Drifting, ever heard of it?

So today is the weekend and we didn't have to go to the factory or the office. The agent who works with the factory took us with his family and like 5 other families on a little trip to Xuan Zehn Gu Dong. There is an ecotourism park with what I thought was white water rafting. Come to find out it is more like a ride at Raging waters, a man made river and lots of people. The ride costs like $2 and it takes about an hour and a half to go down. It took 2 and a half hours to get to it (driving) then it took an hour fighting through the crowds. Since we were going to get really wet, I figured I shouldn't take my camera. That turned out to be the smartest move I have made this trip. Being the only 2 white dudes at this place, we stuck out like soar thumbs. Every chance the kids had to soak us, they did. In every mellow of the river run, the kids would yell hello and toss buckets of water at us. Don't worry, we wrecked shop and used our helmets (yes, we had to wear helmets) to drench them back. I don't think I have ever had to say hello so much.... Here are a few photos from the park's website:


If you are really bored, here is the website for the park:

http://www.qyxzpl.com/pl-e.asp

After that was all said and done, we drove another hour to a resort called Quingyuan Country Garden Island Hotel. Again, this place is gigantic, and unreal. It is hard to explain it because I have never been to anything like it in the USA. We are on a lake and will be playing golf again, it looks like it is a very similar setup to the country club we played at yesterday. The people we are with are amazingly nice and patient with us. Since Jason won't eat anything I am the guinea pig, they love to spin the center part of the table to me and tell me to try it. The food is good, some things are a little strange, like a chicken cut in half (vertically) with the head still attached, or the fish, with eyeballs included, ready to eat. I guess I am playing golf again tomorrow, because they won't accept no for an answer, Jason doesn't seem to mind since he plays golf and doesn't make a complete ass of himself on the course like me.


Since the previous posts have all had a photo of Kay, I snapped this one at dinner while everyone was getting loose with the "best" liquor in China. I guess it is the Chinese version of sake. She told me she wasn't going to drink if I didn't...... But I didn't and she did.



Well, I don't have much more to add today. Time to relax and go to bed.