Posting in China

Hi all,

Posting in China is trickier than anticipated, please check the group blog for updates on my travel:

http://absolutecomputingvt.com/eil/blog.html

I'll be posting there.

China is amazing, different, sad, exciting, and much more. Here is my post about the great wall:

Well, it's hard to believe I'm really here. China! I'm surprised by how much English everyone speaks here, and by the pollution. The food is wonderful. Beijing is unbelievably huge; there are so many people here.Today we saw the Great Wall and it was truly great. Standing atop the wall on the mountain ridgeline with sweeping views in both directions, I felt the power and security the Chinese soldiers must have felt 600 years ago.The wall is like a snake's back, or as the Chinese say, a dragon's back, snaking its way along the ridgelines off into the mountain haze. The mountains, jagged, layered and blue are truly stunning.We took the tobogan chute(like an alpine slide) down the mountain back to the bottom. What fun! What an adventure! We're lucky to have a great group of people to travel with. I'll try and keep you updated on my adventures still to come!