This was a neat place that was developed and opened for climbing by a friend of ours during our last year or so in Guilin. He asked David to help do some rock climbing coaching for him, and we were able to spend many a hours here with locals – spending time with them, encouraging […]
Another cool thing that the kids were able to do in Guilin was study watercolor painting in a beautiful setting with a wonderful teacher! She lived in a beautifully renovated village home near our apartment and the kids loved the animals that came with the territory. They usually did class the first hour and played […]
One cool thing the kids learned in their Chinese school was how to make stuff with their hands. Their craft teacher from school resigned this past year though, and the kids all really missed her. She was super great and willing to come to our house and keep teaching the kids though. This was something […]
Colt had expressed interest in paragliding, so a friend asked if we wanted to go watch. I didn’t even know this existed within 30 minutes of our home in Guilin?! It was a super cool experience (we only watched), but it also was pretty amazing to see the power of the wind on the tip […]
Just walking home and pass someone “walking their llama.” Oh the things you will see in China.
The translation of signs in China always cracked me up. . . sometimes I couldn’t resist taking a picture!
Well it has been ENTIRELY too long since I posted on here. . . not even sure if anyone will still check it! But, for our memories sake I think the most doable option at this time is to post the past few months as “monthly recaps.” Ain’t nobody got time to sit down and […]
We were able to spend Chinese New Year with Liu De Hai and his family this year thanks to a new fast train line being opened from our city directly to theirs. It only took about 4.5 hours! Previously, it would have taken a regular train and then a bus with a total trip time […]
We had some friends come visit from KY! It was a lot of fun to show them around, and they were both such great sports and a pleasure to host! All of these pictures were taken by them, but I thought they were great!
