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Thanksgiving pix
I'm thankful for a thanksgiving celebrated with love, if not with family. We had a ton of people and a ton of great food! My favorite was the pumpkin pie....so good! -
Haikou zoo
I persuaded Erik to take me to the Haikou zoo on our afternoon off. It's located at the north end of the Golden Bull park, for anyone who might possibly be in Haikou looking for it. Anyway, we weren't sure what kinds of… -
Is that a gun strapped to your thigh or...
So we've been living in our new neighborhood for almost a month now. I like it. We are a ten minute walk from work, and we can easily catch a bus to lots of great locations. Just down the street there is an area with a t… -
Introduce and insult
I wish people weren't so condescending. Here in Haikou there are a lot more foreigners living and working than there were in Sanya, where we knew practically everyone. Occasionally I will meet some of these other foreign… -
Holiday Beach BBQ
So it turns out there is a somewhat decent beach in Haikou...it just isn't the one close to our house. My students in a new class invited me out for a beach barbeque the other night, and we had a great time. A ton of oth… -
Gelato!
So some wonderful new snack stands have been popping up here in Haikou 海口! Italian Ice cream, aka gelato, is now being sold in two locations that I know of, near the Carrefour 家乐福 entrance, and also next to the McDonald… -
Valuable time and valuable lungs
In my class last night we were discussing and roleplaying 3 things: requests, excuses, and apologies. We got some interesting results! One girl in particular said some things I found amusing. The scenario was: "You have… -
highs and lows
We were excited and then sad yesterday. We were out with some friends in an area of town we hadn't been to, so after lunch Erik and I wandered around and found some great stores where we bought some DVDs we've been wanti… -
Final few photos from the first market
I need to get out and take more! Meanwhile, these last few aren't that exciting in my opinion, except I think it would be very cool to have one of those mossy stone koi ponds. Unfortunately I don't even have one balcony … -
Not here!
I love this time of year - I get to tell my students about my favorite holiday! So I promised more photos from Haikou's first market - here's the second batch. Some of them might be a bit upsetting if you're squeamish…
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