Chapter 63 Cave Homes In May of 2003, the teacher Zhang Liang took three of us foreigners to where he grew up in a cave. This was a short distance outside of Luoyang. His parents still lived there, but none of his four brothers and sisters lived there anymore. The cave was just a very basic place. There was a bed, stove for cooking and some furniture. The ceiling was brick. They had a few chickens walking around the yard. There were also a couple of small buildings outside in their yard but I don’t know what was in them. Besides the main cave that they lived in, there were also a couple of other small caves that must have been rooms for other things. They lived in a neighborhood where there were other people that also lived in caves. Right now as I write this and think about it, I don’t know if I could live like that or not. I am so used to the every day basic things. I wonder if you have to grow up in a cave to live that way. To go from what we have for basic needs an...
Rick Mundt (1950-2024) lived in the La Crosse WI area and spent 5 years in China teaching English at Luoyang Foreign Language Schools. He embraced the opportunity to meet people and learn about the culture. After his return, Rick worked on a journal with 9000 photos of his experience. With over 150 chapters, we will share weekly his experiences and the friendships he made.