Kenny's Pictures, Batch No. 8
This is the much anticipated page that begins at the beginning of summer break and the Memorial Day trip, then goes on to the China trip. The China trip for the summer begins with the Tianjin trip, and includes the EAP trip to Chengde and the Great Wall. The two week summer break trip will not be included because I didn't take too many pictures with my digital camera, so you'll have to wait until I get my slides/negs scanned to see those. But there are undoubtedly some nice pictures in that group!

Memorial Day weekend trip, May 2000
There are so many things that I still wanted to do when I was still up in Berkeley. One of them was to go up and explore the northern section of California. This territory is very different from the urban sections of California like LA and SF, and also different from the agricultural powerhouse otherwise known as the Central Valley. Up here, it's much more like Oregon or the East, with people sitting on their porches and fishing. The trip went through some major points, starting off in Redding, Lake Whiskeytown, Weaverville, Mt. Shasta and Shasta Lake, Crater Lake, Lava Beds NM, Burney Falls SMP, Lassen NP, and Sacramento. I went with my good friend Charlotte (who was prepared for everything). All of these pictures are done in digital format. I have yet to scan in my 645 or 35mm slides.

Arrival in China, June 2000
Here are some of my few digital pictures of China. There are also a lot of pictures from the first week of EAP that are on prints.
Trip to Tianjin, Mid-July 2000
This was our first trip outside of Beijing by ourselves. It was relatively close: Tianjin is only a one and a half hour train ride away. Some other people went to Beidaihe, which was also very fun (probably much more fun that Tianjin). There really wasn't much to do in Tianjin, but it was great fun hanging out with some EAP buddies. We originally started off with 17 people, but we split up to make it easier to organize. Again, these pictures are all taken with the digital camera.
Trip to Shidu, Mid-July 2000
The next weekend, I was still feeling a little restless being in Beijing, so I thought about going to a nearby area to explore. Cali mentioned Shidu, so that's where I went. Pei-jej, Andrew, Bich, and Pearl also came along. It was a great trip and I got to know them all a little bit better.
Random EAP pictures, July 2000
Here are some pictures that were taken throughout the EAP summer session, and I don't know where to put them except to group them into a section all by themselves.
EAP Trip to Chengde, Late-July 2000
This trip was so fun! We started off at the Jingshanling section of the Great Wall, and then spent a night at a farming village, and then had a great time at Chengde, about 6 hours north of Beijing. This is also where I celebrated my 21st birthday, and what a party that was. Thankfully, I don't have any digital pictures of that night - much to incriminating. Nevertheless, this weekend was magical and we made some great memories.

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