Going to Shen Zhen today
eating long yuan at Irv's family's farm
eating roast goose (and goose feet) and sea cucumber - this is apparently somewhere that the president of Thailand ate - we have been getting treated like royalty - it's really humbling
Yesterday we went to see a museum about China's Opium War with Britian. We're planning to go visit Irv's parents (a Chinese student that lived with us prior to Benz) today. Irv is actually in Ontario studying and won't be back in China til December. We're planning to take a trip to Yunnan in a few days. This is a province that's near Tibet and is supposed to be a really nice part of China to visit (you can see Tibetan peaks and there's more of the ethnic minorities, etc.).
Then we plan to go to Xian (this place has a lot of history), visit Grace (another Chinese student), go to Beijing, then go visit the Balzers, then take a ferry to S. Korea and visit Kelly, then maybe go to Thailand (if possible) before leaving Hong Kong on Sept. 1. The time is going by fast!
The traffic and amount of people walking, riding bikes/scooters (often in the wrong direction and middle of the road) is incredible. We're in awe of how they stay alive! It's also interesting how they have a rest in the median of the road and on the sides of the road.
It feels a little like we're royalty or associated with royalty which is kind of a weird feeling. We can't go anywhere without a driver and can't take any backpack or wear any jewellery, etc. I keep getting warned of how I could be robbed, killed, kidnapped. Nice! But God is control. We feel really spoiled (& kind of useless) but I guess I should enjoy this while I can?! We have people bring us drinks, make us food, etc. I feel a little like a child of the king that has privileges I really don't deserve (could be a spiritual analogy here!).
I can't access our blog which is a bummer so if you're leaving comments, I wouldn't know (I think it either has to do with a firewall? in China or the factory). I had lost my USB connection (but it's found now) and haven't had much internet access so haven't been able to put on any more pictures, but I'm hoping to soon!
eating roast goose (and goose feet) and sea cucumber - this is apparently somewhere that the president of Thailand ate - we have been getting treated like royalty - it's really humbling
Yesterday we went to see a museum about China's Opium War with Britian. We're planning to go visit Irv's parents (a Chinese student that lived with us prior to Benz) today. Irv is actually in Ontario studying and won't be back in China til December. We're planning to take a trip to Yunnan in a few days. This is a province that's near Tibet and is supposed to be a really nice part of China to visit (you can see Tibetan peaks and there's more of the ethnic minorities, etc.).
Then we plan to go to Xian (this place has a lot of history), visit Grace (another Chinese student), go to Beijing, then go visit the Balzers, then take a ferry to S. Korea and visit Kelly, then maybe go to Thailand (if possible) before leaving Hong Kong on Sept. 1. The time is going by fast!
The traffic and amount of people walking, riding bikes/scooters (often in the wrong direction and middle of the road) is incredible. We're in awe of how they stay alive! It's also interesting how they have a rest in the median of the road and on the sides of the road.
It feels a little like we're royalty or associated with royalty which is kind of a weird feeling. We can't go anywhere without a driver and can't take any backpack or wear any jewellery, etc. I keep getting warned of how I could be robbed, killed, kidnapped. Nice! But God is control. We feel really spoiled (& kind of useless) but I guess I should enjoy this while I can?! We have people bring us drinks, make us food, etc. I feel a little like a child of the king that has privileges I really don't deserve (could be a spiritual analogy here!).
I can't access our blog which is a bummer so if you're leaving comments, I wouldn't know (I think it either has to do with a firewall? in China or the factory). I had lost my USB connection (but it's found now) and haven't had much internet access so haven't been able to put on any more pictures, but I'm hoping to soon!
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