So last weekend we (the junior 3 teachers and the foreigners) Traveled to Ruyang and Ruzhou, near by cities in Henan province. The general trip was a reward for the J3 teachers for such a great job so far. We went to these two cities in order to see two of the older temples in Henan. Below you will see an enjoyable rendition of our trip
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| Yum Chicken feet... |
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| Baijiu with the Brewmaster in Ruyang |
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| Principal Bai showing us his moves |
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| The children around the Temple, They were very happy to get their pictures taken |
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| Our Monk Tour Guide... all in Chinese so... it's really old I guess |
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| A 1000 year old lucky turtle... Now I'll be rich |
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| Split pants... |
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| Brandy and Mr. Zhai posing on the "Ticklish Tree" |
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| Karaoke in teh Bus While waiting for the rest of the group |
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| I never said it was good Karaoke... |
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| Our cave room at the restaurant for lunch |
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| Actually a cave... |
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| The food was... interesting... I ate badger... and it was not good... |
After Lunch we went to a temple, museum, amusement park, tourist trap... China style...
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| The upside-down temple of the upside-down well |
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| The mysterious slope... Going up is easy... down is hard... MYSTERIOUS! |
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| Brandy trying to bike up down hill |
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| OH MY! Kim is upside-down |
The last temple wasn't very far form the tourist trap... so we walked through the Forest of Wind Park (which was very foresty, but not very windy)...
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| The gate to the Temple in the Forest of Wind |
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| A Pagoda Forest, these are the tombs of monks |
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| ... ... Walk this way?... ... |
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| Parts of this temple are close to 1500 years old... insane |
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| An Incense burner that is older that our nation... but 800 years... |
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| Stairway to the monks quarters |
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| The Bamboo is slowly overtaking the unused parts of the Temple |
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| This water boast the ability to balance all chemicals in your body... especially your levels of moss intake... |
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| The dragons mouth leads to this meditation room |
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| That is going to be one mossy kid |
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| 108 step on "The path of Trouble-Removing" |
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| These temple dogs have the life |
Zaijian
I wore my fleece lax jacket. It snowed. I smelled like wet dog. No one else would appreciate this.
ReplyDeleteVery cool post bro! The pictures (especially the ones of the signage) are worth a thousand words. Glad to see that you are keeping up on your karaoke and drinking. Two life skills, no doubt!
ReplyDeleteMcBossy!!! Price & I were just talking about you yesterday when we were talking about all the "great" things happening this year and how bummed McDermott must be that you are not with us this year! Looks like you are having a great time! What an AMAZING experience. I am so happy for you. Miss you at OHS & your great PLC leadership skills. I was told this summer that I would take on your duties as WH PLC leader...clearly I am not doing as well as you...World History will no longer be offered next year! Anyways, keep the posts coming :)
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