Barbeque at Xiamen, Fujian, China

Almost Fatal Barbeque at Xiamen --Page 1

Pork Barbeque	Sally	Paul and Bernice

Picnic at Lake	Playing Cards	Patsy

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The Almost Fatal Accident -- See pictures for the story While teaching in Xiamen at Lujiang University students invited Paul and Bernice to a barbeque on May 1st. May 1st is a big holiday in China. What started out as wonderful outing almost ended as a fatal accident for Bernice. After a month in the hospital, Bernice was allowed to go home. She spent another month going to the hospital daily for bandage changing. Later she had to have a skin graft to help repair one damaged area and help speed the recovery. Soon after that, the school term ended and we went home. It was some time before she was back to normal again. She still has to avoid the sun on the burn areas.

The City of Xiamen (Shaw men) Xiamen, a bustling and remarkably colorful enclave of about one million, is located on the South China coast on an island of the same name. Xiamen's climate is subtropical, with summer temperatures averaging 85F and winter temperatures no lower than 50F. First settled during the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). In the 17th century, Xiamen became one of the strongholds of the loyalist Ming General Zheng Chengong, who launched an expedition against the Dutch who then had occupied the island of Taiwan.