I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank David Hughes for having this wonderful school. My son Cael
Jones has always struggled in the public school system. Since Cael has
been enrolled in New River Academy he really enjoys school. I feel New
River Academy is a great balance of the outdoors and keeping the students
active. Since [...]
We were meant to spend 5 days paddling the Mekong River stopping in the afternoon to make camp and get some camps in, however on our 4th day of camp some local chinese police came and told us we couldn’t paddle any more. They wanted us to take out at camp. We layed over a [...]
We drove about 12 hours out of Lijiang over a 14500 foot mountain
pass. Everything was covered in snow and we had snowball fights. We put
in right above a huge rapid. We spent a little while scouting and those
who were running it did and the rest portaged. We continued down
through more big water until we reached [...]
After our two days in Kunming we gathered our gear and borded an overnight sleeper bus. The bus has two levels of beds all about a foot to short. We arrived in Lijiang the next morning after a not so refreshing sleep on the bus and walked through old town to our hostile. Lijiang is [...]
Traveling to the Mekong river was an incredible trip within itself. With a 2 day, 12 hour drive we were drove through some pretty amazing passes as we traveled into a deeply tibetan cultured area. We drove through some passes up to about 14,500 feet. Incredible views of the areas culture and the himilayan mountains. [...]
After spending a couple days in Shanghai, New River Academy gathered all of our gear and got on the subway of Shanghai. After a long tiring hike we arrived at the Shanghai train station where we got onto a train and settled in for the 37 hour ride to Kunming. Upon arrival, we once again [...]
Hey Everyone,
Here is a quick little update for you on our first few days in China. I hope you guys enjoy! There is much more white water kayaking and cultural video to come.
Best,
Tino
Original post by New River Academy and software by Elliott Back
Well, so far we have spent a couple of days in Shanghi, took a 36 hour
train ride to Kunming, and are about to take a bus ride to Lijiang to
prepare for our first river run on the Mekong. Our trip leader, Levin
Brown, has gotten access to the river from the government to get on the
Mekong. [...]
These are some photos taken during my stay in a hostile in Shanghai. We stayed for two nights and spent a significant amount of time wandering around the streets taking pictures and seeing some awesome things. We were staying on one of the only historic chinese streets that had old-time vendors and street shops [...]
This picture was taken in Kunming China. it is ment to contrast between china’s anchient and historic tradition and its fast economic growth. Picture taken by Tyson Rowley.
This is picture was taken in Kunming, China. it was taken of a really cool archway in the middle of the city. Picture was taken by Taken by [...]