For the Google Earth users out there I have finally found the location of our apartment/school.
Our coordinates are:
Latitude: 38°14'49.37"N
Longitude:106°13'33.31"E
Eric, I know you asked for this months ago but as you can see there really aren't a whole lot of landmarks around by which to find the school. Believe me I tried. It wasn't till I got more familiar with the area and the roads in particular that I was able to locate it.
The picture is a bit old, there are a few more buildings and the athletic field in the center of campus is artificial turf now and therefore always green. Everything surrounding the campus is pretty much the still the same though: fields and small brick huts(for lack of a better word).
The small town just north is actually YongNing. I think it has been mislabeled. You can also see how far away we are from Yinchuan (i.e. civilization, any other foreigners, KFC)
So there, we aren't quite off the map. You just need to know where to look.
On another note, blog spot has been working for us for almost a week now but I don't want to say anything and jinx it.
Only about 18 more days till we come home. Have food ready.
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Here's a direct Google maps link. (You can zoom in closer...or zoom out if you want to see more of China.)
"Eric, I know you asked for this months ago..."
Oh, I lost interest in this long ago.
So, you're in China?
Actually... So your apartment borders a bunch of fields?
So, your about 20 miles from yinchuan then.
So, do you ever get up to Shengli? I hear they have a great buffet.
"you're"
(Stupid internet)
The "town", if we can call it that, labeled as Shengli is actually YongNing. I'm not sure why it is labeled as such. Anyway, we have from time to time made our way to YongNing. Eaten there a couple times too. I know a place with dog on the menu even (passed on that ourselves). Whenever we are there we are followed around by school children like a parade. I feel like that one fairy tale character (Pied Piper?) Who plays the flute and leads all of the rats out of a city and when he doesn't get paid he does the same with the children. I just don't need to play anything or do anything besides merely BE foreign.
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