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| Andi and Kevin Crockford are friends from Battle Ground, Washington. They were matron-of-honor and best-man, at our wedding, in Zambia, Africa, seven years ago. Andi and Kevin have been traveling the world, visiting 23 countries during these past 18 months. We spent 40 days together, traveling in CHINA. |
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| Andi and Paula |
We spent one day in Ciqikou Ancient Town, doing all the touristy things.
Chris likes this photo of "Little Mao":
In Ciqikou, there is a statue devoted to this very common sight, in China. Often, babies wear no diapers, and therefore, parents must anticipate this need. This particular statue is called: "Peeing Boy."
On the night that Kevin and Andi took their city-lights, Yangtze River tour, we sat on the river-bank and watched them drift by. This Chinese girl (wishing to practice her English) allowed Chris to take her photo, under the full moon. **Speaking English is something that many Chinese people learn in school, but it is a lot like American students taking Spanish or French or German......How much can they remember, five years after high school??? 
We took Kevin and Andi to the "True Love Bar", (recommended by The Lonely Planet guidebook. ) Our favorite band was there.....a group from The Phillipines. 
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| ENTERTAINMENT |
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| Of course, our guys just went for the famous "fruit plate." |
Speaking of FOOD, the four of us explored a small, nearby town, and watched a man (at his street-side shop) making noodles:
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| Another day, we introduced Kevin and Andi, along with the 3 exchange students, to our favorite Irish Pub, where they serve actual "deviled eggs"!!! |
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| And, we took them to meet our teacher-friends in Baishi Yi, who bought us all lunch. |
Back in Shapingba District, we had a final, school-sponsored, extravaganza dinner! In attendance were: the Kungfu teacher, Ma Yanfei (who will soon be going to Germany to teach Chinese language there), Max (from Germany), Andi, Kevin. Caroline (from Chile), Richard (going to Sinapore), Mr. Zhou (our beloved calligraphy teacher), Cade (Singapore), Ma Yanfei's cousin, Bella (Singapore), Paula, Melody, Chris, and Qing (who made it all happen!!!) |
| Singapore kids |
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| Us, with Mr. Zhou and Ma Yanfei, who have patiently taught us Chinese calligraphy and language during the 2010-2011 school- year. |
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| Again, notice the presentation! |
After the Good-Bye Dinner, several of us went to a dazzling Karaoke Room, to "sing our hearts out." Caroline was in charge of the up-beat song selection.
On another musical note, this couple became our friends for street-dancing. We met them 3 times.
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| Street-side, traditional noodle breakfast, with Qing..... |
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| A string of 100 kites |
We can hear the clink, clink, clink of the stone masons, for hour after hour, working on our school campus. Sometimes they are tearing out a wall or (what seems to us) perfectly good tile-work. In the following case, they are re-routing traffic, by building a new wall:
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