"As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world." – Virginia Woolf

Photos

Chengdu

Chengdu in Feb/Mar 2010

Mom and Josh's China Photos

Pictures taken by my mom and brother on our trip in China, Feb. 2010

Lhasa

Lhasa with some of my teacher friends in Feb. 2010

Xi'an - Round 3

Xi'an with my parents and brother in Feb. 2010

Nanjing

Nanjing with my parents and brother for the Chinese New Year in Feb. 2010

Harbin

Trip to Harbin with my family in Feb. 2010

Beijing

Trip to Beijing with my family in Feb. 2010

Changde

Trip to Changde with Nevill to see Avatar

Xi'an New Year

Ringing in the Year of the Mood Swing in Xi'an

Hanzhong

The town where my friend Laura taught in Sha'anxi Province

Yangshuo: The Return of the Laowai

I thought "The PRC Strikes Back" was a decidedly negative title, so I skipped right to the third one.

China Videos

Videos I've taken on my journeys in China

Changsha - Round 2

My second trip to Changsha and nearby Liuyang

Suzhou

My trip to Suzhou over the National Holiday

Shanghai

Time spent in Shanghai on the way to and from Suzhou over the National Holiday

Getting to Shanghai

On the train to Shanghai

Changsha - Capital of Hunan

My first weekend in Changsha

Shimen, Hunan

The city in which I taught

Shimen No. 1 Middle School

Apparently the best school in all Hunan province!

Getting to Shimen

On the bus on the way to Shimen from Yangshuo

Yangshuo

During orientation and training

Getting to Yangshuo

On the way from Chicago to China

Driving on I-55

Driving from Bloomington, IL to Rolling Meadows, IL, farmlands, etc.

Chicago Chinese New Year

Chinatown, Chicago, IL