On our last day in Chengdu, Sichuan we visited this beautiful giant. At 230 ft. it is the largest Buddha in the world, and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
#51 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (TIBET #1- Train from Beijing to Lhasa, Tibet) August 27th 2006 The journey to Tibet has been a life's dream. For as long as I remember, its mysterious history and the hopes and the tribulations and the complications in its existence have been of fascination. But any pre-conceptions must adjust rather quickly to reality, for I was on a train, filled to capacity with fellow travellers from around the world, hoping to be one of the first to get a glimpse in ... read more
Asia » China » Tibet » Lhasa For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more
After 38 years as a Foreign Language Teacher and Foreign Language Dept. Chair at Coral Gables Sr. H.S., and A.J. Professor of German at the University of Miami, I have left Florida in June of 2006, where my home is in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. I have just signed another year's teaching-contract (my 8th year now) with Taizhou University in the city of Taizhou, located about 3hrs north of Shanghai, in Jiangsu Province, CHINA.
I thought it would be informative for others and rewarding for me personally, to log the progress of my efforts from beginning to end, as a Travel and Photo Jo... full info