This will be my final blog post for awhile. Thanks for accompanying me on my journeys. It's been an unbelievable adventure!
Qingdao:
It was so great to have Rachel be able to meet me in Qingdao on my last day of classes. We were a little nervous about her finding her way to my Freshman classes because I was at a satellite campus. But she made it and was treated like a celebrity! She said "Now I understand why you don't want to leave. I don't want to leave and I've only been here a day!"
Our time in Qingdao was very short. One day we walked through a sculpture park and along the beach.
Then we walked through the old German section of town and to "Snack Street" which had an incredible assortment of wild things to eat - starfish, scorpions, snakes - to name just a few. I wish we could say we were brave and tried something, but we were afraid of getting sick right before our trip to Tibet.
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| Old Catholic Church |
Snack Street: (Pictures by Rachel)
Our first stop on our trip was Chengdu, China
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| My lovely traveling companion |
Some of the sights around town:
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| Prayer flags hung in the trees |
Chengdu is famous for its panda park. The Giant Pandas were behind glass so the pictures were not as clear as the Red Pandas, but both were very cute.
Tibet:
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| A comfortable way to tour the city |
Tibet was an amazing place. The people were so friendly, so quick to smile.
We really felt the effects of the altitude (15,000+ ft). We were in Lhasa and Shigatse.
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| Potalla Palace - Former home of the Dalai Lhama |
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| A magnificent, awe-inspiring structure |
Pilgrims spinning their prayer sticks on their way to the palace:
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| Yak butter candlelight |
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