
School
Very wise.

School
This one actually kinda makes sense!

School
More ridiculous signs.

School
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School
Avoid doo-doo water at all costs!

School
This pretty much sums up our China experience.

Xi'an
Respect.

Xi'an
Righto...

Xi'an
Statues at the Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Xi'an
Boom.

Xi'an
Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Xi'an
No mooore!

Xi'an
Ugh...who cares. more mosque.

Xi'an
Even more mosque

Xi'an
Great Mosque pagoda ceiling

Xi'an
Fishies lived in these!

Xi'an
More mosque

Xi'an
The Great Mosque

Xi'an
And again, but with more Tyler!

Xi'an
More Mosque

Xi'an
Mosque

Xi'an
Jesus walking down Moslem Street

Xi'an
Muslim Quarter

Xi'an
Red and yellow, kill a fellow. I made sure to get the lab in the shot.

Xi'an
Trying to look cool.

Xi'an
Not Kung Fu. He's an archer missing his bow.

Xi'an
These are more.

Xi'an
These are fakes.

Xi'an
These are boss.

Xi'an
and more

Xi'an
and us with some more

Xi'an
and more

Xi'an
Look at awl them warriors!

Xi'an
More

Xi'an
Terracotta Warriors

Xi'an Hostel
Big ol' bed!

Xi'an Hostel
Being a creeper in our room.

Xi'an Hostel
There were drawings, poems, and signatures all over the walls, but check out what we found in the lower left-hand corner!

Yangshuo
But then it wasn't high enough...

Yangshuo
Us at moon hill.

Yangshuo
On our way back from the water cave, which was the best part of our trip to Yangshuo. There they have caverns, a mud bath, and hot springs.

Yangshuo
And then I got hungry for some rubber.

Yangshuo
Another view from the raft.

Yangshuo
Booyaaah

Yangshuo
Moon Hill! (google this for a better picture of it)

Yangshuo
There's a path on Moon Hill with a sign that told us not to enter in broken english. We entered. And we ended up on the very top of Moon Hill!

Yangshuo
Happy 60th China!!!

Yangshuo
and again

Yangshuo
Oh how happy we will be on our unsteady bamboo raft, on our unsteady bamboo raft.

Yangshuo
Winners.

Yangshuo
The view from our bamboo raft.

Yangshuo
Girls gettin' their asian on.

Yangshuo
aaah

Yangshuo
oooh

Yangshuo
Here's how this works: The birds dive into the water and catch fish. When they resurface, the fisherman grabs them by the neck and takes the fish.

Yangshuo
Pagoda in Bilian Hill aka Green Lotus Peak/Lui Ce View Garden

Yangshuo
Lookie, it's me!

Yangshuo
so purty

Yangshuo
Yangshuo Park on National Day.

Xing'an
The town's movie theater. Seriously.

Yangshuo
Yangshuo Park

Xing'an
Not nearly as seductive here.

Xing'an
Pretty park!

Xing'an
A little bit closer now.

Xing'an
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Xing'an
Dragonfly on bamboo.

Xing'an
paying attention!

Xing'an
Not paying attention.

Xing'an
We had to cross this river about where those cows are to get back to town. Tyler got my Chinese phrase book all wet.

Xing'an
Just in case you haven't seen enough rice yet, here's some more.

Xing'an
wha wha wha whaaat?

Xing'an
We then left the city entirely, so we just stood around and looked at rice for a while.

Xing'an
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Xing'an
Some sort of bridge. We were really lost around this point, but still having fun.

Xing'an
Looks very Asian, huh? And check out the big ol' fishies!

Xing'an
This picture could do without the generator/saw thing on the left.

Xing'an
We got lost while walking in the city, but look at what we found! They were practicing something that was very Chinese.

School
One of my favorites.

School
Some of the awesome signs found around the school.

Xing'an
The ceiling of the Dragon King's house.

Xing'an
bad picture of me, but pretty background.

Xing'an
House of the Dragon King.

Xing'an
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Xing'an
oooh

Xing'an
The park.

Xing'an
They blocked off access to this, but I'm crafty.

Xing'an
I gotta fishie. I gotta fishie. I gotta fishie. Hey hey hey heey!

Xing'an
Water Street

School
And one more time.

School
And again.

School
The ceiling of the pagoda.

School
Morning exercises.

Terrace
Mrs. Xiao pointing at the road.

Terrace
You say "but it's so hot!" You are forgetting that this is Lo Han Fruit Ginger Tea. It gooo for all sorts of things!

Terrace
You are sweating so much! Here, I have got just the drink to help you. Have some boiling tea to help you cool down.

Terrace
Imagine that. More rice.

Terrace
Great picture of squinting Tyler

Terrace
Not that it matters much, but opinions please?

Terrace
We can't decide whether we like this one or the next one more.

Terrace
Holy crap. More rice!

Terrace
Us...and rice.

Terrace
more rice

Terrace

Terrace

Terrace
And that's how they wear all of the hair when up. She had her hand on my butt.

Terrace
The Yao women grow their hair out indefinitely. The "extensions" she's pulling away are just her banded-together older hair.

Terrace
A secret shot Tyler took of me walking away.

Terrace
Rice!

Terrace
I was determined to get to the top of that mountain, no matter how sick I felt.

Terrace

Terrace
Squinting near the bottom

Terrace
Front gate

Terrace
Lady mules.

School
The students do Chinese medicinal acupressure a couple times a day.

School
English Corner

School Garden
Fire Flower (I made up that name so don't go looking for them at the local nursery).

5 Kilometer Gorge (Guilin Adventure Camp)
I have got to stop wearing white.

5 Kilometer Gorge (Guilin Adventure Camp)
Now I know how to enjoy nature. Sleep through it.

5 Kilometer Gorge (Guilin Adventure Camp)
bobbing for fish

5 Kilometer Gorge (Guilin Adventure Camp)
My pictures aren't doing this place justice.

5 Kilometer Gorge (Guilin Adventure Camp)
Iz ghostin' around in China's mounts.

5 Kilometer Gorge (Guilin Adventure Camp)
He always has to help me.

5 Kilometer Gorge (Guilin Adventure Camp)
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5 Kilometer Gorge (Guilin Adventure Camp)
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5 Kilometer Gorge (Guilin Adventure Camp)
Dragon Pool!

5 Kilometer Gorge (Guilin Adventure Camp)
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5 Kilometer Gorge (Guilin Adventure Camp)
flutterby

5 Kilometer Gorge (Guilin Adventure Camp)
Bamboo garden

5 Kilometer Gorge (Guilin Adventure Camp)
Gettin' me some of that good health!

5 Kilometer Gorge (Guilin Adventure Camp)
Mrs. Xiao showing Tyler that drinking from this well brings you good health.

5 Kilometer Gorge (Guilin Adventure Camp)
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5 Kilometer Gorge (Guilin Adventure Camp)
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5 Kilometer Gorge (Guilin Adventure Camp)
waterfall

5 Kilometer Gorge (Guilin Adventure Camp)
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5 Kilometer Gorge (Guilin Adventure Camp)
Look how gorgeous and clean that water is!

5 Kilometer Gorge (Guilin Adventure Camp)
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City at the base of the mountain
Breakfast spread!

City at the base of the mountain
Some sort of plant that you dip in sugar. It's not terrible, but too unique for me to like.

City at the base of the mountain
Family restaurants in the country have the gardens in the backyard. And ducklets! EEEP! (I look preggers in this shot.)

City at the base of the mountain
Some other lucky/special bridge.

Maoer Mountain Hotel
some pretty heavy fog

Maoer Mountain Hotel
We forgot that mountain peaks are flippin' cold.

Maoer Mountain Hotel
Our "bath"room.

Maoer Mountain Hotel
The most bizarre window shade.

Maoer Mountain
Descending

Maoer Mountain Hotel
This is in the restaurant at the hotel near the top of the mountain. That he's eating is a chicken's foot. Apparently, eating it brings you money. We're pretty sure they made this up just so people would eat it.

Maoer Mountain
Bottom to Top: Peak of South China

Maoer Mountain
About 6,562 feet in the sky, the highest peak in South China

Maoer Mountain
At the peak! No matter how high she climbs, we still look like giants beside her.

Maoer Mountain
aaah

Maoer Mountain
oooh

Maoer Mountain
We were up in the clouds!

Maoer Mountain
He's to the right.

Maoer Mountain
He's to the left.

Maoer Mountain
He's biggest.

Maoer Mountain
big ol' guys

Maoer Mountain
my very own praying yellow-shirted guy

Maoer Mountain
Sleeping woman. See her?

Maoer Mountain
lots of special trees

Maoer Mountain
special trees

Maoer Mountain
If you walk over this bridge, you'll be a winner, be the top of your class, make the best grade on an exam, et al.

Maoer Mountain
Mr. & Mrs. Xiao (pronounced Sheeow). She's the VP of the school and he's a brain surgeon. Ooooh.

Maoer Mountain
The beginning of the Li River

Maoer Mountain
oooh trees

Maoer Mountain
tree

Maoer Mountain
Beginning of three rivers that run through South China.

Maoer Mountain
The excessive Asian food has caused a tree-like growth from T's noggin.

Maoer Mountain
some rock that has some stuff written on it.

Maoer Mountain
ooh

Maoer Mountain
Mountain Rules: No axes, guns, cattle, or bats to ward of hedgehogs? lemons? no baseball?

Maoer Mountain
Tyler knows the value of product placement.

Maoer Mountain
Inside of the temple

Maoer Mountain
Temple, complete with real monks!

On the road
Rice fields.

School
Our pagoda.

School
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School
Garden seating

School
Aren't they great?

School
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School
Climbers.

School
backside of symbol

School
The school's symbol.

School
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School
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School
These kids rock at table tennis.

School
Office building.

School
The Library

School
Try reaching this high.

School
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School
Tyler playing basketball with some students.

School
Teacher's appreciation day meal: traditional dishes, among which is pig feet & pig bone.

School
Teacher's appreciation day! The guy in the Nike shirt made Tyler take his first shot and smoke his first cigarette. Of course, you have to accept and pretend you love it...and the shot was rice liquor, which tastes like grape flavored rubbing alcohol.

School
Teacher's appreciation day!

School
Teacher's appreciation day!

Xing'an
Pullin' some veggies.

Xing'an
horsin' around

Xing'an
A market street.

Xing'an
A "bubble car", a type of taxi.

Xing'an
THE Bakery.

Xing'an
Look how ADORABLE the pringles (bestbsl) guy is here!

Fire Exit
They don't just show you where, they show you how.

Hostel Bathroom
ze bafroom

Hostel
Bathtub. no space. no curtain.

Hostel
bathroom window, complete with view of bamboo scaffolding.

Hostel
Toilet and Sink. Yes, that is an old fashioned toilet.

Hostel
Useless emergency light

Hostel
Courtyard scaffolding

Hostel
Hallway outside of our room

Kowloon Park
Beautiful fountain

Kowloon Park
Tai Chi-ers in a pagoda

Kowloon Park
Tyler pouting because he doesn't know Tai Chi

Kowloon Park Aviary
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Kowloon Park
So humid. So pretty.

Kowloon Park
Xiangqi table

Kowloon Park
Xiangqi Table 2

Kowloon Park
Tree tumors

Kowloon Park
Tyler's far too large for the exercise stations. (These are made for adults.)

Kowloon Park
Goofing around.

Streets
Hog Heaven is the back of a truck.

Market
Fish market.

Market
Fish and frog market.

Random park in Kowloon
Who can resist a wall with dragons?

Random park in Kowloon
Men playing Xiangqi. They play for keeps here.

Ferry ride to HK Island.
My next boyfriend.

Ferry ride to HK Island.
View of HK from the ferry.

Statue Park
Treein' it up in Statue Park.

Statue Park
Justice Building

Statue Park
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Statue Park
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Statue Park
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Statue Park
Justice bldg again

Statue Park
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Statue Park
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Victoria's Peak
Hiiiya!

Victoria's Peak
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Victoria's Peak
So diplomatic.

Victoria's Peak
The view

Victoria's Peak
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Victoria's Peak
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Victoria's Peak
Good lookin.

Victoria's Peak
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Victoria's Peak
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Victoria's Peak
lizrawrd!

Victoria's Peak
Inappropriate.

Victoria's Peak
Tyler love China long time!

Victoria's Peak
Wounded cockroach.

Victoria's Peak
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Victoria's Peak
I have no words...

Victoria's Peak
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Victoria's Peak
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Botanical & Zoological Gardens
In my past life, I was a ring-tailed Lemur. No doubt.

Botanical & Zoological Gardens
Cuddlin'. This picture would be so much better without the fence.

Botanical & Zoological Gardens
Zaboomafuuuu!

Botanical & Zoological Gardens
Some guy.

Botanical & Zoological Gardens
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Botanical & Zoological Gardens
Petting a lion.

Botanical & Zoological Gardens
Creeping me out.

Bus Ride
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Bus Ride
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Bus Ride
Crowded.

Bus Ride
A market street.

Bus Ride
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Bus Ride
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Bus Ride
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Bus Ride
A lot of people wear these visors. When down, they look like welders.

Bus Ride
This is what exportation looks like.

Bus Ride
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Bus Ride
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