3.24.2009

School Trip to Huaxi

The other weekend we went on a field trip with the school to Huaxi. It was crazy cool, it was a very popular tourist site for the Chinese people, it is a village that is created by all the super rich people in China. They all had houses, which is very rare in China. We got to go through one of the houses; it wasn't much bigger if not smaller than a normal house in USA, but is considered huge in China.
We had a lot of fun, one of the stops we made in the village was to a fake Great Wall. It was life size as of height and it was pretty long just not as long as the real one. So we already got our great wall picture :) We could come home now if we needed.

There was also a huge green house, it was awesome. There were huge tomatoes plants that were super toall, we also saw Starfruit, pineapple (it grows out of the ground!), Grapefruit, lots of citrus fruit, and lots of other gourdes. It was crazy.
We also got to watch our first Chinese performance. It was way cool, we didn't understand the meaning of the story but it was fun to watch, there was some cool acrobatics and a wicked awesome dragon.

This is us at the fake great wall.This is me eating a Chicken Foot!! I didn't really eat it. I tried but it was super hot and I couldn't get anything off. It was just skin and tendons.... aka gross.
Some of the teachers at the school with Chad.
Just some old guys chillin at the top of on of the Pagodas in the Villiage
Chad eating what the school gave us for breakfast. It is called Bazio, it was a steamed bread like thing filled with pork it was really good. But a few days later a teacher bought us some more and they kinda made me sick/dizzy so I don't think I will be eating anymore of those.... But they tasted really good, so well.
Playing Stop and Go coming down the trail from the Great Wall, Chad was the leader and we were all playing it was really funny. I don't know if this picture relays that message but it was really fun to try and stop on a steep trail.
This is Chad with one of the teachers, I do believe that we have more pictures of Chad with other random Chinese girls than with me and Chad. :) Everyone wants to get their pictures with him, they just realize what a hansom man he is :)

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