Today, we set off in the AM for a hike up Jade mountain in Northern Yunnan Province. Once again, rain greeted an outdoor pursuit. We arrived at the Mountain around 11:00 AM and could see very little. We took a gondola to the top to see out view obscured by clouds. We hiked a trail on the mountain and could only imagine the views we were missing if we had come on a sunny day. Some nice pictures were taken at the bottom and we had our first experience with Yaks. Following the foggy mountain trek, we went through a minority Baisha village where we were, once again inundated with people trying to sell us stuff. I truly feel that our group as increased China’s GDP by about 7.89%.
We had a free evening, so a small group of my fellow teachers went into Lijiang to bum around and find a place to eat. The first place we went to was a Mexican restaurant (go figure). The owners moved from Mexico City to open a little place in Lijiang. Soft tacos were good! Afterwards, we went to a place owned by a Dutch ex-pat who married a Chinese woman. He showed off their son who was adorable and gave of an interesting take on Chinese culture. An interesting experience concerning people born in the year of the Dragon: Myself and another study tour member, Chastity, are both born in 1976, the year of the dragon. Us dragon’s felt the need to toast, so we gave a rousing GAMBE! (Chinese Cheers). Apparently there was an excess of dragon power as my glass proceeded to shatter on contact…Dragon Power!
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