Wow! It feels like forever since I've updated my blog. A lot has happened in the past three weeks. My trip to Asia was a huge success. I met a lot of contacts that could be very helpful to us in the future, got a few hours of good footage of the area, and got to know a lot of great people through different "organizations" and on different university campuses.
I can't even begin to explain how exciting it is to see everything thats happening in the area. I was surprised to find out how open the city is to what we're doing there. We didn't have any problems with officials and our contacts were much more bold than I expected them to be in sharing what they believe. It's encouraging to see, especially in a place that we're looking to have long term staff. I can't share much more, but I definitely will when I get back to Georgia on January 12. Until then, here are a few pictures of my trip:
My friend Mark and I bowling at the mall.
With a dragon statue at an ancient emperor's palace.
The new CCTV (State Television) building in downtown.
Central Hong Kong on New Years Eve.
Beijing Road, a massive shopping district where you can find everything from pig belly soup to fake Gucci purses.
Next to the Pearl River at night.
A Chinese Santa Claus I saw on the street. I just had to get a picture with him.
"The City of the 5 Rams" statue in Yie Xiu park.
Singing carols at a Christmas party with about 50 students we met.
The third largest city in the country with 20 million people. It's big, polluted and generally pretty crazy.
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