the Marimbist
Fenghuang Middle Schools
We visited two middle schools on the Saturday of our weekend visit to Fenghuang. About 80% of these children stayed on the school grounds and there was a holiday in the following week, so the classes were extended through the weekend to allow the students to visit their families during the upcoming holiday. It was [...]read more...Posted on 26 July 2010 | 7:31 am
Fenghuang
There are more than 56 government-recognized minority groups in China. (The majority of the people in China fall into the Han ethnic group.) In this part of the Hunan province, there are a large number of people of the Miao minority culture. The first thing I noticed out of the window of our bus was [...]read more...Posted on 19 July 2010 | 7:27 pm
Good Cop, Grace Cop.
We were on our way to a fairly remote Chinese village in Western Hunan province. I’ll write more about that tomorrow, but here’s an anecdote from the bus ride: Our bus was stopped by a “routine” checkpoint on the Chinese equivalent of an Interstate Highway. Upon inspection, the police decided that our driver didn’t have [...]read more...Posted on 19 July 2010 | 12:23 am
Here I am.
Check out this map of where I am! I’m north of India for the first time in my life! Longer posts still on their way, I promise… Bonus Linkread more...Posted on 2 July 2010 | 12:45 am