for breakfast, my aunt made us onion pancake.
first stop: Yingge, which is a small town known for pottery making
we went into an alleyway to find a place where we can make some of our own
since it was monday, no one was there...
my first time
my hands got all crusty afterward.
hope it turns out well...
now i'll have to see how i'm going to bring it back to the states.
we had that clear jelly stuff. in chinese it is called ai yue. this is what it is made out of
the guy making our drink
once we left Yingge, the rain came down hard. everyday there are afternoon t-storms.
we headed for guansi
after we got gas at a gas station, they give out free boxes of tissue paper
it's a small town in the mountains.
street market
there is an old train station that is still in operation. it's one of those that still uses paper train tickets and has no ac, with wooden window frames
the town is known for growing may chai
we passed by one of those "believe it or not" type stores and this is supposedly the worlds smallest mouse
in the town, they also had one of those old movie theaters from the 1950s. it is no longer in operation as a movie theater and is now used as a restaurant and gift shop
inside the restaurant
they play old movies on the screen and you can watch while you eat
the inside of the restaurant. it looks like those ones they have in those old movies. it even has a second story.
the area is known for some kind of flower. this is tea made from that flower
slices of pork you dip in garlic sauce (cold dish)
there are a lot of hakka people in that area, so we had some of their specialty dishes
it started pouring again
the bridge is suspended by cables so it wobbles while you walk on it. we walked across in the rain
people are still planting their own crops
some river
the fog was thick!
and as we left it cleared up again
we headed toward Shenghsish
ants will take over the world
the bridge collapsed during the earthquake. this is what is left of it. this bridge is special because instead of using concrete to seal the bricks, they used rice and made some sort of glue
this is a railroad sign
we went to have lei cha which you have to grind yourself and mix together. it's a special hakka tea
you grind green tea, sesame, peanuts, and mix a special powder
and you get this in the end!
it was actually pretty tasty. very fragrant.
it came with free mochi! :) always good when it's free!
afterward, i went to visit my grandma and to pick up our cousin sean. we went over to the night market near my grandma's house called tung hua night market
they had a bunch of these stores that only had those claw machines. the whole store only had those machines.
my little cousin bought us dong gua tea.. how nice of him
we also tried those small egg like things. not bad
so I saw the real 85 degrees tea house. It's actually a chain store over here. they have a lot of them kinda like starbucks.
sleep time.
1 comment:
very nice kel! glad to see youre enjoying the motherland =) see you soon!
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