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A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Kaifeng, China by TravelPod blogger Guavamama titled “The Iron Pagoda” Guavamama’s travel blog entry: “Right now while the freshmen are in their mandatory two-week military service, I have an extremely easy schedule. I only teach one class a day, Monday through Wednesday. So yesterday, after we had our daily meal at the noodle shop, I quickly changed out of my “Miss Miller the Teacher” clothes, filled up my water bottle, grabbed my camera and started walking to the Iron Pagoda. The Iron Pagoda is two blocks north of campus and is visible from a majority of places on campus. Built in the 11th century, age has made its tiles resemble iron, thus lending its name to the Buddhist pagoda. The pagoda is the center of the park with all trails leading to this stately structure. Because it was a Monday afternoon in September, the guards at the park’s gate were stretched out on chairs with their shirts unbuttoned and lazily fanning themselves. In their state of contentment in the hazy heat, they let me glide by the gate without showing my park pass. The little pagodas that dot the park were pumping out music that the Chinese would consider corny and trite, but is still exotic to the waiguoren laoshi (foreign teacher). The combination of the still heat, the music playing from speakers still associated with old buildings or communist countries, and my solitary presence in an empty park was just the respite I needed after a …
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