Tunneling Under the Wall

The big news since I last wrote is that I went to Chengdu, capitol of the Sichuan province. I love that city. It's kind of like the Seattle of China: relaxed, outdoorsy, and rainy.

But then there's the food. Chengdu is famous in China for having some of the spiciest food around. I pretty much got used to the idea that every time I put anything in my mouth, it was going to burn (in a good way). The one exception was a warm and weirdly delicious egg white-rice wine concoction. 

I'm back in Hong Kong now and hard at work on the logistics and marketing side of the Mandarin program. I'm really enjoying this; it's interesting work that requires creativity.

I'm also glad to be back in a place where the Internet is uncensored. The Chinese government blocks both facebook and blogspot (I've been posting by e-mail) with its Great Firewall of China. I've missed hearing from people!

I've missed being able to look up pictures of people when I'm thinking of them. I can't imagine how people used to go away to other countries with only letters and very expensive long distance phone calls to communicate back home with. It would have been nuts. So stay in touch!