Tuesday: I woke up not feeling so great so I thought I better take the morning off running. Sort of weak and stomach not so good. Mr. Li wanted to show me some of the beauty of his countryside and I told him that I would do whatever he wanted to that day. We went to breakfast at our usual restaurant across from the hotel. Same noodles and dumplings. We had the driver waiting for us and we also met the English teacher and Mr. Li's wife at breakfast. We were to go to the mountains to see the flowers and the beautiful scenery. I was informed that I would be about an hour and ½ drive from Xiaogan.
I sat in the back of the car because the important people with drivers in China always sit in the back and that is where Mr. Li insisted I travel. However, during the trip I began to feel kind of flu like in my stomach and light headed. It might have just been all the China experience catching up with me. I shook it off and continued to take pictures of China which I thought might be interesting to you. We stopped when we saw a field of green tea and many workers picking the tea. The fields were beautiful and it looked like a postcard. Make sure you check out the pictures on photo bucket. We then arrived in the mountains and paid at the gate to visit the museum of clay statues and walk to the top of the mountain. As we began to walk I continued to feel weak and not so good. We did make it to the top after about an hour walk and the views of the mountainside and the flowers was spectacular. After we stayed to enjoy the scenery for a while, we took a golf cart ride back down the mountain. I asked Mr. Li if we could just go back to the hotel and rest instead of eating lunch. He agreed and we headed off. Back at the hotel I slept for the rest of the afternoon trying to feel better. Mr. Li wanted to go to dinner around 6:00 so I got up to meet him in his room at the hotel. He thought he better try to feed me some food I was used to so we walked to a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant. KFC is the most popular fast food in all of China. We ate and it was just like it is in America and I did enjoy the taste of home.
After dinner we walked back to the hotel for the rest of the evening so I could upload pictures and work on this blog. My Internet connection is very slow at night. Must be all the people using the web in China. See you tomorrow and continue to check out the pictures. Especially the squid on a stick outside the KFC in the street market and the history of Colonel Sanders in Chinese.
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