More pictures from China!
A nice shot of Ruian :-)
Some sort of apartment building.
Eagle-thing!
I think that's the town square; pretty fancy! Ruian is in one of the richest spots in China :-)
Near the market :-)
Fresh fish!! We catch 'em, you buy 'em!
There was a lot of other great stuff too; we didn't leave hungry!
The sun was intense!
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They were pretty yummy but not so easy to eat!
Two of my teachers, Yao laoshi and Wei laoshi :-)
A candy store with a wonderful sign!
A map of Ruian and the surrounding area :-)
At the dock waiting for our high speed ferry to take us to Nanji Islands! The ferry ride was pretty awesome; I watched Chinese music videos, snacked on stuff from the market, and watched the sea spray!
Here it is!
A look outside!
Bye bye Ruian! See you soon!
^___^ I met up with her again later on at the beach!
A little seasick but not bad!
Inside the control room!
Here we are at last!
On our way up!
Here she is again! ^_^
Really pretty! I wanted to get everything! O_O
From our hotel!
In the hotel lobby!
From my room!
Looking inland!
Our arrival feast of island food!
Mission accomplished! Sooooo fullll . . .
Nanji Islands just after sunset!
More cool Nanji seashell/fish artwork! We went into town after dinner to walk on the beach, stargaze (there were a LOT of stars to see!), and get cheap and yummy snacks like watermelon and teriyaki squid! (by that time we were less full)
A cool ad!
On the way up to see the sunrise! We had to get up around 4 but we were really glad we did!
Here I am!
And again!
My friend Vera Chang!
Now the sun's getting up!
Pre-breakfast!
People enjoying the scenery! :-)
Looking along the island :-)
More yummy snacks!
One of my favorite pics! ^_^
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Everybody was so relaxed and having fun here! ^__^
Look at the shafts!!!
Heehee ^_^
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Some sort of island temple ^_^
Here's everybody!
Pretty island flowers!!
It's cool how the path is carved out of the rock ^_^
From the other side of the island :-)
Fishermen!
Cool rock formations!
More stuff for sale!
Wheee!
Holding up the tour group flag!
More pretty Nanji seashells!
Here's where people live!
Sea shell art!!!
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Here's the store itself!
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This spider caught a load of bugs!!!
Had to take this picture! ;-D
The entrance :-)
More stuff for sale!
These were gooooood.
Hats for sale!
And it's made all out of shells!
I kinda like Chinese ads . . .
Wooooow!
Yan Lingdan ^_^
Heehee! ^___^ He was really nice, and I got to practice Chinese with him!
Breakfast back at the hotel!
Mini-shrimps!
Time to go to the beach!
Near the beach ^_^
Here we are! The sun was pretty scorching but the water was just right!
Lu laoshi and Wu laoshi, two of my teachers!
Brendan Pitka and Hu Yixin getting a break from the sun!
Gao Kai!
Brendan, Vera, and Hu!
Woohoo!
Here's town! We took a break from swimming for a while and came here for lunch :-)
Pick your own lunch, fresh from the bucket! :-)
So many choices! We decided to have eel in the end; it was sad to see the eel get made into lunch but it was still tasty!
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These were awesome!
We were hungry!
A close up of more amazing dishes!!
Our waitress!
Another look at town on the way back to the beach! We weren't able to go to Niao Dao (Bird Island) so we swam instead, which was fun too :-)
The beach entrance!
It was a blast!
The girl from the ferry and her dad!
Here we are!! ^__^
A look at the town on our way back to the hotel to get changed :-)
A bird's eye view of the beach!
And a bird's eye view of town!
Vera and Adriann!
Taking a picture of me!
On our way back . . .
At the ferry dock.
Bye bye Nanji Islands! Hope to see you soon! :-)
We stopped near here for a quick dinner on the way back :-)
A little red after the beach, but still good!
At the Le Gou supermarket in Hangzhou; it was amazing here!!
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Some familiar names!
Yum!
O____O It was a little weird to see these at the supermarket, though ;-)
Here's who made the cakes!
Another look inside the supermarket!
The dimsum section! Got a lot of stuff here :-D
Here are the choices! Each thing was about 1 RMB (a little more than 10 cents) each, so I didn't have to worry about choosing ;-D
Happy shopping! (Actually, that's what "Le Gou," the name of the supermarket, means!)
Chinese pop stars!
These are really really good; sticky rice wrapped in bamboo leaves! (called zongzi)
At the checkout :-) I got a LOT of stuff, but it was only about 50 RMB/$8 total :-)
Rice crackers!
Cream filled cakes!
They disappeared fast :-)
Ready to eat!
The results of one of my cooking classes!!
In action!
Another look at Zhejiang University of Technology!
It's Melon Boy again!
In the streets of Hangzhou!
A temple entrance!
Yummy!
This street was like a paradise; full of so many incredible things!!
Here's a look at it!
Dragon Well Tea for sale!
The silk lady!
The silk lady again! She was really nice and gave me some discounts too :-)
Tang Dynasty Decorations!
This was a cute store!
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Tea house!
Caricatures!
Pretty artwork for sale!
This food shop was full of great stuff! Too bad my tummy is too small ;-)
Fall scenery!
Kitties!
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Jade carvings!
Everyone's having fun!!
A snack bar!
More amazingness!!
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What nice looking ladies!
The Tibetan store! One of the highlights 4 sure ^_^
The Tibetan store had two floors; I probably could've stayed a couple of hours! ;-)
Also in the Tibetan store :-)
A store across the way!
A look at Qing He Lu :-)
At nearby Wu Shan Guangchang
Maybe I should've gotten it :-)
Sunset!
A look towards Wu Shan
Wu Shan Guangchang is pretty big!
Here is Wu Shan itself, with that big pagoda on top!
One of the people I met along the way!
Moonwalk!
More moonwalk!
I was a little too big to join in . . . oh well!
Heehee!
Sunset on the West Lake!
Hangzhou at night!
Pretty!!
Here's the Academy of Art! It'd be fun to do classes here :-)
Back in cooking class, time to make dumplings!!
And here also are the ingredients for fried rice!
The final result! Sooooo goooood . . .
Here they are together!!
Okay, that's all for now but more are on the way soon!!