Photo of the Day: Temple in the Mountains

(The woman walking is my aunt)

In Guangyuan, Sichuan Province, with my extended relatives, who were visiting some of their extended relatives in the mountains. We drove further into the mountains after lunch to play in the freshly fallen snow; after they parked the trucks they stopped into this Buddhist temple to offer some prayers since it was around Chinese New Year's. I don't know that it was frequented often but it looked well-maintained enough. I was politely told I couldn't participate because I wasn't a Buddhist, so I just took pictures.

Photo of the Day: No Exploding Cars

One of my favorite signs. Chinese below it translates to "urban area."

Taken on my daily 8 am commute to class; bus stop was behind me and Dongcai is just ahead on the left.

Photo of the Day: Badminton with a View

A friend and I picked up a random game of badminton with some young Chinese students whilst walking behind Cheng Huang Miao in Shanghai. In the background are the Oriental Pearl Tower, the Jin Mao Tower, and the World Financial Center. October 2008.

Photo of the Day: We're in the Desert!

We were all pretty excited. So we choreographed a jump. We got this on the FIRST SHOT.

Taken in the Tengger Desert, where the BCA study abroad group and I went for National Holiday (which is Oct 1 every year, but we took off the entire week beforehand). Specially picked for today because today I flew all the way out to South Carolina to visit Leanna, the girl in the middle in purple, for Spring Break. We're having a mini-Dalian reunion!

Photo of the Day: The Church of KFC

At Youhao Square, a Dalian staple. Second floor balcony is actually a nice place to sit and watch the cars driving in the square's roundabout, and the shopping area of Victory Plaza just down the street.

Photo of the Day: 广告

Outside the University of Finance and Economics (Dongcai), where I spent my second semester studying Chinese. (广告 means advertisement)