The last several days have been quite busy here in the good ole PRC as I have begun teaching full time now as well as continuing to make the usual tourist stops. One of the other teachers, Mary from Cameroon, Africa, had her boyfriend in for a visit from England, so we were having a go at the city with him. He was a nice enough guy, originally from Cameroon, but he is working on his masters in England, so his english was good.

Teaching has been very fun and exciting, but it has also been a touch frustrating and I can see now that it will be a struggle to teach this Men and Women without getting annoyed on a regualar basis. This is not to say that I am not going to enjoy myself, quite the contrary actually. However the education system in China seems to be in much worse shape than I originally had considered. More on this later as I assess the situation more closely....

I am posting these pictures of a new pagoda that has just been built in the town. It is without a doubt the most incredible structure I have ever seen. It is a tribute to all of the pagodas that once used to be the main design of religious temples throughout Asia and the workmanship is simply some of the most amazing that I have seen thus far.

...And I was the first westerner to enter it.
Not bad for a Wednesday.
I will let the pictures speak for themselves.
A small note-- I am starting to post the pictures in a smaller format because it would seem that there is a size limit on blogger on images, so I want to scale down the photos a bit so I can continue to bring you this country as (hopefully) you have never seen it.

...and I am having a problem with the upload, so I will post this and the pics on another posting./