OK, and now I’m back in China after a hectic, stressful, but, in the end, productive trip to the US. If I had to do it over again, I would have found a way to stay longer, or maybe just found a way to do less. I think the former is more realistic. I only got to see a couple of good friends this time, which was disappointing.

On Saturday, Daryl and I met up for an exploration trip to Dong Men and Luo Hu. I say “exploration” because that has such a better ring than “shopping”. Anyway, it was quite productive. A coworker of mine back in the US had turned me on to these solar paneled USB chargers that can be found in LuoHu, and I’m sure Hua Qiang Bei too. Through my broken Chinese, I managed to explain to them what I wanted and I picked one up for about 12 bucks. It works great! I charged my cellphone this morning:

Call Al Gore, China is goin’ green!

Oh, be sure to check out the Huashan post below, which is post-dated to May 18th, when we were up on the mountain. Fantastic trip! The trip to the US prevented me from doing any blogging, but I’ll try to be a little more consistent now. Oh yes, and there should be a movie soon – I’ve got it all planned out in my head.