There are three words to characterize internet service in China:  SLOW, UNRELIABLE, and FRUSTRATING.

I tired 4 times yesterday to get a blog message posted.  I typed it four times and each time I could not get it posted and lost it somewhere in cyberspace.  So before I type again I will shoot this test message to you and if it goes out I will try the longer update.

Thanks for understanding.  Briefly we are all well and sad that our camp is almost over.

doug