Kathleen in the Mountains

This was taken on our mountain trip for the weekend--two nights with meals plus a two hr taxi ride each way cost us US $50

Kathleen going to school

This is a shot of our way to school. Notice the stumps in the road-they are in place of a missing man hole cover

Big Buddha

Shot of the big Buddha near Chengdu

Kindergarten In Chengdu

They have 5 Kindergartens and 5 grades in the Chengdu Waldorf
waldorf School

McDonalds

They have McDonalds in China also

Hong Kong

Boat in the HABOR NEAR hONG kONG

Disneyland in hong KONG

We enjoyed a nice afternoon at China's Disneyland

Disney land in China

I went all the way to China to visit Disney land-Now it is October and rainey season here in Chengdu temps about 65 degrees and good sleeping-looking forward to coming home in two weeks but first we will visit Xi'an the home of the terracotta soldiers

Tim is in Hong Kong

this is a photo of me in observation tower in Hong Kong

Kindergarten Chengdu School

Kindergarten teacher doing a show for her children--they have five kindergartens this year and go to class 6 in the lower school -all together about 160 children-I do archery with the 6th grade and I have been subbing in English in the 6th grade--I also do 6 or 8 massages each day,play the recorder with Kathleen and another teacher for assemblies and teach English privately-We went to the mountians last weekend and I hope to post photo's on this blog.

Kathleen and I just spent a weekend in the Mountians about 2 hrs West of Chengdu,very restful,we took the cable car to top of mountian and walked around a bit the whole trip for two two nights and meals coust about $50-we got a special deal.

Chengdu School

Women working in the garden outside the Chengdu School

Kindergarten Child

Kindergarten Child in the Kitchen. It is the rainy season now in Chengdu with days and nights much cooler in the 70's. We take the motor rickshaw to school every day. Kathleen is busy visiting classes and I am giving a lot of massages, between 6 to 8 per day.

Puppet Show

This is a shot of a puppet show at the Chengdu Waldorf School

modern Chinese bathroom

This is a eal westerm bathroom most are just a hole n the floor

Nice pace to eat

This is a shot of the outside of a resturant that I found while walking around Chengdu

New construction

One of the new buldings in modern downtown Chengdu

Temple in Chengdu

they are doing some work on the outsidewall This is a small temple on the numbet 3 bus line

Eating in Chengdu

This is what fine dining looks like-I did not go in but only looked

Rush time in Chengdu

People all over the streets,the bus was jammed up on way home I hope some of this blog is getting through-the weather is very good in mid September-clear and sunny with temps in the70's

Bus trip in Chengdu

I found this temple while trying out the bus in Chengdu, he looks very nice

local resturant on way o school

This is China's fast food resturant. Every day I go bye this resturant on the way to the Waldorf School. in the background is a Chinese Tech College

Our apartment in Chengdu

A shot of our apartment in Chengdu it is on the back side on the corner and ground floor-we have two bed rooms with ac and washing machine but no frig . The washing machine is on the back porch as well as the immersion heater-I guess it does not get very cold here. We have two bedrooms but starting th 28 of September will have a guest from America staying with us. He is helping with the teacher training course for 10 days.

China 2007

Almost 24 hours to get here over the pole,the first thing we saw out the window was the heavy smog of China

China August 2007

The final countdown(three weeks from today I will be on the plane for Beifing) The big question today is how to get to JFK from here. The best way is to rent a car from Albany. My wife Kathleen is willing to drive me but it would take her over 8 hrs and about $50 in gas and tolls,I think the best way is to; rent a car for about $60 plus $25 for gas and tolls..WE will see. I hope to go into Tibet but is is a 48 hr train ride from Chengdu in a sleeper and the plane is a bit too expensive.-Tim ps this is only practice the real stuff will come after Augusty8th

Countdown to China 2007

I hope I can improve my Chinese by going to China alone-I have rented an apartment in Chebgdu for US$100/mo-I am now looking for someone there to help me learn Chinese. There are 5 weeks befor I leave for China. Our visas are at the Chinese embassy in New York city and I can track them on the webb,I have almost 100 yuan in Chinese money-that is about US$10 but I can use my visa when I get there to get cash. There is much to do here befor I go,cut wood paint the house and other jobs-thanks for looking at my blog-Tim

Tim at party in Chengdu

This is a photo of our last days in China in the spring of 2006-I havae spent the fall and winter terms at Skidmore College learning Chinese--I will go early to China this year to improve my Chinese-take care-Tim

China 2007

I will now start posting for our 2007 China trip-I leave on August 6th and Kathleen leavs on September 5th-we will be in the Chengdu Waldorf School in western China-Photos to follow-good luck-Tim