As a teacher trainer volunteer, I taught at a teachers' college that was in a village across the river from the city of Neijiang. Taking the boat across the river was often faster than taking the minibus.
This was one of two classroom buildings that English teachers taught in at Neijiang Teachers' College, Sichuan, China. There was no air conditioning and no heat in 1998. The students below are reading the newspaper in a glass case.
The nearby farmers sold ducks, chickens, eggs, vegetables, and tofu at the morning market in our village near Neijiang Teachers' College, Sichuan, China (1998).
Pig farmers lived in this brick house across from my apartment building. I heard the pigs squealing as they were killed. In the background is a modern white building in the city of Neijiang, across the river from our village near Neijiang Teachers'...
This is one of the student dorms at Neijiang Teachers' College in 1998. The students lived eight to a room (with four bunk beds) and hung their laundry out to dry on their balconies.
The basketball court was a central feature of Neijiang Teachers' College in 1998. Basketball was almost as popular as ping-pong. Neijiang, Sichuan, China.
This is the road leading down to the Tuo River. The road was in the 'bad' part of the village surrounding Neijiang Teachers' College in Sichuan, China. There were karaoke bars, tea houses, and a two-kuai movie theater along this road. 1998
This is a typical family-run shop near Neijiang Teachers' College, Sichuan, China (1998). Families lived above the shop in apartments and congregated down below around their shops.