National Day
October 1 is National Day in China. I think it's similar to our Independence Day. They celebrate for the whole week though, which is good for us because that means a whole week with no school. So what do you do with a whole week off from school? You travel and see China. We went on an organized tour for the English Teachers here from BYU that are living in all areas of China. A couple of other foreign teachers had gotten wind of it and asked if they could also go. Of course! There were about 40 people in our group. We flew first to Urumqi in the far northwest part of China, in the Xinjiang Province. We went to a museum of the Ughur region and then Muslim Bazaar with some great shopping. The next day we took a bus to Turpan, Xinjiang. China has a lot of people with a lot of huge cities, but it also has miles and miles of open territory. The western part is quite mountainous and desserty. If those are word...