Exploring Gaungzhou

About 2 miles of the street was lined with wedding shops.  The dresses were very interesting.  Some white, but you would see many bright pink, red, and yellow dresses too.

Workout area along the street.

Temple

Painting on the wall inside the temple

Inside the temple

Flower Market

This would cost about $20 US dollars.

You also see arrangements with stuffed animals.  Not sure why, but there were many of them. 

These little alley ways are very common.

Shopping area.  You could find anything you would ever need here.

Tons of mushrooms!!

Mushroom Market.  Mushrooms lined the street for blocks.

Grandview Shopping Mall .  

7 floors of stores and restaurants.  Anything you could need.  It had about 4 different wings.  Would take a week to shop around in this mall. 

Walked out of the mall to this.  A riot/protest.  There was some dispute between Japan and China.  Not quite sure, but it was an experience to see.

Police Officers.  

Construction workers and bamboo ladders.

Because of the riot, many of the roads were blocked .  The streets were madness.  We weren't able to take the bus back home, so the metro was our alternate route.  Luckily we found some really helpful people who helped us find our way back home.  The metro was packed.  You couldn't even move and you had to fight to get onto the train.

Trip to Dinghu Mountain

Can't remember what this area is called.  It was very pretty, and everything is so green.

Never seen shrimp like this before! 

Incense.  They come in all different sizes.  I have never seen ones this big before.  There were even some around bigger than this.

A giant ink tablet.

Giant ding (vessel).  Not sure exactly what it is used for.  They are normal not this size.

The man above, painted with a fine point brush, my English and Chinese name on the inside of this bead.  It was very interesting to watch.  He has practiced this for many years in order to perfect it.

You find very interesting signs, all around China.  They very rarely make sense.   

Chinese temple

Clifford School

View of the school grounds from the 6th floor of the International building.

More of the school grounds, and apartment buildings in the distance.

Elementary School.  The building my classroom is in.  I am on the second floor.

The front of the school.  On the right is the Elementary School, the left is the Secondary School, and straight is the Administration building.  The school is grades K-12th with about 3,300 students.  They are planning on expanding next year to almost 4,000 students.  

The front gates of the school.  It is very secure.  They have guards at each gate entrance, and you must show your school ID card to enter and exit.

International building

The students line up every morning at 10am to do morning exercises.

My classroom.

My classroom.