What an awesome experience we all shared! Being the wife of Gilmer, a Regent, I was not at all familiar with the fellow travelers, with the exception of the Cumbys, with whom I had the pleasure of meeting on several occasions. The trip was such a contrast to our everyday American lives. The staff and students selected to travel to China were truly a blessing to the Chinese people and to me. Randy and Kyle (President/Wife) were very nice and great leaders. They kept us on the right path at all… Continue

Because of the Olympics there are many articles about China right now. Here is a CNN article about food......

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/07/15/taste.of.china.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText?iref=werecommend

Also sorry to hear about the Bombings in Kunming. The President forwarded this link to me.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5414089

Technology in China News from ABCNews

On June 26th before we left, I sent a postcard home. I mailed it from the Yi Village hotel where we stayed. It had postage on it, but they asked me to pay an extra 5 Yuan. The card arrived on Saturday July 12th.



Internet connectivity was available at the Yi Village hotel Business Office. I paid a bill at the end of the trip for about 50 Yuan.



The exchange rate while there was about 7 yuan = 1 dollar. If you want to know how much it cost in US currency figure it out… Continue

Hi everyone. I banned the guy who posted the advertisement for the online testing tool. If he was someones cousin, I partially apologize. I have been out of pocket in Nebraska for a few days. Thought I would get some more pictures posted. Glad to see the Prez as well as the Capps have posted a few. The pictures tonight are from the play we attended Impression Lijiang. A few of the key details include:



The highest natural performance field in the world at 3100m. It is a 360 degree… Continue