Havin’ a Ball

Here we are enjoying our second full day in Shenzhen. We had a tour of the school’s science facilities before traveling to East Shenzhen to visit the beach and a very interesting theme park of sorts. We spent about 45 minutes or so on the beach where some of us had the chance to go bare foot in the waves. We thought the water was nice. The Chinese people thought the water was cold. After a futile attempt at describing the water temperature of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Maine, we drove a few blocks to the theme park. A cable car took us to the top of a mountain where we had lunch on a deck overlooking the town and the beach where we had just been. We then took a bus down the backside of the mountain to a section of the park called Tea Stream Valley and let the students explore for a while before we headed back to Shenzhen.


I’m going to back track to yesterday, Wednesday, when we had a tour of the performing arts
facilities in the late afternoon after the students were in class. The chorus and the dance troupe in their perspective rehearsal spaces treated us to performances. (I was honored to be asked to play in return and happy to oblige.) We then got to hear the school’s orchestra in a rehearsal. All three groups were very impressive.




Please enjoy the photos included in this blog. Two of the photos will introduce our fearless guides. These three amazing young ladies have been accompanying us on our trips and taking very good care of us all.

Pictured with Denise are Lilly
and Lisa. Pictured with me are Lilly and Grace. Everyone is healthy and happy. Blog again soon.

- Jim McLaughlin