There is so much to write about at the moment. I feel like I haven't been home for days :-) I have had much fun with great company. Saturday afternoon, after the mornings classes, I went with Nettie and some other foreign teachers from Yichang to the Festival at the "Three Gorges Dam". Suprisingly, there were quite a few Australians amongst us..I think we totaled five! Katie, Beth and Zac (the new American teachers at the university, whom I had already had lunch with previously)were also on the bus.
The drive out to the Dam is quite beautiful...this area really is very scenic. For me the show was interesting, some specky explosions of colour, many entertainers and the fascination of watching the whole crowd banging inflatable plastic hammers and clapping plastic clappy hands throughout the whole show. A bag was provided with these items inside plus a bottle of water...As with many moments in China it often feels very surreal...
For me all these different cultural experiences are really interesting.
After the show we were all bused to "The International Hotel" for a tasty Dinner and after that we walked across to our VIP seats on the river park for the fireworks display. I have to say...China knows how to do great fireworks, it was very beautiful...my favourite moment was when the fireworks went up, exploded and then Red Lanterns floated down from the sky, landed on the "Chang Jiang" and floated down the river..."Very Cool".
This is the "Yiling Bridge" at night and "The International Hotel" where we ate dinner.
P.S. If you want to see some extra photo's of the fireworks and the Festival...just go to my photo's page.
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