Rain! Rain! Raaain! Bahhh, hate it!
I wouldn’t be so bitter about it, if it hadn’t caused us to cancel our bike trip....twice!
We were all really looking forward to biking through farms around here(Yangshuo), meeting the farmers along the way, and seeing the water buffalo. But alas, it’s the second day in a row that the trip has been canceled because of rain, and we’re leaving Yangshuo today.
Sorry to start on such a negative note, but hey now that that’s out of the way, I’ll tell you that despite the weather, we’ve been having a great time here anyway!!!
Ha! That’s right, take that!.. rain.
This morning Fiona and I took a Kung Fu/ Tai-chi lesson...So cool! The kung fu/ tai-chi master Henry Huang picked us up in his car and took us to his studio where about five other people (who seemed to know what they were doing) were stretching. I think the five others are probably there for a while, learning from Mr Huang. He explained to us that in fact tai-chi is a martial art and considered a part of Kung Fu, and then went on to demonstrate some defensive moves. He ended up using me as an example... a lot, so now my arms are all red and bruised haha. It was really fun though, a great experience, but it’s certainly not easy, there’s quite a bit of co-ordination, balance and strength involved. On the way back Mr Huang helped us get a ride back to town on a scooter/moped.
When we got back, we decided that despite the the bike tour being canceled, we still wanted to see at least moon hill which was supposed to be our destination point. So, we found a man who spoke English and asked him to translate to someone with a scooter that we want to go to moon hill and of course that we would pay at the end, so that we wouldn’t get left behind. We got to the hill and did the climb with some very heavy bags on our backs since we weren’t expecting to be going there when we left our room in the morning. It was a beautiful view from the top, but I think I actually found it even more interesting from the baste, because you can see the shape of he hill, whereas when you climb it, you end up under the arch. We got back down and our friendly chauffeur gave us a ride back to town where we had lunch. Now it’s off to the bus stop and then another overnight train.
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