Day 2 from china land
10:30 wake up suprisingly a good night sleep considering the lack of matress lol, we got up and met everyone at an international small bar named Ellen's for breakfast. I know i said i wanted to eat local but i needed serious sustanence to get me through the day. An American breaky nom nom the boys who are leaving to travel today have all bought 'travelling pants' (addidas trackies) which are all jumping on board of.
Headed to Deji Plaza and invested in some well needed razors, i maybe travelling but i still have standards!
Experienced Fashion Lady (an indoor market, but instead of stalls small boutique like stores) really creative, individual style, very westernised in terms of the trends of the season however own sleek slant, tiny sizes its redic these women are the same size as my thigh. lots of fakes flying around drove around to a temple near the Yangsee river which was beautiful
Went and visited Bruce a dog they have adopted pretty much, so adorably cute. On our way back we got caught in the school traffic, no mother in england should ever complain about the school run thats all im saying
Andrew took me to the place he bought dog- although illegal it is still sold in backstreet markets and i had sadistic inregue to see this place but as soon as we pulled up and saw the entrance to the market all dimly lit and the looks people were giving us.... nooo major back pedal
we went to the dried spices and food market round the corner which was incredible the varieties of even a single mushroom were incredible. People were starring though as we were in an area that is never visited by westerners which became a little awkward at times. Funny when people are talking about you and then andrew talks back there shock/suprise/embarrasment is hilarious
we walked through the market to a houtong or shanti town like area which was sobering. People so happy and content yet they live in layered walls of corregated metal and cardboard boxes. Suprising though that the people who live in around this poor area dont look as poverty stricken as their homes would suggest.
We got caught in the middle of traffic and we could get out as we were boxed in
we were like a freakshow or travelling circus hopefully i will get used to this on our way back we drove up onto the yansee river and stopped half way to take photos of the sunsetting. it was beautiful absolutey stunning. Made me laugh when i turned around and saw a guard of the bridge standing in a plastic box having to stare at the wall instead of looking out over the river.... poor thing
i couldnt talk my lips had frozen so much they has swollen and turned blue making talking an interesting endeavour, getting off the scooter was also hilarious.. my knees had seized because of the cold winds i resembled a granny trying to get out of a chair I have learned the words for thank you xie xie (pronounced sh sh) and goodbye zai jian (pronounced zi shen) i will be fluent by the time i return !
On the way home we went back to bird flu to get take away and ended up doing a 7 year olds homework teaching a 13 yr old some english and tasting a new type of nut (looks like a sunflower seed but you bite and it turns out like a pine nut)
