Earlier this week I gave a lecture at a training program for middle school English teachers from Guangzhou. They held the closing ceremonies for the program this noon at the Quan Ju De Beijing Roast Duck Restaurant, and I was invited. For most of the participants, this was their first trip to Beijing, so their […]
Three Days, Three Cities
Noel and I are sprinting to the finish line of our Esther Expedition, which ends in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Today we flew from Chengdu to Wuhan. On Tuesdaywe take the bullet train from Wuhan to Guangzhou, then another train to the border the Hong Kong border in Shenzhen. We will cross the bridge into […]
The Same Neighborhood Today
Regarding yesterday’s post — some (who are not familiar with Guanzhou) have written and asked what the city looks like today. Here are a couple of photos I managed to find online: This is a picture of the Garden Hotel, across the street from the Baiyun Hotel, where I took that shot in the […]
Photos: Guangzhou 1979
My first trip to China was in the summer of 1979, the first year that Americans could go in as tourists. I was doing a summer internship in Hong Kong, and signed up with some friends to go on a tour to Guangzhou. We flew there (30 minute flight just ahead of a typhoon), then […]
