The outing yesterday was a huge success and we enjoyed ourselves immensely. We rode a rickety old ferry across the Yangtze (which happens to be the third longest river in the world), took a carnival-style bus ride to a park, walked up and down a gazillion stairs, had our pictures snapped with numerous strangers, visited a Buddhist temple, watched people harvesting royal bee jelly, and ate a delicious linner (lunch/diner) with our friends. The sights were fantastic, the weather outstanding, and the company superb. We loved seeing a different aspect of Chinese life.
Since Jean-Jacques did such a wonderful job of explaining the excursion, I’ll refer you to his
blog for a detailed account of our journey. In this entry, I’ll just post some of my photos.
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| View of Anqing's shoreline from the ferry. |
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| More shoreline. |
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| A big old barge in the middle of the river. We can't clearly see the bridge because of the pollution. |
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| A cool gate. |
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| A road in the Chinese countryside. |
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| Fu dog! |
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| Bee stuff |
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| People and a rest stop. |
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| Can you tell I love fu dogs? |
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| A Buddhist temple. |
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| Girls who are nervous to be in my photo. |
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| Fowl at the temple. |
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| Mmm incense! |
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| And more incense. |
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| Inside one part of the temple. |
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| This was awesome to see. |
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| An interesting roof. Makes you feel like you're in China, right? |
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| Entrance to temple compound. |
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| A real bamboo forest! |
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| Canola flowers. |
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| Home of the bee keepers and dog. (Yes, the people live in the yellow "building".) |
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| Bees. |
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| Bee dog. |
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| Harvesting royal jelly. |
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| Jean-Jacques, about to taste the royal jelly. (The smile vanished quickly after...) |
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| Getting on the ferry to go home. |
