Study Trip Pictures

The Friday before our study trip, I went to the China Open. This is Maria Sharapova serving. *I can't wait for November 19-20, 2005: Shanghai*
I got to ride a camel in Dunhuang. He/she was really, really tall. It was kind of scary when he/she (I'm not sure what gender mine was) would stand up or sit down because I'd be scared of falling off. It was fun though.
Shadows...
The sand dunes in Dunhuang.
The children of the family in Xiehe we visited. We were going to drop them off at school, which started at 2:30. It seemed a bit late to me, but I guess that's how they do it.

The rowdy kids at the Xiehe school. Some of them were a bit naughty. Like, some boys would slap me on the butt and run away or did it to get my attention so they could see my camera. Looking at the picture now makes me laugh, but seriously, at the time, I felt really uncomfortable and went to the bus early to join Chris. He was chased by a group of kids too and I think he hurt himself while he was climbing a wall to get away from them. The kid with the stick wanted to see the picture and all the kids wanted to see the picture and they were all surrounding me so it wasn't like I could show them all at the same time.
One of the many train rides on our study trip. This one was from Lanzhou to Xiahe. This was the 19.5 hour train ride. I can tell because we were in the soft sleepers as opposed to the hard sleepers. I think on the the 9-day study trip, I showered the most out of everyone: 4 times. One memorable shower was in Xiehe... I woke up at 7 AM to take a cold shower while it was cold and sort of raining outside. Everyone thought I was crazy. Americans apparently use up most of the world's water and I think it's because most of us shower at least once a day while other people in the world only shower maybe twice a year.
In Xi'an. These are the famous Terracota soldiers. It's a shame that their colors faded within two minutes of being exposed to the air. I like how they're keeping some of them buried until better technology is invented to unearth them better. It's a smart archeology technique to only go through one section, keeping other sections for the future generation.

A restaurant in Xi'an... I forgot the name of it... it was like 3 letters, RVP or RTB or something.