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Travel: China

Published on Apr 19, 2016

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Travel: China

Bettina Mileur's journey to her village
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I was born and raised in Spokane, Washington but

my grand parents came from China!
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Just like you I thought of China as....

The Great Wall in Beijing
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Terra Cotta Warriors

Tai Chi

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As I grew older, I became curious about where my grandparents were from.

So, I "Googled" my village close to Guangzhou, China!
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And took a plane to discover what it was like!

Landed in Hong Kong, China

Where I met my daughter Melody!

a college student on exchange in China

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One thing I used to wonder was this:

What was our world like before moving to the United States?

We made the decision to find our village, Fung Yee Tuen

Photo by Mirko.Eggert

We took a train to the city of Guangzhou

Guangzhou

It was smoggy there!
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We met our friendly guide.

She was a famous musician and

played this Chinese instrument.

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With "Google" maps, we drove to our village.

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Fung Yee Tuen

is a small farming village with 20 people

They have simple homes which are heated with small wood fires.  

Electricity is a luxury.

There is no television, no internet, and no cars!

They use one motorcycle.

Photo by dcmaster

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Lee home

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Our story on a stone tablet.

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We said goodbye to our village.

We ferried back to Hong Kong

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Left China

to our home in

Alaska
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My mom's parents came from China.

Zane and Melody are 4rth generation Americans.

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