• Beijing and a trek to the Great Wall

    We took the bullet train from Tianjin to Beijing. Then we had to figure out how to get from the train station and into a taxi that would take us in a reasonable amount of time to our hotel. We discovered that there was a huge waiting line for the…

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  • Tianjin

    Tianjin

    I must have been tired and distracted because I didn’t get many photos of our time in Tianjin. I suppose that’s understandable because we only spent about 24 hours there before moving on to Beijing on the bullet train! Here are a few photos of this trip segment, which included…

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  • Zhuhai

    Zhuhai

    We stayed at Bob and Jene’s home in Zhuhai for 4 nights. It was the perfect place to begin familiarizing ourselves with a Chinese neighborhood, with its sights, sounds, and smells. One evening, I went with Jene to the English conversation class she teaches at a school called the Global…

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  • Crossing the Border

    Crossing the Border

    Crossing the border from Macau to Zhuhai was an interesting experience. Although we each had luggage with four wheels, we did what many people do. We hired one of the people waiting on the side of the road with a dolly to strap our luggage on with a rope and cart…

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I’m Cathy,

Here you’ll find my notes about research and other related professional work interests, as well as some personal things, such as books I’ve found interesting, stories of family and friends, travel, and spiritual musings.