So we've been in china 3 days now and I'm sorry I'm just getting to post. This has been a great experience so far. I feel like a rock star here because every where we go people stop and stare at us. They are extremely friendly and interested in Americans.
Driving in china will scare the mess out of you. Our driver to the airport got lost so he turned around and starting driving down the wrong side of the street into oncoming traffic. I thought we were going to be in a head on collisionbut we made it fine. I won't be sitting in the front seat anymore though. In PG all the taxi cabs are motor bikes and it only cost about 24 cents to go anywhere I'm town.
I'm amazed at how cheap stuff is here. You can buy a 32 oz pepsi, sprite, or coke for 50 cents or a bottle of water for .25 cents. Meals have cost us about 3-4 dollars each and it's a ton of food. Surprisingly the food isn't bad. I've found a few things to eat every night and probably had the best fried rice ever yesterday. There are things like dog, rat on a stick and bloody meatballs that I'm not even thinking about eating. I just won't go there, nor will my stomach.
We started teaching at the school today. These students are brilliant and I'm amazed at how good their English is. I was given a Chinese name today but I can't pretend to know how to spell it so I won't try. They asked us to sing to their clas, which I did. You'd have thought i'd won a grammy by the standing ovation they gave me. I thought it was a pretty bad version of twinkle twinkle little star.
Pr for me because I'm getting sick. I've almost completely lost my voice but I'm pushing through. My Chinese friend got me some medice last night. I can read that is says Tylenol cold but that's about it.
I'm having to blog from my iPhone right now so I can't post pictures but I'll try to find a place and do it later.
The whole team is healthy, safe and having a great time. This is a great experience for all 12 of us.
