New Pictures

Ok...with my new and improved blog I can finally post some pictures that I couldn't before.

Here they are.

Lunch with my new Chinese family.


Kevin was eating some pickled duck eggs. They wanted me to try one. I told them that back in America we had pickled chicken eggs and I wouldn't eat those either!
So as not to offend anybody.


In my office.


Out and about on my new Chinese ride.


Now this guy kept trying to ask me some questions one day in the park. I didn't understand a word he said so he figured he would write them down for me and make it a little easier. I can read even less Chinese than I can speak. I took the note pad to school and one of the Chinese teachers translated it for me.
He wanted to know how old I and why in the word was I in China.

This is Hylan...he's teaching English in another school here in Chanxing.
He's so tall that Jessie got on a chair and was still shorter than him.

Statue at night in peoples square.

Kevin and I went to the Changxing International Hotel and played some pool with some local kids...They were good!

The all Chinese team beat the Chinese/American team.


Well the weather has cooled down a bit and I've been taking bike rides in the evening after school...there's a whole different night life out there. I'll be sure to post some pictures of it in my next post.


Jim

Dinner at the Lake

Back in buisness...OK...It wasn't easy but I did it. I had to download Firefox and go to Beta...And start a new blog...But we now have pictures!

It seems that my photos weren't too big...just that blogger was having trouble downloading with Internet Explorer.

Anyway, here are some pictures from my dinner at the Tai hu
(Tai Lake).

Kevin's mom, Liu Dong Fen, Kevin and Na Na.



Yours truly, Mom and Na Na.
The boat in the background isn't where we ate...It just looked nice. After taking a tour of it we decided not to eat there. Good view but very dirty.



I don't think this thing even floats!


Across from the boat restaurant.


Next to the boat was this woman mending a fish trap.


These are baskets of shrimp drying in the sun...(and flies)


I'm not a big fan of eating in a place where the catch of the day is hanging out with flies all over it. But that's just me.


On the walk back to the restaurant where we ate I saw these fish traps in the water made from bamboo.


Now this place was clean, cool and the food was great.



To start thing off they brought in the "Drunken' Shrimp".
This is the one with the live shrimp swimming in rice wine and spices.
Then you eat the drunken little shrimp alive.
I did!


Na Na going for the dumplings.


She better get her share before this little dumpling head gets to them!


Me and Na Na.


Hmmmm......Dumplings. This was the only thing on the menu that I recognized so I ordered them. Liu Fen ordered everything else.


This is Little Bamboo and beef...They use bamboo for everything here. From clothes to building and even food.


They brought this cooker in and fired it up, then put a small wok with a catfish in it on top.
It was really good. Liu did the cooking.


This was egg soup with white fish. Now I wasn't thrilled by this but I did try it. It had these whole little white fish in it. Reminded me of hot fish pudding.They loved it so I gave up my share for who ever wanted it.

After trying to translate this into English for a while I made out that it was hot water chestnuts.


Catfish a cookin'!


At first glance I thought "NO...I'M NOT EATING THOSE"!
They are whole deep fried little fish.
They were great...crunchy and tasty!


Before we left I had to poke my head into the kitchen. It must have been 120 degrees in there.



I want to thank Kevin and his family for a wonderful night out.


Jim