Day 1 - May 24
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Students and Teachers
at RDU airport ready for their trip to China! |
The first dinner in
China!
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Day 2 - May 25
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Some
of the kids enjoying afternoon tea. |
The
Bundt in the background.
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Tour Bus and the Tour
Guide. |
Traffic is
crazy!
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Hard Boiled and pickled quail eggs at a
local tea house. |
The Palace
in the Clouds.
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Day 3 - May 26
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Entrance to Buddhist temple. |
On the steps at Running Tiger Spring. |
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It was quite a sunny day. |
The guys imitating the girls. |
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Sam with fat happy Buddha. |
The gang at stone carvings outside of Buddhist
temple. |
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Day 4 - May 27
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The group at two bridges in the Venice of China. |
Sampan ride down the canals. |
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The group at the gardens on Tiger Hill. |
James, Ming An, Keith and Sam in Bonsai garden. |
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Ming-An striking a pose. |
The Gang posing for a picture in
Zhou Zhuang. |
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Day 5 - May 28
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The Suzhou Gardens. |
The unique pavements serves as a much needed
foot massage. |
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Checking out the view from the pagoda. |
Silk worms before they make their cocoons. |
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A common occurrence, as men flock to the CA
girls to have their picture taken with the
fair-skinned Americans. |
Secialty of Suzhou, fried whole fish. |
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Day 6 - May 29
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The steps at Dr Sun Yat-Sen‘s tomb. |
The tomb of the first emperor of the Ming
Dynasty. |
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A traditional Nanjing Dim Sum dinner. |
Memorial and Museum for Nanjing Massacre. |
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Giant Silk loom. |
View under the Yangtze River Bridge. |
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Day 7 - May 30
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Students practice their calligraphy. |
Students watching the ancient art of stone
rubbings.
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Kathryn takes time out to give an impromptu
concert. Look mom, one hand. |
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Among the many dishes served at lunch, the final
dessert course was the prettiest. |
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda. |
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Day 8 - May 31
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The whole group in the quad of the excavation
site.. |
Pit 1, the largest of the three tombs. |
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Kneeling Arch men in Pit 2. |
General in Pit 2. |
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The Market. |
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Day 9 - June 1
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Dinner at the North Sea. Notice Xiao Jie. This
was the traditional style dress that the women wore in
the Qin Dynasty… take note that the heels are in the
middle of the shoes!
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Jenna and the little boy. First he was excited
to hug her, then he was ecstatic to get his picture
taken. |
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The two girls in this picture came up to us to
practice there English. They had been taking English for
six years and were ecstatic they got to practice it… and
they were sooo cute. |
The Forbidden City gardens. |
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The gate to the Forbidden City. There were three
entrances; the middle entrance was for the Emperor, and
the other two were for high-ranking officials. The
Empress got a once in a lifetime chance to walk through
the middle gate on her wedding day. |
Xiao Jie (Waitress) mixing up some Peiking Duck.
Notice the Lazy Susans! That’s all they have in China. |
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Day 10 - June 2
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The group in Tiananmen Square with Mao’s photo
in the background. |
The GM of NCR, and Dana sleeping. |
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The scenic garden with lots of old trees at the
Temple of Heaven. |
Some crazy acrobatics. |
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The backside of the Chairman’s Mao’s Masoleum. |
The outside of the echo wall. |
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Day 11 - June 3
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We look really happy and exuberant because we
haven’t started yet. |
Looks pretty daunting. We got to the tower
beyond the farthest one in the picture. |
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Some of the group only made it to the third
tower up. |
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The view from the top of the wall was simply
stunning. |
“Dragon and Phoenix” stone carving at the Ming
tombs. |
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Day 12 - June 4
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Exchange participants gather for one large group
picture. |
Ming An Lee addresses the student body and sets
a tough standard for the rest of the group’s
introduction. |
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The CA students meet their hosts just after the
school-wide assembly. |
Jenna and her host take a break from
Probability. |
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Roger and his new classmates study some Chinese
in the host’s language class. |
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