Chendug

We are now in Chendug I have no idea if I spelled that correctly. It's in the mountains, but there is so much smog I can't see down the street. There are 5 million in city and 20 million in the area. This is home to the panda. I don't know if you remember the earthquake that hit here two years ago, but it destroyed many peoples homes in the villiages about 50 miles from here. Their leader was killed and they are aftraid it will effect the people and they won't retain their culture and langauge. From what I understand there are 56 spoken languages but only one written language. Today we are visiting three different middleschools. This is their Dragon Boat festival week. There is a story, just like their are millions of stories about the Dragon boat, but most people are on vacation for a week. There are special boxes of food being sold. I'll learn more later. The school are getting together to meet with us on their vacation. Wow. We are excited. WE have brought all sorts of gifts for the schools to show case arkansas and our schools. I brought copies of the DVD so they can see American schools and teenagers. We visit schools and a university on Tuesday. Wednesday we go to a Panda research center. We will get to hold one, I'm sure it will be a highlight. We are off to schools and its 7:00 am. Talk with you soon. Love ya.