L - R: The day I arrived. Farzad (Canadian teacher), James (student), Ryan (Canadian teacher) and Patrick (Aussie teacher)

Apollo and Farzad. Apollo is in the software business and in the beginner class. He's the only student with a car and I was lucky enough to be involved in a fender bender with him. We were coming home from a trip to Shenzhen (near Hong Kong) when this guy beside us decided to change lanes.

Halloween party: The girls threw these costumes together on a moment's notice. Clockwise from right to left: Olive, Suzanna, Daisy, Annie, Amy, Jonie.

Singing songs out on the school grounds one nice afternoon. David (left) loves to go to karoke bars. Apollo is in the middle of a song and Kellar is too shy to join in.

David hams it up as Apollo sings "Red River Valley" to Kellar. Most Chinese know the song in Chinese. It is known as a famous Canadian folk song.

From left: Jack, Ryan, Steven, Brian Patrick, Vic, Me, Farzad, David and Spring. Front from left: Kellar, Simon and Amanda.

This is in Guangzhou near the Chen Family Temple. A series of statues outline the history of China. Quite a nice area.

This is right behind the above statue. I think they meant "Relax in the grass." Oddly enough, there's a "Keep off the grass" sign about six feet away.

Neon palm trees seem to be the rage in Guangdong province.  Many parks and shopping centre entrances are adorned with them.
This is in the small city of Yangjiang, about 4 hours from Guangzhou.

This is the view from my place. Looks like I made the right choice in not accepting the offer from Yangjiang!

Another view from my place

This is a bridge across a gorge near the small city of Gaoming, about 2 hours from Guangzhou. the bridge is part of a trail that leads to an old Taoist temple on the side of a mountain.

Me on the steps of the temple. In the background is one of the smaller temple buildings. I'd love to have taken some shots of the interior, but they don't allow it.

This is a park in the middle of Gaoming. I like this little city of about a million. It's clean with lots of free parks. Jane is from this area and she tells me that it was an incredibly dirty place as little as two years ago. She couldn't believe the changes we saw when we were there.

This is in front of one of the larger shopping centres, Teem Plaza, in the cosmopolitan business sector of Guangzhou called Tianhe. The guy with me is Ginger, a geography teacher from Yangjiang. He's a pretty neat guy who loves to swear in English.

A shot of the International Hotel in Yangjiang. This is probably the nicest hotel in the city and it really caters to foreign tourists.

A thorn among the roses. I went out for dinner with the English department at the school in Yangjiang. Bev, who is from Victoria is to the left of me, has been in Yangjiang since August.