I hope you like the new layout. I just had so much to show you that the regular blog format just wasn't working out for me.

The Internet has been great to us, hasn't it. What I love most about it, is that it has allowed me to work no matter where I am in the world. How, because that means you can contact me any time no matter where I am! Use this form to send me a message and rest assured it will get to me as quickly as possible. Talk to you soon!

I recently saw the movie Avatar and like most people, was awed by the visual effects. Another thing that awed me though was that I realized that I had been to Pandora before. It wasnt in some far away world, but instead in central China; Hunan actually, Zhangjiajie to be exact.

Here's a very useful and comprehensive list of Things to Do in Shenzhen, China; including activities, nightlife, shopping, sightseeing, and even sports and recreation. Enjoy!

Luckily, Kiko was with me during this eclipse and was able to take some great pictures of the people watching with us. You can see here how dark it actually gets. Her little point-and-shoot Olympus actually did a pretty good job taking a pictures of the eclipse too.

We saw it! Despite the clouds and predictions of thunderstorms here in Hangzhou today, we were lucky enough for the clouds to part just long enough for us to see the amazing total solar eclipse from a great location at the Hyatt Hotel on the West Lake.

Here is a video of the Total Solar Eclipse in Hangzhou China, 2009. The video isn't as clear as the one I took in Egypt in 2006; however, the cloud cover here actually made for a cooler-looking video I think.