August 1 - Last Night in Bijie

Ni Hao, Dear Blog Readers,

I will add the details of our wonderful closing ceremony at the Bijie University site to this post at a later time, but at present our electricity and our Internet access keep going out, so I don't know what kind of access I might have.

We had torrential rains here during the evening. Following the closing ceremonies here a the Bijie University site we went into the city to have dinner with several of our students. They wanted to order Pig's Ear, but we passed on that local delicacy. After dinner, we went to visit Anthony's home. His little five year old son wanted an Americanized name, so we dubbed him Little Tony.

Catching a taxi in the flooded streets was accomplished by our guide, dear Anthony. A few blocks down the road, however, the car was overcome by water and simply stalled out. York, another wonderful student, found another cab for us and we were delivered to Bijie university safely, albeit drenched.

Ah, we arrived in Bijie in a storm of thunder and lightning, and it looks as if we will be leaving under the same rainy sky...