTYNJ2HJFU8gLu55U8tZz0csDDVBSwC9Qfs3C0ZVzeM3wkvb3-1Oc9HKBIzGb0yfRCw7HK13hPOF8b51snz1l2mrDSuq8ImRoiD/s320/Park-Leaves.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436884940752253714" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLKGjv9Ru51DOJZyyz-dlA7XEHRm6gsKN8Xt03aIHc6y1qIaUvrwlg8Yq5RdQQjSVDhzrbtDfzLS40q1CrBuseTeKHS2VvHVF8DKFoScW9MWxdi5hQSaDRuUTAX9Zvr1ookXEyH57VVzS/s1600-h/Park-tree.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLKGjv9Ru51DOJZyyz-dlA7XEHRm6gsKN8Xt03aIHc6y1qIaUvrwlg8Yq5RdQQjSVDhzrbtDfzLS40q1CrBuseTeKHS2VvHVF8DKFoScW9MWxdi5hQSaDRuUTAX9Zvr1ookXEyH57VVzS/s320/Park-tree.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436884953653403810" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wonderful and different foilage is everywhere.</span></span><br /></div>Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-31945095795501071182010-01-25T11:24:00.003+08:002010-01-26T18:11:04.564+08:00Still Blocked<div class="hd"> <h1 id="yn-story-title"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >The difficulty in viewing news and other content generated outside of China continues. Many get around this by using proxy and vpn services. But it is still difficult to get information and make informed decisions. I started using a VPN so that I could post to my blog. It works for now.</span><br /></h1><h1 id="yn-story-title">China says Internet controls here to stay</h1> <!-- end: .tools --> </div><!-- end: .hd --> <div class="bd" role="main" labelledby="yn-story-title"> <div id="yn-story-related-media"> <div class="primary-media"> <div id="yn-story-main-media" class="ult-section yn-style1"> <div class="photo-big"> <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Google-China-Beijing-January-22/photo//100125/ids_photos_ts/r521646636.jpg//s:/nm/us_china_usa" class="media "> <img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100125/i/r521646636.jpg?x=213&y=143&xc=1&yc=1&wc=410&hc=275&q=85&sig=oRIoRUO80z.AoZIPqTgq7g--" alt="A man walks past a logo of Google China in front of its headquarters in Beijing" height="143" width="213" /> </a> <cite class="caption"> Reuters – A man walks past a logo of Google China in front of its headquarters in Beijing January 22, 2010. REUTERS/Jason … </cite> </div> </div><!-- end #main-media --> <div id="yn-story-minor-media"> <br /> </div> </div><!-- end .primary-media --> </div><!-- end .related-media --> <div class="byline"> <cite class="vcard"> By Chris Buckley <span class="fn org">Chris Buckley</span> </cite> – <abbr title="2010-01-24T18:54:26-0800" class="recenttimedate">Monday Jan. 25<br /></abbr></div><!-- end .byline --> <div class="yn-story-content"> <p>BEIJING (Reuters) – <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_0">China</span> has every right to punish citizens using the Internet to challenge <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_1">Communist Party power</span> and ethnic policies, a senior official said Monday, pressing <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_2">Beijing</span>'s counter-offensive against <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_3">Google Inc</span>.</p> <p> The defense of China's curbs on the Internet came nearly two weeks after the world's biggest search engine provider said it wanted to stop censoring its Chinese <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/nm/ts_nm/storytext/us_china_usa/34857601/SIG=10i692208/*http://Google.cn"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_4">Google.cn</span></a> website and was alarmed by online hacking attacks from within China.</p> <p> The dispute has stoked friction between Beijing and Washington, two global economic heavyweights already wrestling with tensions over trade, U.S. weapons sales to <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_5">Taiwan</span> and human rights.</p> <p> U.S. Secretary of <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_6">State Hillary Clinton</span> last week urged China and other <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_7">authoritarian governments</span> to pull down <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_8">Internet censorship</span>, drawing a sharp rebuke from Beijing.</p> <p> In the latest volley, a spokesperson for China's State Council Information Office said the country "bans using the Internet to subvert state power and wreck <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_9">national unity</span>, to incite <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_10">ethnic hatred</span> and division, to promote cults and to distribute content that is pornographic, salacious, violent or terrorist."</p> <p> The comments from the unnamed spokesperson showed scant room for compromise with <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_11">Google</span> and Washington on censorship policy. They were issued on the <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_12">central government</span>'s website (http://www.gov.cn).</p> <p> "China has an ample legal basis for punishing such harmful content, and there is no room for doubting this. This is completely different from so-called restriction of Internet freedom," the spokesperson added.</p> <p> INTERNET CONTROLS</p> <p> The State Council Information Office is the cabinet arm of China's propaganda apparatus, which is steered by the <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_13">Communist Party</span>, and is one of several agencies that shape Internet policy.</p> <p> The latest comments from China made no direct mention of Google or Clinton.</p> <p> They appeared intended to shore up the government's case that its Internet controls are for it alone to decide, and that even expression of non-violent views online can amount to a crime in China.</p> <p> China has prosecuted dissidents and advocates of self-rule in Tibet who have used the Internet to challenge <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_14">Communist Party policies</span>.</p> <p> Late last year the country's most prominent dissident, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_15">Liu Xiaobo</span>, was jailed for 11 years on charges of "inciting subversion," largely through several essays he published on overseas Internet sites.</p> <p> In recent days, Beijing has raised the pitch of its criticism of U.S. pressure over the Internet.</p> <p> Sunday, the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_16">People's Daily</span>, the official mouthpiece of the Communist Party, accused the United States of exploiting social media, such as <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_17">Twitter</span> and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_18">Youtube</span> to foment unrest in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_19">Iran</span>.</p> <p> China has blocked Youtube since March, the anniversary of uprisings in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_20">Tibet</span>, and Twitter since June 2009, just before the 20th anniversary of a crackdown on protestors in and near <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_21">Tiananmen Square</span>. <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264388256_22">Facebook</span> has been down since early July.</p> <p> China also uses a "Great Firewall" of content filtering to deter citizens from viewing banned content on overseas sites.</p> <p> (Editing by Alex Richardson)</p> </div> </div>Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-31048537218181696132010-01-21T16:51:00.008+08:002010-01-24T18:13:59.058+08:00Big Buddah<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrjEJPE9VVM-neFdqHYe7TuRo4W_OLaHrAUto0F7oNKUYOI1C6zTInsL-nJbuJGOQpRr5kpQICpjLZraiC_IVZShc7od4A5yCFjnNIxjqeIho44hptpqQV06uory69HjWNku1F8GDrwWu/s1600-h/Cable+Car+long+way.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrjEJPE9VVM-neFdqHYe7TuRo4W_OLaHrAUto0F7oNKUYOI1C6zTInsL-nJbuJGOQpRr5kpQICpjLZraiC_IVZShc7od4A5yCFjnNIxjqeIho44hptpqQV06uory69HjWNku1F8GDrwWu/s320/Cable+Car+long+way.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430246356395531650" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >One long span between support towers!<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZEVFbXgzptiv178YXJPJ8FwBjVTWoDSOPlHdRn6ykYJKRKAisjdiVHnQ7BaqinEdMz-ImVNXfwQ4UhzJbKHPRwFSk2e1OyG9dxiME-p45As2jDzIoY6yrUpADl2YwmiYi_-fq79IQ7gi/s1600-h/qi-lin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZEVFbXgzptiv178YXJPJ8FwBjVTWoDSOPlHdRn6ykYJKRKAisjdiVHnQ7BaqinEdMz-ImVNXfwQ4UhzJbKHPRwFSk2e1OyG9dxiME-p45As2jDzIoY6yrUpADl2YwmiYi_-fq79IQ7gi/s320/qi-lin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429451650541472946" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_owgItzacDTWeBd2OAzYyoN0YtwQ6YQcAJgue77rMsq3QS3keUUnY0EfZAPMzJcu2U0JWGsXAbNBCji92y6UHJZgM99SWu7vqALOoyvj8H-7rbD2goEFloqn1QhDo4qu4NLUs9RfAG61/s1600-h/evergreen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjvQTotmBPZF48-Rc23kTSwCMX3bCa3p7zgTeNQn3iAIVye-bgGxf2hyuLgoMMrGPJajAonApxCgXCwFemPAJB2AYHzJ-z5xTWd1KDcGmW_dSzdq9v7KELuWwrCb9XmfugjrmBQcd-KaY/s320/Budah-worshipers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429451259008171458" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nvjzKSouEt2KViDU1mKDqAjqJ6yDNAwpGx9WuEJRh43XqNvmbt-wXQ8pCx1QkIhXBSVivV_F3FadJ_awK0cOLCXGCj3t2YjfesKFNFY-66unQvGdruvMZBHb61HlSFgOTR2JhBqcghVq/s1600-h/budah-monestary.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nvjzKSouEt2KViDU1mKDqAjqJ6yDNAwpGx9WuEJRh43XqNvmbt-wXQ8pCx1QkIhXBSVivV_F3FadJ_awK0cOLCXGCj3t2YjfesKFNFY-66unQvGdruvMZBHb61HlSFgOTR2JhBqcghVq/s320/budah-monestary.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429451078677418050" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd7M21nmQ0AFRmFPsc6nNmfexVbZ6x4UPUxQYLfI0c93jSaAIr48Yy5vF7VbHe-dt_K0DNslxuNJw0aIH6Rz1QnenmuSJa9QS1w-oIhMeGuE5wlBR6i1SBYbyTXoVVSWL36yN5MfaV7Y1H/s1600-h/Budah-close-up.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd7M21nmQ0AFRmFPsc6nNmfexVbZ6x4UPUxQYLfI0c93jSaAIr48Yy5vF7VbHe-dt_K0DNslxuNJw0aIH6Rz1QnenmuSJa9QS1w-oIhMeGuE5wlBR6i1SBYbyTXoVVSWL36yN5MfaV7Y1H/s320/Budah-close-up.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429451080668938258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A very big Budah at the top of the same island that has the HK airport and HK Disneyland.</span></span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMevjJiX-rhzIl06INMJTwr6iy8LSg-ZjO1Z774quB6__Gi4OEFLKE3kd0X4sQT1O9Do-ZW39rAowxebJ7ywzSHjeOwxypRTnZKoniXC1uoMOFZXcY6aPDswzt3Ovn-iCZso_5yo956gt/s1600-h/Budah.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMevjJiX-rhzIl06INMJTwr6iy8LSg-ZjO1Z774quB6__Gi4OEFLKE3kd0X4sQT1O9Do-ZW39rAowxebJ7ywzSHjeOwxypRTnZKoniXC1uoMOFZXcY6aPDswzt3Ovn-iCZso_5yo956gt/s320/Budah.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429451070502380786" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNoeGNER6-90BELWAQs2XNKCGj__1zv8o5YV23S-DEqy2TrKUz1ipFdiahdVXxqrOEZD6GIqjJf8TsFdxJTwLiZG1Lm-7LhLRbVK-yorB6DMoHovcN3f7A47s4_0NkQpjFq5YzJlDwO1UU/s1600-h/Big-Budah-climb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNoeGNER6-90BELWAQs2XNKCGj__1zv8o5YV23S-DEqy2TrKUz1ipFdiahdVXxqrOEZD6GIqjJf8TsFdxJTwLiZG1Lm-7LhLRbVK-yorB6DMoHovcN3f7A47s4_0NkQpjFq5YzJlDwO1UU/s320/Big-Budah-climb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429451067833616114" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yes even after the cable car ride you still have to climb the stairs to the top.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZXd86Rgut4jZwoiB8MOI8gtE8gF67mjF7LMKO-KV2CMEZdd4BdEvvELpN3ZzzU8LYn0MnrLtkCAdH74Xj81p2W9IGJ14WotbJjezapchyphenhyphenkIP49x-Bpkpe2IzGAdJ6eryIf_stp_Bx8mZy/s1600-h/Bev-budah.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZXd86Rgut4jZwoiB8MOI8gtE8gF67mjF7LMKO-KV2CMEZdd4BdEvvELpN3ZzzU8LYn0MnrLtkCAdH74Xj81p2W9IGJ14WotbJjezapchyphenhyphenkIP49x-Bpkpe2IzGAdJ6eryIf_stp_Bx8mZy/s320/Bev-budah.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429451061018223474" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bev under the watchful eye of the Budah.</span></span><br /><br /></div>The worlds largest bronze seated Budah in the world is on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It took 10 years and 70 million dollars to construct this Budah. It is 34 meters tall, weighs in at 250 tons, and is made of a steel framework with a one centimeter skin sculpture and also contains 1614 kilograms of Gold!<br /><br />Bev and I visited on a beatuiful Sunday just two weeks ago.<br /><br />The cable car ride to get up the mountain was fabulous and just a little scary. It was a about 15 min ride and changed directions 3 times with additional power stations.Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-76716448971578080712010-01-15T18:33:00.005+08:002010-01-25T10:48:47.695+08:00Seoul Foreign School <---click to see<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgOz8jCDS-2DpsUnzAkbAYXsSsTDTCNSVtkfh1E96P4vfddpwpThzli26zrZwLv6RVk8NrJ015kNtN3W_Vhek6Pva88PJzjqvQMIvuMIVMJCtc63FZNR4O6Jyjkbl_2J3O0eCSn5WvAM_/s1600-h/BusinessCard-noHot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgOz8jCDS-2DpsUnzAkbAYXsSsTDTCNSVtkfh1E96P4vfddpwpThzli26zrZwLv6RVk8NrJ015kNtN3W_Vhek6Pva88PJzjqvQMIvuMIVMJCtc63FZNR4O6Jyjkbl_2J3O0eCSn5WvAM_/s320/BusinessCard-noHot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426914360925169394" border="0" /></a><br />We will be leaving China in June and embarking on a new adventure in August. After much thought and discussion we have decided to accept positions at Seoul Foreign School in Seoul, Korea. Bev will be a High School Counselor, Tim will be a Computer Technology Integration Specialist helping Middle School teachers use technology in their classrooms. Check the website out by clicking on the title and then click on the picture to see a slide show that gives some idea of what this school is about.Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-50214982469045122612009-10-19T11:08:00.014+08:002009-12-01T14:17:11.850+08:00From Beijing<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuBhLU_1wtnmtM_dbAf19-N3UJf3UOqHWm52ErNXH9FIjIZCyKqmXSQb5MiaHYvANEPDDGgsENe0p88sEUOH2Kk6myd8KONFzuTgL2wey6TA5pSis8SkXoHf6pnj9QNrg-SjIl6KxFWfX/s1600/Deng-Deng-family.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuBhLU_1wtnmtM_dbAf19-N3UJf3UOqHWm52ErNXH9FIjIZCyKqmXSQb5MiaHYvANEPDDGgsENe0p88sEUOH2Kk6myd8KONFzuTgL2wey6TA5pSis8SkXoHf6pnj9QNrg-SjIl6KxFWfX/s320/Deng-Deng-family.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410146989696854610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Deng Deng's Family in Nanning</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUrzwY_PK8Y-dBJZMbK-i5PWhQfFjqhAkI5OLJgm2YOl2oZGiwV-caNQlr-fITcZWKvu3WBSnV-q38xF2RdziDiQ0hSi12pr5L11SzhOIq9La_vChiJYQtzRKhkFc4EfyH_WggZrZt78y/s1600/old-mAN.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUrzwY_PK8Y-dBJZMbK-i5PWhQfFjqhAkI5OLJgm2YOl2oZGiwV-caNQlr-fITcZWKvu3WBSnV-q38xF2RdziDiQ0hSi12pr5L11SzhOIq9La_vChiJYQtzRKhkFc4EfyH_WggZrZt78y/s320/old-mAN.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410146814222015090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Old Man at Summer Palace</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXZ6EAgwFaXNN90iRe-DEksWUV_vWZfYQRafYo60rI4esxliwlhMpPZXld9DlzQcjTu7QMyWmMVcULCE9q0FDXpfDZbeIWH3yWiw0HZ_wz9c-PUS2uhNHwxg7KlTeBFr_GtwE3zLtprEzY/s1600/In-the-Forbidden-City.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXZ6EAgwFaXNN90iRe-DEksWUV_vWZfYQRafYo60rI4esxliwlhMpPZXld9DlzQcjTu7QMyWmMVcULCE9q0FDXpfDZbeIWH3yWiw0HZ_wz9c-PUS2uhNHwxg7KlTeBFr_GtwE3zLtprEzY/s320/In-the-Forbidden-City.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410141720351304930" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >In the Forbidden City</span><br /><br /></div>For our fall break, we took a trip to Beijing and later to a very small village town (3 million) called Nanning. Nanning is not a tourist town in any way but we had been invited to attend a traditional Chinese country wedding. A former AYI (domestic helper 23 yr old) of ours was getting married in her hometown. We got tickets for our trips and made all necessary reservations. The week before we left the wedding date was changed and no longer fit into our plans. Why change the date? They told us it turned out that it was a bad day to get married. The mother-n-law gets to choose the date. We are not sure that was the real reason as many people were getting married on the original date, if fact there were at least three different weddings that evening in our hotel.<br /><br />We were able to see places that few foreigners have ever been. This was evident by the number of stares that we got. Also the number of pics taken of us by the few that had a camera. Many Chinese believe it is good luck to have a picture taken with a foreigner or to touch a foreigner.<br /><br />So the pics here are of the two families that we visited and of the area around Nanning, which is close to the Vietnam border, only maybe 60 miles but we were told about a 8 hour trip!Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-47084221554516431002009-10-13T20:10:00.005+08:002010-01-15T18:33:30.455+08:0019 Floors Up<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgssGEdCsBfkM0tlYnL7QUBHKTRpXOTFSK8Ci7AwmVhweMEQUXlhNu7-v7TY__vwKod7xJjJqbt719nWbztAPYCXEreCsS9nFvv0s6wcVft5nmqeF92dMd5sJu2XLsisH8h2sWMZr746Kcl/s1600-h/Outside-my-kitchen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgssGEdCsBfkM0tlYnL7QUBHKTRpXOTFSK8Ci7AwmVhweMEQUXlhNu7-v7TY__vwKod7xJjJqbt719nWbztAPYCXEreCsS9nFvv0s6wcVft5nmqeF92dMd5sJu2XLsisH8h2sWMZr746Kcl/s320/Outside-my-kitchen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426910038596899570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >The neighbors are having a new AC unit installed.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1KzBkBbdevq8vcTStySYKz40q9R9EJfKVjJg3rvmPrUQ5tzE6qqs2AADXKEh_l0sAXZTXVldEWSiT9aR5JP35G-mX-vR08_4ydXMkk56dnz9zPZvFpmaeLecIb3_8XyrZ2JztNl_k-wP/s1600-h/Standing-on-the-edge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1KzBkBbdevq8vcTStySYKz40q9R9EJfKVjJg3rvmPrUQ5tzE6qqs2AADXKEh_l0sAXZTXVldEWSiT9aR5JP35G-mX-vR08_4ydXMkk56dnz9zPZvFpmaeLecIb3_8XyrZ2JztNl_k-wP/s320/Standing-on-the-edge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426910048533965506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Taken from my 19th floor deck the window to the left is our kitchen.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ThH0fIcpO2yxlO_M9a1Vpkn8XYF4x49XCe71Q8vJSG_57H22Sl3kyAJiegVO4M4lPQx6llzrfFnpL7HqD-Mf1mhW2Lwg8QNJVG3vByYSVJkFsMrthbDNcpB8C2hdmMegEFGAXyZJ9Ye1/s1600-h/Hope-he-holds-tight.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ThH0fIcpO2yxlO_M9a1Vpkn8XYF4x49XCe71Q8vJSG_57H22Sl3kyAJiegVO4M4lPQx6llzrfFnpL7HqD-Mf1mhW2Lwg8QNJVG3vByYSVJkFsMrthbDNcpB8C2hdmMegEFGAXyZJ9Ye1/s320/Hope-he-holds-tight.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426910048582049426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I hope the guy in the window holds tight!</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgov4NwwMAqW_WgH6PerAfv-5u1I7forklO5mpZb0seAP3F7FCIEntxnC8YJpaE5vv5PFGWPYOGcgEFvGdolHw_Ek1Da7y6TWaEQchqlw67UW3rWWpI1DUpCza4vl6vTlwBiIDriOEpMHA5/s1600-h/Long-way-down.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgov4NwwMAqW_WgH6PerAfv-5u1I7forklO5mpZb0seAP3F7FCIEntxnC8YJpaE5vv5PFGWPYOGcgEFvGdolHw_Ek1Da7y6TWaEQchqlw67UW3rWWpI1DUpCza4vl6vTlwBiIDriOEpMHA5/s320/Long-way-down.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426911867390869618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >That is a long way down.</span><br /><br /></div>We were having breakfast Sunday morning when we heard noise outside the kitchen window. We looked out to see this guy hanging on and disconnecting the AC unit outside the building. Yes we are on the 19th floor and no there is no net, place to stand, or anything but the wall and the unit bolted to the wall. He later carried it off through the window!Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-24652510458442625622009-05-28T19:06:00.000+08:002009-05-28T19:13:43.041+08:00Dragon Boat FestivalWe had school today. But few businesses were open. This is a national holiday so most businesses close. No I saw no Dragon Boats or races. Parent did come to school to have special lunches with their children. My Blog and all blogs are currently being blocked by the gov. I am able to post this via a proxy but I can not post pictures or do much else. Hopefully will be able to add to the blog soon.<br /><br />TimTim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-52690571330047604782009-05-06T13:15:00.010+08:002009-05-07T11:56:25.798+08:00Lao Children<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYg8mbUJVM2-WGK0Z2aKeX4UiK3QDjKvS4AC8gjqPu6Lp_Lk33o1RWKRyx6F0uNV4Rd9j-SdrKzjO2Dwm1c4RLM4aE5ax3ONnisusvkaUfr5TJ3-0RKgRrTjZQaPvXlZ_fdm8eabVL91S/s1600-h/sad.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;">We took a three hour boat ride to get to this Lao H-mong village<br />Few foreigners have been to it<br />These first 4 pics are all from that all day journey</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >BTW we took books and school supplies to the village teacher</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />but only spent about 30 min. due to the heat and humidity</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYg8mbUJVM2-WGK0Z2aKeX4UiK3QDjKvS4AC8gjqPu6Lp_Lk33o1RWKRyx6F0uNV4Rd9j-SdrKzjO2Dwm1c4RLM4aE5ax3ONnisusvkaUfr5TJ3-0RKgRrTjZQaPvXlZ_fdm8eabVL91S/s1600-h/sad.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYg8mbUJVM2-WGK0Z2aKeX4UiK3QDjKvS4AC8gjqPu6Lp_Lk33o1RWKRyx6F0uNV4Rd9j-SdrKzjO2Dwm1c4RLM4aE5ax3ONnisusvkaUfr5TJ3-0RKgRrTjZQaPvXlZ_fdm8eabVL91S/s320/sad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332900283844208594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This girl was so sad<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDP3Bx99ivXDeAq9EfnZvDSpxolvSuSERVTqoDp4rOdDk9-5LozUXVKvSh0MXNWzZstgYOJbRGBRL4LHFbRFqJFOBBtQHB-LbSXygqdzM08rRHX3dy4-9zTA2ORjABf33fN_q6bAaqyUy_/s1600-h/special.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDP3Bx99ivXDeAq9EfnZvDSpxolvSuSERVTqoDp4rOdDk9-5LozUXVKvSh0MXNWzZstgYOJbRGBRL4LHFbRFqJFOBBtQHB-LbSXygqdzM08rRHX3dy4-9zTA2ORjABf33fN_q6bAaqyUy_/s320/special.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332897284532082722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Hmong girl from a hill village up the Mekong river<br />She was beautiful<br /></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97gR2dayYYRKSl6rIQNEBu0V-TkoFYXrbaHZ2PnQJ52P5tTKOIzZGIkVE-DGxdFRGWzCOf0X_HspuUHDDhqMCRxpkKpTjKLP07II6OWhy7GDIINskhCTmeY8DlofsOlnQCI6nNhEJKT52/s1600-h/Special-%232.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97gR2dayYYRKSl6rIQNEBu0V-TkoFYXrbaHZ2PnQJ52P5tTKOIzZGIkVE-DGxdFRGWzCOf0X_HspuUHDDhqMCRxpkKpTjKLP07II6OWhy7GDIINskhCTmeY8DlofsOlnQCI6nNhEJKT52/s320/Special-%232.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332897282317731010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Another girl same village<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmhrz8YNrfXsML2wxB_fJnzQbLi8xlVTjSs8-1ZSwfiOmg9hYgpCDfL-Z47hiMi6I7glE46kz1PZbgQrOZ0k59DgbfLdeBiJfhRDj-r1XZs0OYsu5cFh2vJeT-_FcA1My56R9GISMSDJp/s1600-h/boy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmhrz8YNrfXsML2wxB_fJnzQbLi8xlVTjSs8-1ZSwfiOmg9hYgpCDfL-Z47hiMi6I7glE46kz1PZbgQrOZ0k59DgbfLdeBiJfhRDj-r1XZs0OYsu5cFh2vJeT-_FcA1My56R9GISMSDJp/s320/boy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332897089792481218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">And a young boy</span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8XwXo1MqbduovFFVAlQ_WILNeqcWonHrj79FUX4faaQ2hOgjYADDy9RVYtMZt7-AoBpUrArivXWcDsHEwr96pt4lTSE-WrKX2TN5iNA6N5fMZYIv8YPcDLbUdd3VMFTLn5yGrYyB-upt/s1600-h/Chalkboard.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8XwXo1MqbduovFFVAlQ_WILNeqcWonHrj79FUX4faaQ2hOgjYADDy9RVYtMZt7-AoBpUrArivXWcDsHEwr96pt4lTSE-WrKX2TN5iNA6N5fMZYIv8YPcDLbUdd3VMFTLn5yGrYyB-upt/s320/Chalkboard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332897087365458146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">This is at a school we visited by van outside Luang Prabang, Laos</span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75PF4CYls4w5cNNNFk75l0o83WKpwZUAPzMQhBz2BvFoYtLg4Q3YuO1lJ3A3_s6EBHQrqiU3w0tXsn9aDVPVVHQlR3Rg6g_i8nX-ExZ41VcGqHXJCHhn4ybyu2zdjT5I1MRxSPUjNxIno/s1600-h/Peeking.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75PF4CYls4w5cNNNFk75l0o83WKpwZUAPzMQhBz2BvFoYtLg4Q3YuO1lJ3A3_s6EBHQrqiU3w0tXsn9aDVPVVHQlR3Rg6g_i8nX-ExZ41VcGqHXJCHhn4ybyu2zdjT5I1MRxSPUjNxIno/s320/Peeking.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332897077502371330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Peeking<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFZ6R9o_0is0_ILZREbYnYa1ahUWzL5tHVGyN1MXl87aTqeDBx1IysWN1miDLYQ2UWz7kTLX4TXCH9no83qSL2esAJdNTNZCCQNVtJzoPbSEmSv8kKfShq2XlyJEb0wLrhbLuDbvda21c/s1600-h/break-time.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFZ6R9o_0is0_ILZREbYnYa1ahUWzL5tHVGyN1MXl87aTqeDBx1IysWN1miDLYQ2UWz7kTLX4TXCH9no83qSL2esAJdNTNZCCQNVtJzoPbSEmSv8kKfShq2XlyJEb0wLrhbLuDbvda21c/s320/break-time.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332897076648623234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">School break time<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMWn_CwafveFMN6P1VG-_E7POE1m66a8Wnf13VYrdeCokABX-E5D91uR-Wz6eiYOfl3L3Iu3aSnNRdA9_UC3SUCUBlNE4hgrMvs4cTyWIIiiZqsXSSwUtZkFgkXAQryQg4hTZaIJe2u1Cz/s1600-h/umbrella-girls.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMWn_CwafveFMN6P1VG-_E7POE1m66a8Wnf13VYrdeCokABX-E5D91uR-Wz6eiYOfl3L3Iu3aSnNRdA9_UC3SUCUBlNE4hgrMvs4cTyWIIiiZqsXSSwUtZkFgkXAQryQg4hTZaIJe2u1Cz/s320/umbrella-girls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332897075633886498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Protection from the sun<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizYv1QjDhPjm3h41wrf9dkuGbfdOdrijZh9ziTL7MfWfRaQzbycm7bREahSCZUuseEKaizyrUfNkZyqkbQls075pjkzLtKo5axfbKChMel1RVGcn2DV8OsVs5PEwOehq6w2tijxymlOXmu/s1600-h/Not-Chinese.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizYv1QjDhPjm3h41wrf9dkuGbfdOdrijZh9ziTL7MfWfRaQzbycm7bREahSCZUuseEKaizyrUfNkZyqkbQls075pjkzLtKo5axfbKChMel1RVGcn2DV8OsVs5PEwOehq6w2tijxymlOXmu/s320/Not-Chinese.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332576656379214802" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">These girls were in a talent show which is why the were<br />dressed up in the traditional Lao clothing and hair styles</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYGo86aEmK-rJtny4H9DYv4wIPlQDAuKcXPFc2zjlVW3nKzzGIdycYPmWqvSebBFOW2anJLQTlSql4wshVnqgFG_MpdWzDb0GUtKvVwuL-EkUdXZIv7_1BfOdz4pKfwSsCxbE8re5BNWx/s1600-h/Little-LAO-girls.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYGo86aEmK-rJtny4H9DYv4wIPlQDAuKcXPFc2zjlVW3nKzzGIdycYPmWqvSebBFOW2anJLQTlSql4wshVnqgFG_MpdWzDb0GUtKvVwuL-EkUdXZIv7_1BfOdz4pKfwSsCxbE8re5BNWx/s320/Little-LAO-girls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332576657366276866" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCRfNliFBlzDw1IT1u5uuUoU-yoCPv-4NIvPFT3T0VWa0-xguEK2PBpDTBwkdDQNuqeDMScLQS7nr4Td4pSEFOu7iQOpe7FdJKBISllhaj8CjyCBjQTg4sNgl-06e21EqqO8muWpVojWwb/s1600-h/Great-Hair.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCRfNliFBlzDw1IT1u5uuUoU-yoCPv-4NIvPFT3T0VWa0-xguEK2PBpDTBwkdDQNuqeDMScLQS7nr4Td4pSEFOu7iQOpe7FdJKBISllhaj8CjyCBjQTg4sNgl-06e21EqqO8muWpVojWwb/s320/Great-Hair.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332576651464643074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">We saw this hair adornment quite often on<br />women that were dressed up<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dipG3gm7G8MmaWildYaAKhd7nwBuOj77BwC0ZM21NVqJPxS_pp12nrV471I2Ni32XCGuP1YyknS8uz9eYtQATA9OFN7e0lcXO2WbQ7-XSWSSHpkFXbtXjIjvix_T5x36Et38C9OvxngJ/s1600-h/pretty-in-pink.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dipG3gm7G8MmaWildYaAKhd7nwBuOj77BwC0ZM21NVqJPxS_pp12nrV471I2Ni32XCGuP1YyknS8uz9eYtQATA9OFN7e0lcXO2WbQ7-XSWSSHpkFXbtXjIjvix_T5x36Et38C9OvxngJ/s320/pretty-in-pink.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332925328090511378" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Grandma was watching this little one while she sat in her small corner store</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >The orange boxes in the back are Beerlao plastic bins</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div>I was infatuated with the Lao children. Their smiles, demeanor and innocence captured my heart. This has not happened often and I will treasure the memory of those faces I saw and a few that I was able to photograph. I had some shyness but generally if I asked to take a pic they said yes or their parents encouraged them. Let me know if you also see something special with these children.Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-72830548238325988012009-04-20T12:56:00.015+08:002009-04-23T15:27:06.840+08:00Dinner with David Greenburg<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuGrALVlrUsTlTMbHnIpJS-yoNGIDKwKZAHWM2DYicQsqXG3QiGBgPXONRpQg4NImLCwPjLdHIHMIxxwamDaP6quDJesi1xDv8BAEzU_7wzhIy8llfNj8CFaeycH2AWNt-C23nvcCGxGN/s1600-h/tim-bev-david.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuGrALVlrUsTlTMbHnIpJS-yoNGIDKwKZAHWM2DYicQsqXG3QiGBgPXONRpQg4NImLCwPjLdHIHMIxxwamDaP6quDJesi1xDv8BAEzU_7wzhIy8llfNj8CFaeycH2AWNt-C23nvcCGxGN/s320/tim-bev-david.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327342274502983506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);font-family:arial;" >Tim Bev and David Greenburg go out to Dinner</span><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDRNXIHqQArLDuwP8BGj68fxSQMNmg6qQ0Inyk3sKM3-9_h5KZ3emJgkp-aSqn6CriTd29wPdd2Ba15v5uyOymaRlSMQK4qPtvw00YbQjT4B4YEDooTvWveRqFUHKbxb3aS-igtXmrKfSn/s1600-h/David4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDRNXIHqQArLDuwP8BGj68fxSQMNmg6qQ0Inyk3sKM3-9_h5KZ3emJgkp-aSqn6CriTd29wPdd2Ba15v5uyOymaRlSMQK4qPtvw00YbQjT4B4YEDooTvWveRqFUHKbxb3aS-igtXmrKfSn/s320/David4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327341749049861330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);font-family:arial;" >David talking to the Secondary students</span><br /><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-sLc-DBJF8fkj5IPRNm3f0v5KvbdNy2SlIRdxroNltF_6FKO9MyQWY5EFDsp0RDGVHxmCKpp9RNENhi9CHBuFyQxFNMbNouN3SK78mT077jWuyiQJRMnU7OGVWITzEEpCrud0UyVgoAz/s1600-h/David1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-sLc-DBJF8fkj5IPRNm3f0v5KvbdNy2SlIRdxroNltF_6FKO9MyQWY5EFDsp0RDGVHxmCKpp9RNENhi9CHBuFyQxFNMbNouN3SK78mT077jWuyiQJRMnU7OGVWITzEEpCrud0UyVgoAz/s320/David1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327341749794671010" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWW4O_jewif-hXUbRYY5GuKjYB9J2eoJIBiadSrTcoABW8dLvJCnGheNAG62kau5gV-1xaeEH8VdlfERXwEVIsidD02X93leOOw-hR_EasClwr7I3qX7ZO_p8ZxIpQvvkvVDGYf4PK7-Lr/s1600-h/David2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWW4O_jewif-hXUbRYY5GuKjYB9J2eoJIBiadSrTcoABW8dLvJCnGheNAG62kau5gV-1xaeEH8VdlfERXwEVIsidD02X93leOOw-hR_EasClwr7I3qX7ZO_p8ZxIpQvvkvVDGYf4PK7-Lr/s320/David2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327341744567774338" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB15R04l6z7t2-VRVUSsn8fby-Sw-8MDYfUU0-fIHSUrmC1AIb3JloWVgk_ck14zjCw6GEomVA5GQKKK3rtmN9oe8pJ7h7BLg6gm0nRnnJTJkjxTiqkYMzOv91pZbUU1cRGUVnvyOa7mDX/s1600-h/DavidBook.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB15R04l6z7t2-VRVUSsn8fby-Sw-8MDYfUU0-fIHSUrmC1AIb3JloWVgk_ck14zjCw6GEomVA5GQKKK3rtmN9oe8pJ7h7BLg6gm0nRnnJTJkjxTiqkYMzOv91pZbUU1cRGUVnvyOa7mDX/s320/DavidBook.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327341746277431810" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNsQB862sRmney0Oyws6D87KcZBNX6rpkYrvuBRXF7yPWdnsegvY1851B6edHFUshcwRa9lh7rjboEYsbPPqVVKqf3hnuc9w3_ERaLjN90snJnXzcbKHcbWJBE7xFKEds5e2OFK2yCm4C/s1600-h/David3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNsQB862sRmney0Oyws6D87KcZBNX6rpkYrvuBRXF7yPWdnsegvY1851B6edHFUshcwRa9lh7rjboEYsbPPqVVKqf3hnuc9w3_ERaLjN90snJnXzcbKHcbWJBE7xFKEds5e2OFK2yCm4C/s320/David3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327341754972570850" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Autographs were popular</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdd-cr8H4QPibAAfF55jcCGIuqXBVvc9vr9zDTjT3CK_iCUJWu_4nlaI-lZG8gOorRpFwA0MTtlb-gbFHoPmmUeXh_AxfrrSFoa3WR706lBWmCS8qXAshzFpm-pr9XHYIfpwDpjjiqmB7V/s1600-h/David-&-birds.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdd-cr8H4QPibAAfF55jcCGIuqXBVvc9vr9zDTjT3CK_iCUJWu_4nlaI-lZG8gOorRpFwA0MTtlb-gbFHoPmmUeXh_AxfrrSFoa3WR706lBWmCS8qXAshzFpm-pr9XHYIfpwDpjjiqmB7V/s320/David-&-birds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327341229956262082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">We had Goose as part of out dinner</span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1aoPnx4zSWEd8bd0-Buvaord1BgExrURxfFkmiKgxI5q7Ru0IC9jziI5JCMjK-tJDUjFE44vWHFoi1IIukS11mgFKW8vzCv6F8Ri2nTq6HPRSRAtDS7R1pdSFqXO-io3G-69i4Q3vbwj3/s1600-h/dinner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1aoPnx4zSWEd8bd0-Buvaord1BgExrURxfFkmiKgxI5q7Ru0IC9jziI5JCMjK-tJDUjFE44vWHFoi1IIukS11mgFKW8vzCv6F8Ri2nTq6HPRSRAtDS7R1pdSFqXO-io3G-69i4Q3vbwj3/s320/dinner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327341230398102210" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);font-family:arial;" >We had a great time taking David out to Dinner</span><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Bev was a co-team leader for Book Week this past week at our School. As such she had many tasks. (Book Week is a big deal). With every teacher making a display and many daily activities. One activity was to host a visiting author. David Greenburg is from the Portland area. He is a well renowned children's poet and has most recently written a novel about Civil Rights. His father was Jack Greenburg noted defense attorney for NAACP and Martin Luther King. Besides being very entertaining he was absolutely delightful to talk with and kept ourselves and our students mesmerized.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">We had the privilege to take Mr. Greenburg out to Dinner. Here are some pictures of David and a candid interview that Bev conducted with him.</span> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This week is Earth Week. The week before Book Week it was spring Spirit Week, The week before that was Strawberry Tea, big talent show etc. The school has many activities, so many that they sometimes overlap and compete for students, everyone's time, and talent. Students and parents get much more than just a full educational experience.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here is an Interview that Bev conducted while having Dinner with David.</span></span></span><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">AN INTERVIEW WITH DAVID GREENBERG<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Mr. David Greenberg visited QSI during Book Week as our guest author. Interviewed by</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> Bev Wnterfeld here are his answers to a few questions about being an author.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p>BW: Tell us a little bit about yourself?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="">DG: I am here by myself, and have a 19-year-old son who is going to school in Scotland. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="">My dog and girlfriend are at home in Portland, Oregon.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p>BW: How many books have you authored, and what’s your favorite thing to write about?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="">DG: I ‘ve authored 16 books, there are more coming that are not yet published. I love kids so I have written mostly kids books, but my heart is with poetry.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p>BW: What brought you to QSI in Shekou?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="">DG :I received an email from Mr. Brantley, and started corresponding with him. Now, I’m here and going to other QSI schools. It just started by my answering an email. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p>BW: What inspired you to become an author?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="">DG: My mother was a teacher, and my father used to read poetry to me as a kid.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p>BW: Are any of your books translated into other languages?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="">DG: Yes, some of my books are in other languages, Korean being one of them.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p>BW: What trends are you seeing with children’s books, and literacy?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="">DG: With the economy book sales are down in the U. S., but it’s interesting because I offer a summer workshop on “Authoring Children’s Books” and the demand is more than ever. You can find information, to register on my website. It’s very popular with kids.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p>BW: Having visited a bookstore in China, what did you notice?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="">DG: In the children’s reading section, there are ample amounts, and the culture is hungry for literacy. People are spending money on books, desiring to read.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p>BW: What other things do you like to do?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="">DG: I like to spend time on outdoor sports, travel, eat and one of my favorite places to visit is a bookstore. I also love my dog.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p>BW: Can you give kids some advice about writing?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="">DG: Writing is hard work, requiring practice and it’s good to write about observations of normal things. I’m always making notes because writing is my passion.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p>BW: Tell us about the novel you authored?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="">DG: My novel <span style="font-weight: bold;">A Tugging String</span> challenged me, took a long time to write, but it’s good to challenge yourself. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">BW: Do you make a lot of money being an author?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p><i style="">DG: No! Not necessarily, because you must pay the costs of the publisher and illustrator. I have to sell lots of books to make very much money.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p>BW: Was it hard to get started as an author?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="">DG: I wrote a book, and got 111 rejections, before the 112th publishing company offered to publish my book at the age of 28. It is hard work to be a writer; sometimes it takes month or years to finish a book.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p>BW: Would you like to return again to China?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="">DG: I like it very much, and would love to spend more time here on my next trip.</i></span></p>Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-10292541226182213152009-04-18T18:05:00.005+08:002009-04-18T18:22:27.396+08:00Fenghua Computer Lab<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-pdkuYYkNXNvO3Kc-TKFNfPc3oQOi2f2gM4hTJ9K9NnWfDc3rdKHvcp2OKzmRtUq7t7rtQtHSLZuwJUOki-Mw5mIANCF0i_SiS5sFalV0UNuTzEjfN5xEO8QPog37LyDK8m0uH7sJ-TN6/s1600-h/Sec-Comp-Lab.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-pdkuYYkNXNvO3Kc-TKFNfPc3oQOi2f2gM4hTJ9K9NnWfDc3rdKHvcp2OKzmRtUq7t7rtQtHSLZuwJUOki-Mw5mIANCF0i_SiS5sFalV0UNuTzEjfN5xEO8QPog37LyDK8m0uH7sJ-TN6/s320/Sec-Comp-Lab.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325971173290358210" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsCV8i5vdm-dqo355_DyPbdlvd9y1Ubq94yXmwE15TcAIgYVqV-hQfC9AKLohDUKTbhHB0nxGTL5fgt5W5BfbnF5vcf7kDV6RJgSLqNcKNs4rTgAMW_a-0tG1GMGSwtHoZZlISziWZCIC/s1600-h/My-Lab-Deck.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsCV8i5vdm-dqo355_DyPbdlvd9y1Ubq94yXmwE15TcAIgYVqV-hQfC9AKLohDUKTbhHB0nxGTL5fgt5W5BfbnF5vcf7kDV6RJgSLqNcKNs4rTgAMW_a-0tG1GMGSwtHoZZlISziWZCIC/s320/My-Lab-Deck.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325974360976641666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The Deck off my Computer Lab, far right of pic above (Staff only on this one)<br /><br /></span></span></div>Computer Lab at Fenghua our New QSI Secondary School. This is where I spend a good part of my time. Computers are a major part of the QSI school.Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-51480161683805061182009-04-15T17:09:00.003+08:002009-04-15T23:11:06.378+08:00Great Air Conditioning<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1i5zbgKnJ30BvQXCCwHGF4LnrjqnGQIEPxFT3FexYDyOu1LQOQ7Zl_uyKhMRPyT5LLGhCT0E5-jhfSYS4DJsbCpPEo_Yc8F3a43RSN0Y4qHUlv5HmhiknPKzhzbIh7W0rOtzu0Q_-SqW1/s1600-h/Open.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 158px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1i5zbgKnJ30BvQXCCwHGF4LnrjqnGQIEPxFT3FexYDyOu1LQOQ7Zl_uyKhMRPyT5LLGhCT0E5-jhfSYS4DJsbCpPEo_Yc8F3a43RSN0Y4qHUlv5HmhiknPKzhzbIh7W0rOtzu0Q_-SqW1/s320/Open.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324843890286172626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Click on the pic to get the "whole" story</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div>Having a broken AC unit in Southern China is not fun. My classroom unit has not worked for the past three days and it has been warm with the typical high humidity. Thinking about how warm the day could prove to be as I was walking to work this morning and following this young guy, I was thinking how nice it must be to open and cool.<div><br /></div><div>Both the way this child is being carried, (everyone has a built-in baby carrier) and the split pants are very typical in China for boys and girls up to about this age or so. It proves to be very convenient as you can squat any time and take care of business. Yes you must watch where you step. Little puddles on the sidewalk are not spilled tea!</div>Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-64284894700787257322009-04-11T11:52:00.007+08:002009-04-11T13:13:08.741+08:00From on Top of 21st Floor<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkB6MTGpB6nOjPXFE9JxxX0GjGtsJ4r00QOK8ofk7Uwi1IEbs-aUsN1MEuiDvGaufQl_VKyHBfZKvAlY0szIpqqwZ94aDJGvmvRWGfHN5aD2EHOhJxiG8y2HORT8zqBvm6mezMnXc3WP5/s1600-h/Map.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 310px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkB6MTGpB6nOjPXFE9JxxX0GjGtsJ4r00QOK8ofk7Uwi1IEbs-aUsN1MEuiDvGaufQl_VKyHBfZKvAlY0szIpqqwZ94aDJGvmvRWGfHN5aD2EHOhJxiG8y2HORT8zqBvm6mezMnXc3WP5/s320/Map.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323295987831927890" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We live in Shekou</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodX7I_ud5VZ8aHDooyvPTWm-eLPBn_oHR-u3V2FgxFwlkGxTZt69eQTIC_lkFfKf5DR5FSLZERA9PJxPp7nItY4-_XRtpQOonUADKO0507jfBtK62GxwKApcL7t7thSaRpedaq0XDNST0/s1600-h/%231sample.10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodX7I_ud5VZ8aHDooyvPTWm-eLPBn_oHR-u3V2FgxFwlkGxTZt69eQTIC_lkFfKf5DR5FSLZERA9PJxPp7nItY4-_XRtpQOonUADKO0507jfBtK62GxwKApcL7t7thSaRpedaq0XDNST0/s320/%231sample.10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323285335113004274" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">QSI Fenghua Secondary School and track</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhzBxqrG87NwQL6spf8XaezYYpqRX9zJZFjp2TIRDulZoVStTDtvOyf7cMlpIW1j3SFiB02oVVuMtI-uQpHiXfOuyVQHHq7a94nVj19iCVQoczdT03TyuVNLOGv__J9BUAHYA3rIIE6aAK/s1600-h/No-ladders.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhzBxqrG87NwQL6spf8XaezYYpqRX9zJZFjp2TIRDulZoVStTDtvOyf7cMlpIW1j3SFiB02oVVuMtI-uQpHiXfOuyVQHHq7a94nVj19iCVQoczdT03TyuVNLOGv__J9BUAHYA3rIIE6aAK/s320/No-ladders.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323285330469838642" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">No ladders, no kidding!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUJ0XKsTQmye2323YBwCZQNaGqD0YtWp7_P9Eg9fyI7s1Uut2s_L9Y926lgCvuXN3qTHVYV4ie3-wsiG6HhixKCGcZHuZIQFz3YvXM7Y6Hwb4S8CFY_FyanoTEM4k0jrf5jCbkh2cPOwqs/s1600-h/Tim-April-09.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUJ0XKsTQmye2323YBwCZQNaGqD0YtWp7_P9Eg9fyI7s1Uut2s_L9Y926lgCvuXN3qTHVYV4ie3-wsiG6HhixKCGcZHuZIQFz3YvXM7Y6Hwb4S8CFY_FyanoTEM4k0jrf5jCbkh2cPOwqs/s320/Tim-April-09.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323285330125945314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tim is facing the school, you can see his apartment in the background</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVpNNDSu0o2kMIwZVRweIpQfxLzHfJK4hwjeIN-b5-WNd7wU1YkIhDdwqZOhKTv7vaN_4d7Jspo5r4DiMynnVVYIXNsJeBpwiGPVqRLgXsGccGgI7BYJyzP72Rnyp6WCo2KpY1zPp_m9My/s1600-h/Staff-Housing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVpNNDSu0o2kMIwZVRweIpQfxLzHfJK4hwjeIN-b5-WNd7wU1YkIhDdwqZOhKTv7vaN_4d7Jspo5r4DiMynnVVYIXNsJeBpwiGPVqRLgXsGccGgI7BYJyzP72Rnyp6WCo2KpY1zPp_m9My/s320/Staff-Housing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323285324649068866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Next door, Some secondary teachers live in this building</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKtTmx9CngKm0qJrhGXoLPSStNQexnBTMDc1eBBAVQCNN4vN6ZcK7GIXsWdEKvntAfZLtLdPLcoQifS2E76YsJ_feBhhXIGWgjxkTnymGBxlM1tAs2HIRcXftT0pnIGwCroqyWS-V2MuVd/s320/Area.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323295994113564530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 194px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The view from there.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOEPcb8M-T-P6A1qaYLIV1MS1OynrIBWSxlMUt5U41yeIQXbx_Q_rM4tu1-xaVmMftWHiot60c3swxgXDksYxvxonMZQq_5eAgB5xNFulQqROoJaWDd-Osn_HnTRNZXiQDuXJfzqCTDSS/s1600-h/SYSPsm.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOEPcb8M-T-P6A1qaYLIV1MS1OynrIBWSxlMUt5U41yeIQXbx_Q_rM4tu1-xaVmMftWHiot60c3swxgXDksYxvxonMZQq_5eAgB5xNFulQqROoJaWDd-Osn_HnTRNZXiQDuXJfzqCTDSS/s320/SYSPsm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323295993644036210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">My friend Howard's Sat. morning community kids soccer program</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>These were taken on Sat. (day before Easter) from a apartment building near the new QSI Fenghua Secondary School in Shekou. This gives a little of the idea of what this part of Shenzhen is like. It is the very small (village) part of Shenzhen, but still has more than a million residents. I don't know what the exact area is but I doubt it is much more than a few square miles. These are just a few shots to give you a feel for the density of the buildings. I takes me about 20 min. to walk from the school you see here to my apartment shown in the pic of me. About 5 min. by bike, which could be stolen, so I usually only ride on the weekend when I can take the bike into the building, or between 10-20 min. by bus depending on how long you wait and time of day.Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-16044469567914089162009-04-09T20:41:00.004+08:002009-04-09T20:50:43.478+08:00Arm and Hatchet<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIzwmhBy2THDmDX2d9Jos7LDOoTYUyzaNumbMTtitoF_gsRQYwZWzjjppoQH3X7DVQY8yQnMtV-5jz3SNX_nPdNejUaKrh2XLgiBo9CMr9Qivl_OsYPOgXqNUER-VOU2IZI0KN0JjJmiF/s1600-h/arm&hatchet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIzwmhBy2THDmDX2d9Jos7LDOoTYUyzaNumbMTtitoF_gsRQYwZWzjjppoQH3X7DVQY8yQnMtV-5jz3SNX_nPdNejUaKrh2XLgiBo9CMr9Qivl_OsYPOgXqNUER-VOU2IZI0KN0JjJmiF/s320/arm&hatchet.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322671325130842066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Click to see a close up view</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This is a friend of ours Howard from Washington D C</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div>China version of a popular American product. We see this kind of thing all the time. It always brings a smile to our face.Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-21029670844558109702009-04-09T20:27:00.004+08:002009-04-09T20:37:41.104+08:00Dropping in at Starbucks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMADpLvDkg_ySSl9gwJOKMcaZy5q7xpZJLyP3cUcZ7HKKjSbuKr1_zPWJkI-eDYTZFuoHXyzDIMru_5QZJ_9Ivpo80FVjtXCId7-EouatIjVN7WrYZxSqugkg_0DqUU1O6uzULTApOg1nk/s1600-h/starguy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMADpLvDkg_ySSl9gwJOKMcaZy5q7xpZJLyP3cUcZ7HKKjSbuKr1_zPWJkI-eDYTZFuoHXyzDIMru_5QZJ_9Ivpo80FVjtXCId7-EouatIjVN7WrYZxSqugkg_0DqUU1O6uzULTApOg1nk/s320/starguy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322669845272887682" /></a><br />I was sitting at Starbucks having a coffee and look up to see this guy dropping down sitting on his board. He had been washing the windows and dropped down to the ground. Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-87952510649040845652009-04-06T13:32:00.012+08:002009-04-06T14:32:22.041+08:00Strawberry Tea<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumzX2gLO6fiYRdGUp13cO_3qfaL46IQcO36Hb10P1qjX83-ePdoITNF6QFNAB23kP-HPsLcwTZF2PVGLX-9nL2mOlqT1X5WmK3WRlqQXpN5-Qol2pAEBHWrkBUm-pNB2Sr6UQ3M4i0nSA/s1600-h/ST4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumzX2gLO6fiYRdGUp13cO_3qfaL46IQcO36Hb10P1qjX83-ePdoITNF6QFNAB23kP-HPsLcwTZF2PVGLX-9nL2mOlqT1X5WmK3WRlqQXpN5-Qol2pAEBHWrkBUm-pNB2Sr6UQ3M4i0nSA/s320/ST4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321459716966818242" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDZDOs18r4frRDeDUN4BqkOqZk9igFV7PVC4lsNlMWMMQqSKbML7FoPx88ZAR5t_L4FeQZB6lRimo3xccfen10ap3173M5e-QJlvw2kuParrXkPGgd4pGPAO_szKyHvcIN72kUluxXIZL/s1600-h/ST1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDZDOs18r4frRDeDUN4BqkOqZk9igFV7PVC4lsNlMWMMQqSKbML7FoPx88ZAR5t_L4FeQZB6lRimo3xccfen10ap3173M5e-QJlvw2kuParrXkPGgd4pGPAO_szKyHvcIN72kUluxXIZL/s320/ST1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321459741310732834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cake and Ice Cream</span></span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_E-8cCTlhaR9MKuOJkppTDjrN2kLW1LFSJhIevZIr6iomn92dXUinRlvdjqNjn51LHT6rHoD7hMeNXoJR9VnibUoZwohT44OfB8_4gbHb35kju19BF8MTGbHESWOezPXyQDmQrkxZZlAM/s1600-h/ST2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_E-8cCTlhaR9MKuOJkppTDjrN2kLW1LFSJhIevZIr6iomn92dXUinRlvdjqNjn51LHT6rHoD7hMeNXoJR9VnibUoZwohT44OfB8_4gbHb35kju19BF8MTGbHESWOezPXyQDmQrkxZZlAM/s320/ST2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321459731731899250" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBsMsVDbShqE_st8Lgr3dqrskeHe1TfB-bMTETel2pBM3NrPCWEDweNWmh9g0xPKhG_IalFRbuEqevFkD88sQjnRoVCeTKelj_8_bQtld8Uz6bts1viv0NVCmYdZ_ZYY0pwGSufLPhq47/s1600-h/ST3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBsMsVDbShqE_st8Lgr3dqrskeHe1TfB-bMTETel2pBM3NrPCWEDweNWmh9g0xPKhG_IalFRbuEqevFkD88sQjnRoVCeTKelj_8_bQtld8Uz6bts1viv0NVCmYdZ_ZYY0pwGSufLPhq47/s320/ST3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321459728801368402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Baskets to bid on</span></span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt8cKyu0cFaS7rVkeiEp248tWGQJfVh9h3QQIShs11ixiheNMlrABC6Gp_tBLV5Qnmp0TAdvhSEuNdI-r-9_7fo7R5o0BZ4sA_glQG7aby67EhkkDzXR8NyP4EcoQITxIBfSPdVfseTXMQ/s1600-h/ST5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt8cKyu0cFaS7rVkeiEp248tWGQJfVh9h3QQIShs11ixiheNMlrABC6Gp_tBLV5Qnmp0TAdvhSEuNdI-r-9_7fo7R5o0BZ4sA_glQG7aby67EhkkDzXR8NyP4EcoQITxIBfSPdVfseTXMQ/s320/ST5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321459709640204066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Anxiously awaiting, we're next....</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhejEQHsWQxqULJtvI7GUQXztAsoo7r_0-9ubEqGOoRacIl1TpmGvkDl_0Oha5uomormR7rytEXybPJmCGY_7JExE7D_-1lBNWnFp4RZsakOmvgC4aRrWYSZNDeQneMO0sBIMNNPB4J4zZ7/s1600-h/ST6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhejEQHsWQxqULJtvI7GUQXztAsoo7r_0-9ubEqGOoRacIl1TpmGvkDl_0Oha5uomormR7rytEXybPJmCGY_7JExE7D_-1lBNWnFp4RZsakOmvgC4aRrWYSZNDeQneMO0sBIMNNPB4J4zZ7/s320/ST6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321459524855210466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lets get those steps right</span><br /></span></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEs8nuHAqhB4q_Arbw1zTYbg9PMWj-15LowhCTB5eAfC156XvilTAlJTof5G20pVu-oCYwgzNdXp9kauKIjhozfNFJwqiDMZCACqPEg0CfH0YIsmMRCuKmITs_hrCW5Jyz-IXuO9B4RyZ/s1600-h/ST7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEs8nuHAqhB4q_Arbw1zTYbg9PMWj-15LowhCTB5eAfC156XvilTAlJTof5G20pVu-oCYwgzNdXp9kauKIjhozfNFJwqiDMZCACqPEg0CfH0YIsmMRCuKmITs_hrCW5Jyz-IXuO9B4RyZ/s320/ST7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321459523629179026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ready to Serve</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9sN8CdTrOuPUW9P0b1iCPEVCaALiE_AWMdcnnQTrib2-I0gM4NKNPVEzDoXLW9I1dEZhAtAX2mWkM6uvYJlCqG-ySV2mEYFg1oDNSsbPWxritZMkatonY7tnr5drv3oXESXTnUYoR6MOe/s1600-h/ST9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9sN8CdTrOuPUW9P0b1iCPEVCaALiE_AWMdcnnQTrib2-I0gM4NKNPVEzDoXLW9I1dEZhAtAX2mWkM6uvYJlCqG-ySV2mEYFg1oDNSsbPWxritZMkatonY7tnr5drv3oXESXTnUYoR6MOe/s320/ST9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321459522718361826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One half of the gym for one of the two shows<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZfAFjNvyk9vmL9mmdEL2Jn6A1Y5h_1SPT3tT0ftlZqn4Cvh3CS8LpHs109NDE7nGtIoSDA7wum_pG2TfmLXqXfxrTDbrFPcwtO1LW_t2RFfQNdonmS9RnQ4QmnqKu2A9a7kiJ9jgJzyup/s1600-h/ST10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZfAFjNvyk9vmL9mmdEL2Jn6A1Y5h_1SPT3tT0ftlZqn4Cvh3CS8LpHs109NDE7nGtIoSDA7wum_pG2TfmLXqXfxrTDbrFPcwtO1LW_t2RFfQNdonmS9RnQ4QmnqKu2A9a7kiJ9jgJzyup/s320/ST10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321459515895831090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">All for a good cause<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div>A QSI traditional yearly Spring event is what is called the "Strawberry Tea." Although it sounds innocuous enough it is actually a very large fund raising event for Liu Tan our schools adopted Chinese village and service project. Strawberry Tea has little to do with Tea, and Strawberries are only used in a slightly decorative way. It does involve tickets, some cake and ice cream and a large talent show that allows students and some staff to show what the've got. This year there were two different shows this past Saturday. Many students participated and many parents and friends enjoyed the afternoon. Here are some pictures from the event. Oh, a big hats off to Abbe DeWitt for a fantastic job organizing over 50 volunteers, running a large committee and pulling this event off.Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-89179954483127333172009-03-30T22:29:00.007+08:002009-03-30T22:44:11.690+08:00Ping Ping<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQPn2sJyB8AgaFyrMjP_k0-1wI1TYOm9lvc5kunFj4SefnWySJIE_VCcp7ib-z4Z-YLvljJDMh3PqQGrnTPOS8BGJjHCr6b1Q3Hp8giWQFZar01DIaIuvuYv7rub7F45hXxuaS5gbWetsE/s1600-h/Ping-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQPn2sJyB8AgaFyrMjP_k0-1wI1TYOm9lvc5kunFj4SefnWySJIE_VCcp7ib-z4Z-YLvljJDMh3PqQGrnTPOS8BGJjHCr6b1Q3Hp8giWQFZar01DIaIuvuYv7rub7F45hXxuaS5gbWetsE/s320/Ping-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318990827766839186" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCkmN4pCz9Bl0Dm8vPyVflFxUXEDni1CDlGeGochHES7TnaT3RU6V77WI994UYa2-bEfUPsjSFmwAzxoCxCRbJqbo7bxgOuTGtMscEQ09IXdIoBDVXixyQulbLLSciQu09xK8HqsVEDcx/s1600-h/ping-4.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnd9jDlA6sEgMMZyKP902VawHdI1K8DhSm7fK3yrM7FAHgGgJktqLQccht8rJA3L0GxfXbHaSzQuDnaIA0FVpOWydnXqwjQqpOdQ8BWHcJDR2GYIynK0RO2166oiT34Ou62o6Q3FMbi6uI/s320/Ping-12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318990348847163842" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_GFqvuXjlY2EqddDJNOV7Pgyp0lAZyKcm4xARYx3l-vFxpJS8lHkuLBicaGBYu48VABqKtAaNI30dHBm6QLOYBg81_XNwH5ReoGQJwNPU8knkn4VqJ7JhkZ1H08mSVUuIPrPGWLBME_T/s1600-h/Ping-13.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_GFqvuXjlY2EqddDJNOV7Pgyp0lAZyKcm4xARYx3l-vFxpJS8lHkuLBicaGBYu48VABqKtAaNI30dHBm6QLOYBg81_XNwH5ReoGQJwNPU8knkn4VqJ7JhkZ1H08mSVUuIPrPGWLBME_T/s320/Ping-13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318990345532813970" /></a><br />While we were in Yangshuo we had a full time guide to help us make the most of our time. Ping Ping was awesome. We did so many things in just 2 and 1/2 days, it was amazing. Ping Ping got us the best seats the best and most direct route into venues. We saw more things that interested us than we could have imagined. If you ever to to Yangshuo you need Ping Ping she was sweet and arranged all our transporation needs as well as our hotel. We had a driver even when we arrived at the airport at almost midnight. If your interested here is her e-mail.<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=8896383912927500991&postID=8917995448312733317"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">p</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">ingping1982@163.com</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div>Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-67239066224655418962009-03-25T21:17:00.010+08:002009-03-25T23:23:12.339+08:00Balloon over Yangshuo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Q8RV4lZa8UAi7zU6OXEJx9inx7oT75t6cKReyGlJtTi1ns35HYRyM-kXCzOhyjnr5zE7KvR3jJJdStxfwdWYu-hzdVdZ45-EKj-JHj3T4M0w2JzksWZ8xobozdxwJV6NEObvmX1QsBDD/s1600-h/Balloon1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Q8RV4lZa8UAi7zU6OXEJx9inx7oT75t6cKReyGlJtTi1ns35HYRyM-kXCzOhyjnr5zE7KvR3jJJdStxfwdWYu-hzdVdZ45-EKj-JHj3T4M0w2JzksWZ8xobozdxwJV6NEObvmX1QsBDD/s320/Balloon1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317145134551275298" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">They are waiting on us to decide if we want to go up, I am just taking pics.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0FFkaSNfiMSzkqNFyxmzO3GiobvszINR34gYS0f_MZv5zygKG_rSn586mJtdccY0g8JLiqTIGdavbmhLTvxn16mIdu2AywaPsQmOrUF7R1x75rKXfIYA2amQXDQ2qlRuU6OEjUSlhc3oa/s1600-h/Balloon2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0FFkaSNfiMSzkqNFyxmzO3GiobvszINR34gYS0f_MZv5zygKG_rSn586mJtdccY0g8JLiqTIGdavbmhLTvxn16mIdu2AywaPsQmOrUF7R1x75rKXfIYA2amQXDQ2qlRuU6OEjUSlhc3oa/s320/Balloon2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317145135363372722" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Bev and Shirley wave goodbye</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFW0z4dE2URdilllqMN7-NpiIHj0J_Fqdw5EfhTxssGXEYOoCPoSbG_9S5H7gUDo_LDVhdhUIoykrmY6USoQWH9GFRWEPCi9fYc1LrMuue2BAcR8N9QFYn7Moip0VQyJ_BxalvFnlImVQW/s1600-h/Ballon3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 215px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFW0z4dE2URdilllqMN7-NpiIHj0J_Fqdw5EfhTxssGXEYOoCPoSbG_9S5H7gUDo_LDVhdhUIoykrmY6USoQWH9GFRWEPCi9fYc1LrMuue2BAcR8N9QFYn7Moip0VQyJ_BxalvFnlImVQW/s320/Ballon3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317145131183090770" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUL0XBH5skNJC6nQJs22nKUC8G7Y3-980leCQ7Hl9WaCkDEu2NvW4uu2dScq5wfAQgV8VEDeDOcGgqr2OP98plDdP3alJB4ajtWnBAkzVNJwK8xPqB8x4SV4iQNF5xCeOwBfh8TMl3PpG/s1600-h/Ballon4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUL0XBH5skNJC6nQJs22nKUC8G7Y3-980leCQ7Hl9WaCkDEu2NvW4uu2dScq5wfAQgV8VEDeDOcGgqr2OP98plDdP3alJB4ajtWnBAkzVNJwK8xPqB8x4SV4iQNF5xCeOwBfh8TMl3PpG/s320/Ballon4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317145121538162594" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Gail</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-yGMa4bUrEDYDKH5NIuuwOCY66r57jlsRDsT_NXv2WAxuMSkBEqF174HHwomTJs4ZsO8k-8TalHleCpIvZd9GfNN2ILGsXoZ8FRwVPKyz3-wWnMP_iAi1_WMp4q_Vp5m6FTXRjWBqM27/s1600-h/Ballon6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-yGMa4bUrEDYDKH5NIuuwOCY66r57jlsRDsT_NXv2WAxuMSkBEqF174HHwomTJs4ZsO8k-8TalHleCpIvZd9GfNN2ILGsXoZ8FRwVPKyz3-wWnMP_iAi1_WMp4q_Vp5m6FTXRjWBqM27/s320/Ballon6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317145113684016162" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmqHX1FGAZqhrnsFKG8dDyx73maIpoa3wirCGQt_pv8Z_TMLeqLVlk7_HUihb2EeEn5WwsfcFk6jdzCPDQEFEZLqRanWV69meBnHVO-A883BT0Xfn-GjZhOPoaY-htnVZt5rBsRUHLGWe/s1600-h/Balloon7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmqHX1FGAZqhrnsFKG8dDyx73maIpoa3wirCGQt_pv8Z_TMLeqLVlk7_HUihb2EeEn5WwsfcFk6jdzCPDQEFEZLqRanWV69meBnHVO-A883BT0Xfn-GjZhOPoaY-htnVZt5rBsRUHLGWe/s320/Balloon7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317144545467931010" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNpDAm57x2y9sxxFjQ2q_EcSSL23xaGNtVRPwOC6lPRZM3qBF6qPRBKNtEULbv_tXKOv0MtPlYaBJtyk1hzc5PSJr4C14nV5LPQ9_pj21YAkQ01IG3MsknHKKulgnLohXAFhl_wiGUptm/s1600-h/Balloon8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNpDAm57x2y9sxxFjQ2q_EcSSL23xaGNtVRPwOC6lPRZM3qBF6qPRBKNtEULbv_tXKOv0MtPlYaBJtyk1hzc5PSJr4C14nV5LPQ9_pj21YAkQ01IG3MsknHKKulgnLohXAFhl_wiGUptm/s320/Balloon8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317144539841475746" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Another Balloon</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWVcXukjyxfr0Oxoeb5DSt-Kk3lXaq0P0FC9Nu5KW9dPld_lS6taGo7I6EQAKDtSK92hli1TB0Ljgt5y5Iz4NPcq1YEq43BubZ-N124R07B7b-S75bANFkkV9tzfSqjeiuHWvR85Djtu_/s1600-h/Balloon9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWVcXukjyxfr0Oxoeb5DSt-Kk3lXaq0P0FC9Nu5KW9dPld_lS6taGo7I6EQAKDtSK92hli1TB0Ljgt5y5Iz4NPcq1YEq43BubZ-N124R07B7b-S75bANFkkV9tzfSqjeiuHWvR85Djtu_/s320/Balloon9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317144536336824722" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK613oY4RGNanS16Don1IYoTcAQ_bhJW4qR9EPnIj_8fM3qontn5V8AjRE0ojfhhTEskBsIgXFds2Lw7koqhWJTNgH89S6OtNjkaYIzG6RSXRyVvjRw8pM29UuVRWb4q-grTsTGoP3b4_J/s1600-h/Balloon10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK613oY4RGNanS16Don1IYoTcAQ_bhJW4qR9EPnIj_8fM3qontn5V8AjRE0ojfhhTEskBsIgXFds2Lw7koqhWJTNgH89S6OtNjkaYIzG6RSXRyVvjRw8pM29UuVRWb4q-grTsTGoP3b4_J/s320/Balloon10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317144528898429922" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSoUTCR66ekwoPDOso0FUB_72qwcSBllACq6ddhf9SqUZFAxMoVHcN9Y3uS-ymsMf5n62se7H3UNwbjNQlMPnNNv-0kM47sCdAo5CnR32rqMC4gMLA-RRCSx7V2KdCRM1_lZVgHs4B4Kr/s1600-h/Balloon11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSoUTCR66ekwoPDOso0FUB_72qwcSBllACq6ddhf9SqUZFAxMoVHcN9Y3uS-ymsMf5n62se7H3UNwbjNQlMPnNNv-0kM47sCdAo5CnR32rqMC4gMLA-RRCSx7V2KdCRM1_lZVgHs4B4Kr/s320/Balloon11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317144524700529826" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">That is a lot of flame</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8So5tp8c5cL4E1s4pKMjIG53LcB7NKbJg6h4FKqbow_CkurQ5GAY2FwzQzaldPunI8_CwjqPN5f7Tt7Ehk_ZQSioMXHQluoe3hzTkGCGJGzSQNJwKaLkFVQCXnEsfU3CYStL9m7A_OQAE/s1600-h/Balloon12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8So5tp8c5cL4E1s4pKMjIG53LcB7NKbJg6h4FKqbow_CkurQ5GAY2FwzQzaldPunI8_CwjqPN5f7Tt7Ehk_ZQSioMXHQluoe3hzTkGCGJGzSQNJwKaLkFVQCXnEsfU3CYStL9m7A_OQAE/s320/Balloon12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317143698682657794" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Coming down, had dropped the line and gone up a little</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKA2Fuf39PB1LFYnqPe85kWaKQHwwHMQZhv4wTfqbYkmixUVc4lvbS041CDYmScKwxzSsR9J5JQD2qx4TELsGRrYJrM3ol1r1VmLGDDNL0Im6_Pn-xuePQCebWNiKj2PRzExXd0oKIw09U/s1600-h/Tim-in-Basket.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKA2Fuf39PB1LFYnqPe85kWaKQHwwHMQZhv4wTfqbYkmixUVc4lvbS041CDYmScKwxzSsR9J5JQD2qx4TELsGRrYJrM3ol1r1VmLGDDNL0Im6_Pn-xuePQCebWNiKj2PRzExXd0oKIw09U/s320/Tim-in-Basket.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317143694101504834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">After the flight</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISgDqsxGcgedZsRryWnVAkr0PG3f8vN9ynN_N9dZ1LGPYOCevey6_KhBROg1dwvLyXKxJyki1CreOsiy7glHkbCCIwN0Ri1E5NF6WnPR5Nmr5jMwnBRuM8XWGqyKsG9Exlz586Sdz9LAn/s1600-h/Balloon14.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISgDqsxGcgedZsRryWnVAkr0PG3f8vN9ynN_N9dZ1LGPYOCevey6_KhBROg1dwvLyXKxJyki1CreOsiy7glHkbCCIwN0Ri1E5NF6WnPR5Nmr5jMwnBRuM8XWGqyKsG9Exlz586Sdz9LAn/s320/Balloon14.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317143692924709778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The End</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div>Gail and Tim were able to take a one hour Balloon ride over the beautiful karst limestone formations of Yangshuo. While we were riding around on our bikes ,we came across this basket being taken out of the back of a truck, we had previously inquired with Ping Ping our guide about taking a hot air balloon ride. The weather was perfect, air was clear and we were there. The company looked competent, professional,and they were all dressed in red. We decided to go upright then. A quick trip to the weeds before the flight, a kiss to the wives and we were on our way.<div><br /></div><div>Awesome, beautiful, breathtaking and not as scary as I thought it might be. The basket is a little low and seemed to be made for people a little shorter than Gail and I. We tried to not rock the basket. Space was limited with our pilot and another Chinese couple that went up with us. We burned up two of the four propane tanks in the hour ride. Each tank looked to be 12 -15 gallons. I had to flip my hat around to keep from burning my neck when the burners were switched on. We traveled up almost 1000 meters high at one point, (over 3,000 feet). These are some of the pics from our trip.</div>Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896383912927500991.post-32124994997401685442009-03-16T15:13:00.020+08:002009-03-26T21:33:58.007+08:00Guilin / Yangshuo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9QJ_H8R0w8sLOQAQu7KIAAHghqC5TlacTL7jncxiOpVbYASODc3aSoKkpVdk-TMj3yDD5rnTc5Adt8S_H34czFWKSWa_qp9A-Sy2wbW72svM0zavvdFqFv22XXtryl9teUAMtXp8OIsy/s1600-h/wet-peddler.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9QJ_H8R0w8sLOQAQu7KIAAHghqC5TlacTL7jncxiOpVbYASODc3aSoKkpVdk-TMj3yDD5rnTc5Adt8S_H34czFWKSWa_qp9A-Sy2wbW72svM0zavvdFqFv22XXtryl9teUAMtXp8OIsy/s320/wet-peddler.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317488443076598130" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Wet peddler</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdGRT7q8EHdlyKvnVukzFvKhyiyiKjLdgB8td_SS1HUmdq03jGw96v4Cq3gwvglHHlonquPrtkIEuLM2-uhmq4vbfTmn6MkSTATYdpc4N8QUf4Z-oZUSK35YTAoIbhBw9mbOe1Qqp9DDK1/s1600-h/breakfast.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85J5JCJ5JBxoFIJsbcO7OQxEDxoe5vTsp-wt9AWdY_VH5GaOuDbhktTSdeBxoBqdN8FHBpGXkAX21l-jVCIBlQ_bwaPoJW5Sl8c7pmYlBcWIbhCCJYvfZyldHEIDNAaBE0JSrtPtK_YWR/s320/older-lady.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317462165983645666" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">One of Bev's one rmb payoff</span></span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggDmc8yKdRvUXhPtIaY5D3bdDBXV1TV0PGqk6nC93Ungc2BkWzJyq1PF45pB3jJKchcqUKwSfJ3gbKr297SesumpWTCH5moR8aTOFsNnj26VZ6EeMJCWMhN06N2FPkOjg03DDvlZBZwFjb/s1600-h/older-lady.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCqQMgA0gXG7h6294_Aopthv4ROhzMPXWXYz4kOynJZHKapuWIlqb_3ZaTIgiHzlzS2Ipt5Hiq2wNlAZToiO5KkbSdXylc85F1u0gWS1pdZQBp2vieK7Gtjnsp1VuylYplxldJZ6XrZlS/s1600-h/Cafe.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCqQMgA0gXG7h6294_Aopthv4ROhzMPXWXYz4kOynJZHKapuWIlqb_3ZaTIgiHzlzS2Ipt5Hiq2wNlAZToiO5KkbSdXylc85F1u0gWS1pdZQBp2vieK7Gtjnsp1VuylYplxldJZ6XrZlS/s320/Cafe.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316736241670788178" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Tim and Bev enjoy a great coffee at coffee house right down the street from our hotel.</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmdK6_IxnEKpkA13QZypbsmy9fp7r3rHLuAj2nS7Zv2Ax4_6JUwZiFIsWgQ0PPKiKbIK-1n1IU0u0eo0HPresLt_FANlBt0v8LNS_q5xdDjwCUJd8bloYIYiLXpoeEOKGGKAwvgR4TOE2/s1600-h/Bev-and-Tim.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmdK6_IxnEKpkA13QZypbsmy9fp7r3rHLuAj2nS7Zv2Ax4_6JUwZiFIsWgQ0PPKiKbIK-1n1IU0u0eo0HPresLt_FANlBt0v8LNS_q5xdDjwCUJd8bloYIYiLXpoeEOKGGKAwvgR4TOE2/s320/Bev-and-Tim.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316735856690285570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Our little electric scooter</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKaanw86ti3tXt1qmHGOOlXIUpUR_dDQo4TJJThWjA-Cpkigg9BOlhtNI9Jz6Ikcc8W8kb-BIselZc6NLKk4MD3AfaHXOZCj3oLG_9qkwFLBbK7YC3-etyn-29ktDBM4K6Ic3LMy3u7Ogt/s1600-h/umbrella.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnYVYJXLXgOXsEjogbwxJWytg3U_skwEhfvxATbi3ioJplG8_uOyHSmQXnm_vwypPr3XgwFxCkYMDiKws_LIfA0nUDfI1vWk7gVzddn5LzQo9Qz9KsKRbY6GUAMPPBeiBwfVN0pyc3j5g/s320/at-the-tribe-bar.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316730442921492290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">In front of the Tribe Bar our hotel</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>This past three day weekend we took a trip to Yangshuo, China. This has to be one of the most beautiful places in the world.<br /><br />We went with are very good friends from the Valley, Gail and Shirley Puryear. We flew to Guilin on Thursday night and were picked up at the airport and taken to our hotel in Yangshuo, China. They waited up to let us into our rooms at the Tribe Bar. We had rooms with balconies that faced the Li River. Friday it rained hard and was cold. After meeting our wonderful guide and having breakfast everyone but Tim decided to tour one of the many caves created in the same way as the topography. Due to the wearing away of the very thick layer of limestone. Tim walked around town in the rain and took photographs until early afternoon. He also discovered a great little cafe that served fantastic lattes and deserts. In the afternoon we toured a village that had many examples of Chinese ethnic minority living with culture. Bev and Tim did the full body massage that evening while Gail and Shirley scouted out great evening establishments serving two for one refreshment until 11:00 pm!<div><br /></div><div>On Saturday we rented electric motor bikes and did a all day ride around the countryside. While out we came upon a team setting up a hot air balloon. After much discussion Gail and Tim decided to take a one hour ride. It was awesome, some pics are on the next blog post. That evening we went to the world famous Liu Sanjie Impressions lightshow. This is a spectacular must see performance that uses over 600 performers many from the local Zhuang minority group with much of the acting singing and dancing taking place on the Li River.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Sunday morning we toured a open market that was 25 k. from our town. It was huge and only happens twice a month. Bev was handing out money while Ping Ping asked permission for Tim to take pictures. This was a lot of fun. We also toured a very old village before going back to town for our trip back to the airport in Guilin and Shenzhen.</div><div><div><br /></div><div><br />Visit this site for more information</div><div><a href="http://www.yangshuo-travel-guide.com/">Yangshuo China Info</a></div><div><br /></div><div>And this for info on the Light Show.</div><div><a href="http://www.yangshuo-travel-guide.com/liu-sanjie-show.html">Liu Sanjie</a><br /><br />Tim</div></div>Tim Winterfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634863877872663053noreply@blogger.com0