I will be flying to America on Wednesday for my Grandpa's funeral. My friend Joe (the same one in the pictures below) who works for Delta was able to help me book a flight for about half the usual price! The school has helped me out a lot as well. The Chinese teachers will cover my classes while I'm gone, and they have even given me a little money to help cover some of the cost of flying home. I'm so grateful.
Similar to last year, I had a blast and did a ton of things on my month-long Spring Festival vacation. Hung out with a few Chinese families, caught up with old friends, and visited Tokyo, Shanghai, and Beijing. It would take forever to review it all, so below are some pictures that I thought you might enjoy.
Eating Beijing Duck. But in Beijing, it's just called duck.
The Water Cube where Michael Phelps won all his gold medals.
The longest escalator in Asia! 8 floors! You could just feel the history while riding it...
Kirk Ransom, Coral, Me, Daniel, and Kirk Lacy hanging out at Coldstone in Beijing.
Believe it or not, the Tokyo subway system was even 5 times more difficult to figure out than this map makes it look like!
Apparently every country has one of these.
Just a cool-looking pier in Tokyo.
A bunch of dead tuna at the world's largest fish market in Tokyo.
A giant Buddha statue. I'm pretty sure this is the 500th one of these I've seen in Asia.
Behind the fog and clouds is the beautiful Mount Fuji. Just imagine it. That's what I did.
A cool little street in Tokyo.
Unfortunately, sumo wrestling was not in season while we were there. But this is where the big tournaments take place.
Entertaining the Japanese as they walked by.
Just to give you a little idea of how big Tokyo is. This is a picture of the city quite a ways away from the center of town. And the picture is facing away from downtown!
The Tokyo Dome. Home to the most famous baseball team in Japan: The Tokyo Giants.
Our hostel beds were in "capsules." Or as I like to call them, "boxes."
A traditional Japanese building similar to the Chinese style.
Cartoons are HUGE in Japan for people of all ages!
We looked for this Godzilla statue for quite awhile. We thought it was going to be just a little bit bigger...
Joe, Kirk, and Daniel at a sports bar watching the Super Bowl.
Hanging out with our new friend Takaki eating some traditional Japanese food.
I'm assuming this is Mickey and Minnie on drugs.
Joe was able to get our flight to Tokyo in first class! Maybe the first and last time I'm ever there!
A few of us visiting Lara's home in Hanchuan, Hubei, China.
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