Today we climbed nearby Laohe Mountain, you can see its location relative to Wenyi Lu in the terrain map courtesy of Google, below: The second photo is a view south from Gucui Lu, not far from the Wensan Lu intersection, It gives you some idea how high the mountain is. Once we had crossed […]
Continue ReadingA weekend passes
Well folks, it’s been over three weeks since we arrived (back) in HangZhou. It has been a feature packed three weeks, full of interesting (and some very uninterestng) events. This is a quick update from the week that was.. On Wednesday night Matt and I played Texas Hold’em poker with a few people out at […]
Continue ReadingMeddling with the middling
Well, it’s been a sum total of three days in the Chinese education system, and my patience is pretty thin. Apparently, I am not alone. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure it’s completely normal (in Chinese universities) to conduct classes teaching Chinese to non-Chinese speaking people (i.e. foreigners) almost exclusively in Mandarin, but it really […]
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