Photos

Most of the panda pics are up...

You will NOT believe this...

So I signed up for a cooking class offered by the hostel. I thought, "Oh, I'm in Chengu, where else would I learn how to cook traditional Sichaun food?" So I jumped at the chance - It's $8, I get to eat the food, and I get a free beer.

It wasn't until about two minutes before the class started that I thought, "I'm going to have to touch raw meat."

I figured that it was time to just deal with it. I had to butterfly a piece of chicken before cubing it, and slice a piece of pork into very small pieces. I have survived... And I did like the little hats...

I did eat up afterwards...

email address...

OK. So my father has pointed out a quite large blunder... All of the cards that I handed out before I left have the wrong email address. My correct email address is

mshayes1 at gmail.com

Apologies if you've been using the other email address.

Pandas

I saw the pandas today. With a little work, I should have the pics posted in the next couple of days...

MH

Photos

I've put up some photos and added the captions. I'll try and do some more while I'm in Chendu. Connection isn't great, but the menus are in English. So I may try to compress and post...

Click on the "photo" link to the right...

Blog issues...

Since leaving Beijing, I have not actually been able to view the blog. I can access "blogger.com" to add posts, but I can't reach wheresmarcia.blogspot.com.

I get the traditional IE error message page about not being able to find a server.

I can't read any of the comments that you've left since last Friday, as I can only see these on the site. I have set it up to email only me when a comment is added to the site.

I'm not sure what to do about this. If you have an idea, please email it to me...