The View From the Top of Mt. TaiNi hao!
Just finished week one.
Chinese people are everywhere!
Classes are going good. I'm learning a bunch. Still hard to get the right tones down with the words.
This past weekend we went to Shendong province which was a 5.5 hour drive away from here. We saw Confuscious and Mencius temples and hometown. The temple was interesting. It smelled like a Roman cathedrel. The town seemed kinda poor and some people just blatantly stared at me cause I was a white dude. It made for some hilarious moments. People will just randomly ask for photos with us. People worship Confusicious and Mencius much like Jesus. The temples and memorials are very elabrorate and people are always burning incense and other rituals.
Mount Tai was amazing. It is a place where Emperors used to go to worship. There are temples and also shops at the top of this Mountain. We took a cable car to almost the top then walked the rest to the summit. It takes like 5 hours to walk up all the steps to the top of the mountain that they built the ancient times. It was a beautiful day when we went. It was the first time we could see blue sky and the sun.... and it will probably be the last. The smog in china is ridiculous. Its weird cuz you can see your shadow sometimes but cannot find the sun. Skyscrapers more then a mile away are barely visible. But the pictures I have of Mt. Tai are beautiful, Im so glad we caught it on a nice day (you can only see the sunrise/set about 70 days of the year our tourguide said) so if I can learn how to upload them on here I will do so asap. The mountain smelled amazing too on the busride up because of the flowers and trees.
Just finished week one.
Chinese people are everywhere!
Classes are going good. I'm learning a bunch. Still hard to get the right tones down with the words.
This past weekend we went to Shendong province which was a 5.5 hour drive away from here. We saw Confuscious and Mencius temples and hometown. The temple was interesting. It smelled like a Roman cathedrel. The town seemed kinda poor and some people just blatantly stared at me cause I was a white dude. It made for some hilarious moments. People will just randomly ask for photos with us. People worship Confusicious and Mencius much like Jesus. The temples and memorials are very elabrorate and people are always burning incense and other rituals.
Mount Tai was amazing. It is a place where Emperors used to go to worship. There are temples and also shops at the top of this Mountain. We took a cable car to almost the top then walked the rest to the summit. It takes like 5 hours to walk up all the steps to the top of the mountain that they built the ancient times. It was a beautiful day when we went. It was the first time we could see blue sky and the sun.... and it will probably be the last. The smog in china is ridiculous. Its weird cuz you can see your shadow sometimes but cannot find the sun. Skyscrapers more then a mile away are barely visible. But the pictures I have of Mt. Tai are beautiful, Im so glad we caught it on a nice day (you can only see the sunrise/set about 70 days of the year our tourguide said) so if I can learn how to upload them on here I will do so asap. The mountain smelled amazing too on the busride up because of the flowers and trees.
Me Holding Up a Piece of Mt. Tai--- I'm so strong
It is hot and muggy in China....
We had this tour guide with us the whole time named "Frank". He was hilarious cause he always said "yea shurr (sure)" to everything in a sarcastic tone, but he didnt mean it sarcistically, its just how he talked.
We went to a dance club for a little bit one night. The entire dance floor bounced up and down, which was very weird. Chinese people dance very funny. They do like some form of the twist from like the 1950s but without moving their legs. So they just rotate their upper bodies and shake their hips. THey do that or they kinda dance like cheerleaders with ridicouls arm gestures/movements.
I'm having a good time (im pretty decent with chopsticks now) and I'll try to get pictures up for ya'll but I really am not sure how.
-Ruskie
(heh i can't even read my own blog in China either, they (the Reds) are pretty good at blocking stuff, well I can read it, I just have to outsmart them, which isnt too tough-- Viva America)
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