Yangshuo Day Nine. Training Ends. Off to Suzhou Tomorrow.

Saying my goodbyes to my friends at Old Beijing – our local dumpling place.

Celebrating with friends at the fanciest restaurant in Yangshuo …

The view from the restaurant was pretty spectacular.

The food never stopped coming to our tables.  [...]

Yangshuo Day Eight.

Live teaching practice.  Ugh.

Journey to Moon Hill with Philippe, then swimming in the Yi Long River.  Legs are like jello.

Biking to Moon Hill, the highest point in Yangshuo.

Pushy ladies trying to sell us water all the way [...]

Yangshuo Day Seven.

More training on how to handle a classroom with 70+ students.  Bring it.

Preparing my first lesson plan for English students here in Yanghshuo.  Looked up to see a spider the size of my fist on the wall three feet away from my head.

Yangshuo Day Six. TESOL training, swimming, eating a fish eye and cheek.

More training today, this time led by Ping and discussing some great tips about teaching English here.

During the lunch break Philippe and I rented bikes and went swimming in the Yi Long River.  It was a little trek there outside of Yangshuo, and it seemed like we might be getting a little lost.  [...]

Yangshuo Day Five. Training Begins.

First day of training.  It was a long one.  Started at 8am, ended at 9pm.  Tired, but I met a lot of new people -  students at Buckland College, and many new teachers with whom I will spend the next week of training.