Sorry about the infrequency of updates on this blog. The problem has been the internet. As I have mentioned before, the internet can be really slow sometime but luckily it loaded tonight so we will see. If there are some pictures that haven’t been attached but mentioned, I apologize ahead of time.
So for the past couple months it has been recommended to us to go visit a town called Liye. We were told that is was a good day trip so went there this past Saturday. One the more memorable things that happened was the bus ride as it was our first time finding and riding a bus without help. At about 9 a.m. we went to the bus stop and all we had with us was a paper with the Chinese characters for Liye. After asking multiple times where we buy tickets for the bus, we were directed on to the bus without having paid for our ticket and we sat down a little confused.
Eventually a person came around and we did pay for our bus ticket with was really cheap; 2.5 US dollars for a 2 hour bus ride. The bus ride was relatively normal. None of the spitting that people talking about but there was smoking and on the way back I was woken up by person yelling into their phone right next to my ear. But nonetheless, I enjoyed it because, as always, there is so much to see along the way.
When we got to the town, we noticed that it was like other Chinese towns but this one had some touches that made it unique. Compared to Huayuan, there were a lot more markets selling goods. There was also a really cool themed area of town that is in the above picture. The decor added a unique touch to the town and to be honest, I felt like I was going to a Disney land ride around every corner. 🙂 There was also a ancient city ruins display but unfortunately it was closed.
As often happens, we seem to attract people around us and yesterday was no exception. This time is was a group of about 30 high school students and we had some fun with them. Jordan showed them some magic trick and they really really like that too. The kids in general were not as outgoing as they are in Huayuan but we did find (or I should say they found us :)) a group of little kids that were not shy at all and just wanted to say right by our side. They were super cute and I snapped a picture with them below:
