Diary from China Friday, July 22, 2005 (day of arrival)
Shanghai, China
Meeting the Nicest Family in All of China
Diary from China Saturday, July 23, 2005
Shanghai, China
Authentic Chinese experiences sleeping, showering, laundry and Tai Chi
Diary from China Monday, July 25, 2005 PART 1
Shanghai, China
Chinese Opera;
Book store;
Cultural revolution and forced to live in the country
Diary from China Monday, July 25, 2005 PART 2
Shanghai, China Dreams and hopes of a Chinese family
Diary from China Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Shanghai, China Soap operas, Chinese-style
Making lunch and going to market
Diary from China Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Shanghai, China Typing in Chinese;
Getting a dress at the market;
Visiting inside a hundred-year-old apartment building
Diary from China Thursday, July 28, 2005
Zhengzhou, Henan, China Deaf people and blind people in China
Diary from China Saturday, July 30, 2005
Yong Nian, China Buddhist family in ZhengZhou and their dreams
Low point of trip and needing rest
Charmed (and appalled!) by town of Yong Nian
Meeting Tai Chi Master
Diary from China Sunday, July 31, 2005
Yong Nian, China Poignant story of Tai Chi master and Cultural Revolution
Diary from China Monday, August 1, 2005
Yong Nian, China Cultural clash and truth;
Finding ourselves in the birthplace of Tai Chi;
Opening of Tai Chi Center;
Night entertainment in a Chinese village
Diary from China Tuesday, August 2, 2005
Yong Nian, China More cultural misunderstandings and tears
Learning Tai Chi in front of an audience!
Diary from China Wednesday-and-a-half, August 3.5, 2005
Yong Nian, China Dinner with Lucys family;
Climbing the city wall;
Tai Chi lesson in historic Tai Chi setting;
Getting to know Tai Chi student/disciple;
Bowing to the Master
Diary from China Thursday, August 4, 2005
Yong Nian, China Groping home in the dark
Insights into honesty Chinese-style
Historic Tai Chi sites and Tai Chi Master
Arriving in Feng-Feng
Diary from China Friday-and-a-Half, August 5.5, 2005
Feng-Feng, China A mundane day in China;
Catching up on miscellaneous stories
Diary from China Sunday afternoon, August 7, 2005
Feng-Feng, China Cooking and laundry Chinese-style;
Another misunderstanding;
On my own to find a place without my interpreter!
Miscellaneous insights from friends/family
Diary from China Monday night, August 8, 2005
Beijing, China Making new friends on train;
Arrival in Beijing;
Homemade wheelchair
Diary from China Tuesday, August 9, 2005
Beijing, China Our first adventures on our own, seeing Beijing
Diary from China Wednesday, August 10, 2005 IM COMING HOME!
Beijing, China to XiAn Hair-raising trip to the REAL Great Wall
Diary from China Thursday, August 11, 2005
XiAn, China Street life at night food and a ride;
Terra Cotta soldiers
Diary from China Friday, August 12, 2005
XiAn, China Canadian Chinese;
Deaf children;
Police skit portraying English-speaking visitors;
Adventures in the streets at night
LAST Diary from China Saturday, August 13, 2005
XiAn, China Bridesgroom locked out of hotel by his in-laws;
Adventures on our last evening in China