China I-Sights Exhibition

Our trip up to this point has been an awesome experience that I am so grateful that GOD allowed me be involved with. Today it is Tuesday December 9, 2008 and we are again traveling, by bus to a place called Li jiang. We are still in the Yu nan province just not in Dali. Speaking of Dali, it was one of the most enjoyable places I’ve been blessed to visit. I loved how our hotel looked. The whole complex looked like something out of kid’s storybook. One thing that I enjoyed doing here was bardering or bargaining for merchandise using Chinese. I even helped some of my fellow comrades bargain. This was probably the first time on the trip I enjoyed using my amateur skills; this made me feel really good. Probably the highlight of my last day in Dali was when I purchased an antique sword. It was the coolest thing I’ve seen. Later at dinner three of us guys put on our martial arts get up with our swords and basked in our heroic glory. It just feels like every day in this beautiful country gets better and better. I’m really excited to eventually be able to share my stories with everyone I know.
-Stefan

Today we are leaving Dali to go to our next stop on our trip. Dali was amazing, it showed more of the real China than Beijing did. Dali let you see the regular life of the southern workers, and the way people lived. The market place we went to opened my eyes to the Chinese culture just by the way the people go to get there food, they certainly didn’t go to the grocery store like we do. Other thing that was interesting was going to the Three Pagodas and seeing the monks it was nice to see another religion, though I may not agree with it all it still showed a lot about the people. The trip is quickly coming to an end which in a way is sad but I wont lie I will be happy to go home and see the people I love, but I will never forget a trip like this.
- Andrea LeBlanc