May 2007 Archives

Now I am back China for a month. People will ask why you have to get used to Chinese life since you are a Chinese?

Well, live outside China has influences on me and changed me quite much. I grew a lot these years and maybe more clear about my life and my goal. But just now the life in China make me a little bit confuse, I do not know if I really want my life like this.

Things will change very fast, do not konw what will happen and where I will end. I love China not only because she is my home country,but also the feeling and things. But I have to think about the living style.

After five hours flight, we arrived at Phoenix. A hot place, we started from about five degrees in Finland then about twelve degrees in NY, now in Phoenix was about thirty degrees. Found the shuttle to carefree - a myterious place for me. Along the road side there were cactus and cactus...

We stayed there for a week, a hot week - everyday was about thirty degrees (it was in April, it was still in the sprint time here). We lived in a retreat center - a beautiful place in the middle of nowhere (or just in the middle of the desert).

I walked around by myself, found a small shopping center-sundial circle. There were lots of shops selling native indian things, I found one that really some indian people selling things, I bought some things and also a cowboy hat for myself, as you can see from some of my pics.

One afternoon we went to the garden, to see more different kinda cactus. I love these cactus, they were so funny and strange, also lots of wild animals lived here and some bird even made nest inside the cactus.

It is wild wild west, the real scene from any of the cowboy western movies. I walked by the high way myself to get to another small town-cave creek. There was some shop keeper suprised when I said I'am from China. I guessed there had not been much chinese people yet, not as other big cities in US.

Good days passed so quick, it was the time that we were going back to China to start our lives!

Bye bye cactus and maybe see you sometime again!

A few days trip was so short, I think I could spend weeks here. Lots of place for shopping like the 5th avenue and some small streets with different funny shops.

This time we chose a quiet place-The central park which I have seen many times on TV or movies. Lots of people running in the park in the morning, the air is clear, I could already smell the spring here even the tree still has no leaf.

It was a big park surrounded by big buildings, just like such clean and quiet place that among all the busy or money things.It was just a place that could let you forget all the bad feelings outside it...

Time is limited, we took the famous NY subway back to the city center-broadway. Actually I never liked subways even not in Europe or China. Walking on the broadway again and had some good bagels, we prepared to go to the New Ark airport again.

This airport is small for me, but lots of people here. Tried to check in but I do not have a seat number on my ticket. While let's see what is that means! Till the time that we needed to board the plane. The unkind girl told me that I could not get on the plane since the plane was full and I did not have a seat number. God! what should I do? Angery?No use! they promised one night airport hotel and some remedy for the tickets and booked us on the flight the next day. That means we have to spend one more night in the airport again!

New York! New York! Now I do not feel I am in paradise, but I have to accept it.
Finaly the next day we got on the plane and got to the next stop-Carefree, Arizona.

Sorry for all the delaying, quite busy again. Not traveling but some other things, while new traveling might coming soon.

Ok, New York! The next day, just as all the other turists, we went to the Empire state building, first went on the 88th. floor where we could get outside and look far away. We were so lucky, the weather was good just little bit windy but clear. We could see quite far. Then we went to the top the 102nd. floor which was just inside very small place, but we were on the top and to view the whole NY city. It was nice to be on the top and since this place has been used for many movies, and also most of the movies are romantic(sleepless in Seatle)...

From the empire state building, we walked all the way to Mahattan, through the little Italy and China town, in China town I just felt that I was back to China, all the small shops by the street side and even someone selling DVD on the street (of course the price is in dollar not RMB).

Finally the mahattan, the huge buildings... We saw the rebuilding site of WTC, I could still feel the sorrow and sadness behind the concrete wall...
Wall street! the famous money gathering place-Stock market and the golden bull on the street to wish every stock exchanger a good luck!

At the port now, we took the small ship to the liberty island.About 20 minutes we arrived at the island, quite small island just Miss liberty herself, little bit lonely. Walked around her then we took the ship back to Mahattan, to try to find a good place to eat,because all day walking we were quite tired and hungery.

On of mahattan side street we found a small braizilian restaurant. Since I have some braizilian friends and knew some famous food from there. So we went in and had a quite good meal.

The next day we will leave NY to another place, now I think I love this paradise place but it was just my two days feeling...

(to be continued...)