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| TRAINING FROM SHANGHAI TO HANGZHOU (continued)
A three hour bus ride from one city to another didn't seem like a big deal after a 13 hour plane ride from one continent to another. Nice scenery, lots of leg room, soft seats, we couldn't complain here.
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| Russ' reflection. This picture is way cool, like he's travelling through dream or something... which is the way the trip felt at times. |
Even Bill is joining in on the fun. |
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| Me and Jiayin reunited at the Hangzhou trainstation. |
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| TRAINING AT THE ZHEJIANG SPORTS INSTITUTE PLACE MONDAY - AUGUST 12
This was one of the coolest aspects of the trip, i mean... how many people can say they trained with world class wushu athletes? Well, besides people at our school, we do it on a daily basis... Master Hu's da man! But when you think about it... sure, people can visit China, but this is really something special.
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| Random Memories:
Changing training rooms, the really really dirty floors, pretending to know what my instrutor was saying... just smile and nod.
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| Bill showin' how it's done with the broadsword. |
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| Outside
Clouds Part
No more rain
Dodge a puddle
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The kids learning Changquan. |
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| "Watch out guys... they have the Olympic symbol on their side" |
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"Oh God! We're out numbered" |
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| Me and Scotty with A Xue, the girl who taught us her spear form... Look at how grimey our shirts look from the dirt sticking to the sweat. Then like, hers is bright white. |
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| HANGZHOU - TOURING WEST LAKE - Same Day
Westlake... as beautiful as i remembered it being 3 years ago on my first China trip. My thoughts were whisked away by the brisk breeze. The mist gently coated the landscape and the air was sweet like... like... uhhh not like honey... maybe roses or something. actually, maybe it was the tea bushes, never mind. It was cool.
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Our boat |
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| What a strange and diverse Asian family |
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| NEW FRIENDS - a poem inspired by this picture
Oh my god, she's wearing the same shirt!
Like, that %@# is wearing the same shirt
Uh oh, camera
Better smile for the camera
:) ... yeah right
Take the picture already, my smile is hurting
So, is that a size small?
No, it's a medium
Awesome, lets go to the mall!
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| I have on the face of someone who just heard a secret and could hardly keep it to himself. |
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| Just another tour bus |
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| Me and my buddies, Jose and Timmy |
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Rich posing with the same gesture as the guy on the bottle. |
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After we rode around on the boat for a while, we got to tour the park |
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| Didn't your mother teach you not to point? |
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| LOOK! LOOK! THAT'S AMAZING! |
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Ehkk... eck... hold the... ehhk... kick for Mm... Master... eck... Hu's camera |
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| That's a great shot of Ai and Rayva |
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Power Ranger wannabes |
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The real Power Rangers |
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