I am so happy! It
feels like I'm on vacation again. Shanghai was great, but the dorms were
super dirty and I (and everybody else) was just so tired of climbing 83
stairs to get home, going to class, doing homework, having to take cold
showers, and being hot and sweaty all the time. It was so nice to get
to Guilin and go to this really cool cave then be able to come back to
the hotel and go swimming! It was literally the funnest time I've ever
had in a pool. We were so happy and relieved and excited and jubilant to
be in the refreshing water!
These past couple of days have been an experience. On Friday we
went on a day trip to some ancient fishing village and it was alright. I
hadn't eaten breakfast so I was so starving by the time lunch came
around, I was so excited for lunch! We go into this restaurant, which
isn't the best looking, but it's China, so I excuse that, but there is
only one small standing oscillating fan in the whole restaurant. So I'm
hot and sweaty and starving to death, and I'm trying really hard to be a
nice a person everybody and I think I was. The moment that they brought
out the dried fish heads, the shrimp with eyeballs, the lotus root, and
the squid legs, I had decided that I reached my limit of Chinese food
intake. Normally I can find something that I like in a meal like
eggplant or cabbage or rice, but this meal everything tasted horrible!
Even the rice! (This is the beginning of the end).
On Saturday we went to this beautiful island that had a ton of
nature everywhere. We were able to rent bikes and take them around the
island. It was a really fun experience. On this bike ride though I had
hit a bump on a bridge and my nice traditional style fan that I had been
using flew out of my basket and landed in the water. :( Also that day
my mechanically powered hand crank fan got smashed in my backpack and
broke. After the biking we went to this restaurant place to eat and I
got the vegetable and bean curd option and it literally was the WORST
food I have ever had (don't worry though that night we went to Papa
Johns and I ate some really good pizzas). When we got back to the dorms
our power had been turned off because we used all of the money we had
put on the card. So our room was dark and really hot. That night is when
my cell phone got lost in the Chinese Taxi system (I'm trying to come
up with a better story like it fell off the great wall, or it was eaten
by a panda or something). So we had to pack up all of our stuff last
night in the dark with no a/c and I didn't have my phone to use as a
flashlight or anything.
Anyway, I'll stop complaining because I am in China and that is
still so cool! But, after having all those experiences I am soooooooo
happy to be in a hotel with power and wifi and ac and a pool! Admist all
those annoyances I had some really great times. I am very excited to be
able to go back to America though and eat some yummy foods.
Hope you guys are doing well!
Love
Court
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