Well, The Great 'Firewall ' of China halted my blogging attempts while in China, so this blog will be more of a memoir rather than a narrative.  China's pervasive anti Google, and GMail interference made it almost impossible to function on the Internet outside of the Virtual Private Network that I had in place, but even that was not perfect.

So, I'm breaking my blog up into comments on life in China and how we interacted in that life.

We traveled to all of the places that I we had planned, walking and trekking through villages, farmer's lands,and fields and on hiking trails. We encountered wonderful, generous people who welcomed us to their land. We also spent time in ancient towns that have succumbed to sometimes ugly modernization attempts and to the swells of Chinese tourists who are on the move to see their country.

China is growing by leaps and bounds, even in the four years since we were there last. The building of roads, airports, towns, apartment buildings is unparalleled ! Almost everyone has a cell phone, and is on it all the time ! And, it's 4G !! But, it is a fascinating country with wonderful people and one that is a force in the Universe. I'm so glad that we were there to see it now, before it changes forever.