beerfish
nothing much to report at foshan, until i picked spanna up. otherside we were just chillin or drinkin or eating at the muslim place and stretched noodles! it was great to see span at the airport and i had a big sign so she's know who i was. we trekked back to foshan. the remaining time was spent drinking again, and buying bus tickets.
we had a bit of a nightmare when we went to go to the embassy to vote. it had moved, but we had the new address only in english (no chinese). so we were looking for the old place with the new address only in english. then we found the old place, discovered it was no longer there and went with a taxi to the new place (60 kwai later). BUT it was awesome to be able to vote in china, and i'm glad to know my vote will count.
after the consulate episode, we headed back to the main city and to some markets. a bit hungry we sought a noodle shop and foudn one. we ordered what looked safest and got some awesome soup, lovely noodels, scruptious vegies... and intestines on top... whihc we left. other than noodles - jiaozi have been serving us well.
for the rest of the day we chilled in the orchid garden which was near the train station. we left a bit early and had to wait a while for our train.
it was fun to be on a sleeper train again, i think we'll take heaps more of them. it was comfortable, warm and takes you to a new place overnight! i thought it was a bit like a cot and being rocked to sleep.
we found some australians on the way off the train and onto the next bus to yangshou. it was good to hear familiar voices, there are very few tourists around. yangshou is a city set in rice paddies on the river, with karst limestone mountains all around (same as halong bay). it is really nice, and kind of eerie with these huge peaks rising up from everywhere.
we hired bikes after being harrassed at our hostel and high tailed it out of town. we hadnt been anywhere rural in china, and it makes such a difference. there were still heaps of touts at the touristy places and trucks beeping at us everywhere, but the air is a bit cleaner and you feel completely dwarfed by the steep limestone cliffs.
we headed to a lookout up a huge stair climb and had a great view in every direction. we ate our $1.20 dragon fruit up there as well.
we ended up meandering home, eating beer fish (a local dish of fish cooked in beer and vegies) at a joint near the river, and then looking in at all the markets and farmers markets. we might go for a shop and some jiaozi (dumplings) now and maybe some beers at a rooftop cafe. noice.
tomorrow i think we are planning on catching a bus up to 2 towns away, walking to the middle one (24km) and coming back by boat. were really not eating that much - except for heaps of fruit - because we are always on the go. its quite hard to find safe food because its impossible to read any of the chinese. i guess in yanshou there are a lot more english menus - its nice to try the local specialities...
love to all - onto yunnan next, i think...
we had a bit of a nightmare when we went to go to the embassy to vote. it had moved, but we had the new address only in english (no chinese). so we were looking for the old place with the new address only in english. then we found the old place, discovered it was no longer there and went with a taxi to the new place (60 kwai later). BUT it was awesome to be able to vote in china, and i'm glad to know my vote will count.
after the consulate episode, we headed back to the main city and to some markets. a bit hungry we sought a noodle shop and foudn one. we ordered what looked safest and got some awesome soup, lovely noodels, scruptious vegies... and intestines on top... whihc we left. other than noodles - jiaozi have been serving us well.
for the rest of the day we chilled in the orchid garden which was near the train station. we left a bit early and had to wait a while for our train.
it was fun to be on a sleeper train again, i think we'll take heaps more of them. it was comfortable, warm and takes you to a new place overnight! i thought it was a bit like a cot and being rocked to sleep.
we found some australians on the way off the train and onto the next bus to yangshou. it was good to hear familiar voices, there are very few tourists around. yangshou is a city set in rice paddies on the river, with karst limestone mountains all around (same as halong bay). it is really nice, and kind of eerie with these huge peaks rising up from everywhere.
we hired bikes after being harrassed at our hostel and high tailed it out of town. we hadnt been anywhere rural in china, and it makes such a difference. there were still heaps of touts at the touristy places and trucks beeping at us everywhere, but the air is a bit cleaner and you feel completely dwarfed by the steep limestone cliffs.
we headed to a lookout up a huge stair climb and had a great view in every direction. we ate our $1.20 dragon fruit up there as well.
we ended up meandering home, eating beer fish (a local dish of fish cooked in beer and vegies) at a joint near the river, and then looking in at all the markets and farmers markets. we might go for a shop and some jiaozi (dumplings) now and maybe some beers at a rooftop cafe. noice.
tomorrow i think we are planning on catching a bus up to 2 towns away, walking to the middle one (24km) and coming back by boat. were really not eating that much - except for heaps of fruit - because we are always on the go. its quite hard to find safe food because its impossible to read any of the chinese. i guess in yanshou there are a lot more english menus - its nice to try the local specialities...
love to all - onto yunnan next, i think...
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