The travel from Phoenix to Chhendgu was long and hard. Arrived okay but without some of our luggage. All of it finally arrived at 11:30 pm on Saturday night.
The City of Chengdu is very stable and lots of people and aid is pouring in for the earthquake folks.
I'm staying at the Xinglin Hotel which is next to the Chengdu Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. That's the Hospital when I'll be doing my internship.
There are 3 of us from the school (PIHMA - Phoenix Institute of Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture) and they will present our Opening Ceremony on Monday morning.
Many students who were here interning have left and many who were planning to come decided not to. They are now calling us the "brave ones." Hmmm.... brave or crazy, not sure.
Anyway, we are exploring the city and taking in the sights until our orientation on Monday morning. We're seeing a lot of the refugees coming into Chengdu by the street side tents that are popping up everywhere.
Yesterday, a convoy of about 30 ambulances from Beijing pulled into our Hospital. Looks like they were dropping off some of the victims and picking up some supplies.
Many people on our flight from Hong Kong to Chengdu were emergency aid workers. There were a couple of Fire Rescue men from New Zealand (it was on their shirt) and a least 2 rock stars from Hong Kong because all of the young girls screamed at them when they got off the plane.
That's all for now. Use the "Comment" section to ask me questions.
Miss all of you.
Peace and Love,
Donna
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