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Zhaleh and Zach go out of their way to demonstrate something
that happens quite a bit in the summertime in Beijing: getting caught
in a downpour. |
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Cruising the lake at HouHai |
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The HouHai gang |
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Heading out to the suburbs to see the Peking Man historical site. |
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A re-enactment drama in one act. |
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Melody's lab took a trip to beidaihe |
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(we ate these-- they're shrimp) |
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Melody: "My lab at dinner. i'm being an upstanding citizen though--
notice my empty cup! [from L front, clock wise: mo fanyang, pangpang,
the secretary, prof. wang, zhao xia, ma jie, zhong zhenzhen, zhang
zhe, me, ma jian, li fei (xiao fei fei), yan guobin, xiao qing, peng
chen] |
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After the meal , they went to an amusement park where you sat
on a sled and rode down a sand dune...
this sign was not very helpful. |
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Melody: "Woke up at 4:30 to go to the beach and watch the sunrise~~
but it was too cloudy to see much" |
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"me and my grad student, ma jie" |
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Melody: "Next we went to 'the first pass under heaven' the
east most important pass of the great wall" |
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Melody: "Part of the wall was closed off (because of the olympics,
of course) so we had to take a boat to see it." |
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me and ma jie again |
