Email 11-09-02

Dear Shao-Lin,
We are back down O Mei mountain and had great success in both the filming and the interviews. The weather opened up to where we had sunshine as well as the traditional O Mei Mist on the mountain top. Many of the temples down the sides of the mountain are so old and with the mist and age look just like a scene out of the movie The Golden Child! We met many monkeys on the mountain too and they were so fun to watch!

While on the mountain, we had interviews at two different temples and both went well. Since there are so many temples on O Mei, we broke into groups, treked the paths and were able to video/photograph most of the important sights.

Tomorrow we fly to Wuhan and take a night train to the Wu Tang Temple. This will be our last interview and mountain to cover. Hopefully it will go as well as the other mountains have. The weather has been wonderful and everyone that we have interviewed has been friendly and helpful.

We hope that all of you are well and enjoying classes. We are looking forward to getting back and sharing stories to help you prepare for our 2004 China Adventure!

Sincerely,
Senior Master Sharon