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Archive for June, 2006
Field Trips
As I mentioned previously, we have spent several of our days here visiting places having some economic, cultural, or historic significance. Here are a few of the places we have visited, in no particular order:
A Day In The Life
The campus is rather scenic. I have heard said many times that it is the most beautiful in all of China. Of course, each time it was a Wuhan University student or professor who said so. There are perfectly groomed hedgerows, great sweeping lawns, and a fury of activity all along around. Still, the walk [...]
Live From Optical Valley
Just a quick update on the day’s events… Today we visited Wuhan’s East Lake Optical Valley High Tech Development Zone. We visited a company (Chutian Laser) that manufactures industrial and medical laser equipment. We saw a few of their products in action, including a small machine used to etch designs into metal parts. We also [...]
On Traffic
For those of you who have never experienced traffic in China, I can tell you that the experience is quite interesting. At first, it seems that cars meander through the streets as though their drivers believed they were the only beings on earth. Left lane to right lane to straddling the line to nearly [...]
Arrived in Wuhan
I’m sorry that it has been several days since I’ve updated this blog. Getting online here in Wuhan is not nearly as convenient as it was in Beijing. I found an Internet Bar (Wang ba) very near the campus, but it appears that I cannot connect USB devices so no new pictures for now.
Oh, My Aching Feet!
We walked our little feet off today. We set off from our hotel this morning and walked up Fuchengmenwai Avenue all the way to the Forbidden City (now formally known as the Palace Museum), a distance of more than two miles. We strolled around Tian’anmen Square under the watchful eyes of Chairman Mao
Arrived in Beijing
After two layovers and 16 hours in the air, we arrived in Beijing at around 5:00 pm local time. The weather is hot here. We waited in a very long line to get a taxi to our hotel. Rush hour here is much more exhilarating than anything we have back at home. I don’t [...]
Self portrait
With less that a week left before my big trip, I decided that the time had come to replace the Nikon 5200 with something that could focus. After much mulling, I settled on the Panasonic DMC-TZ1. The things that really pushed this camera over the top were 10x optical zoom, image stabilization, macro capability, [...]