Back from Mainland China

Hello everyone!

It's been over two weeks since my last post, and I've been wicked busy traveling around mainland China. It was a really amazing experience, but I am so glad to be back! Going two weeks without access to Facebook or my blog (because the Chinese government has blocked them - apparently my blog is subversive!) was really tough, so its nice to be back in contact with everyone. I took a ton of pictures, which you can see at these links:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2019313&id=1325940161&l=1688ebe8c6

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2019363&id=1325940161&l=1627a2d229

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2019364&id=1325940161&l=a6860a5ef1

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2019374&id=1325940161&l=d7c7b6220f

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2019375&id=1325940161&l=ddf1e9b540

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2019376&id=1325940161&l=ead4aa04f8

These pictures will show you everything I did. I did way too much to recap here - seeing the terracotta soldiers, riding a bicycle on an ancient city wall, playing with kids in a village, haggling for silk and pearls in the markets, seeing the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square, climbing the Great Wall, and clubbing in Shanghai. These are all the pictures I had on my camera, but my friends have pictures too that I will load later. Enjoy! It's good to be back :)