Gentle Reader,
This is some more backtracking, catching up on our first days in Guiyang, which is the capital city of Guizhou Province.
By the way, since Alicia is loading text and photos on the blog as I send stuff to her via email, I want to remind you that I am unable to access the blog here on mainland China. The government has blocked all blogs. So, if you want to contact me personally, you can do so via my email address: mariannechina2008@yahoo.com. I check the email every day, as long as the internet connection is still up in our flat.
As we journeyed around with Tian, the college student Scott had staying with him in Madisonville last academic year, we had a wonderful hot pot dinner,which included quail eggs and all sorts of delicious meats and veggies. We saw a chicken wandering around downtown. And then we cam upon the meat market, which flowed into the vegetable stalls.
We also visited the infamous Walmart in downtown Guiyang. It is completely underground, which made Scott grin in an ironic fashion, and the entrance looks like a miniature version of the pyramid above the Louvre in Paris. Some of the women passing out food samples are dressed in the ethnic garb of the region. The chicken and fish are housed on a huge slab of ice. There are two full rows of rice cookers. We needed to visit Walmart to buy a hairdryer that fit the Chinese sockets. Mission accomplished!
More soon, dear friends...
Namaste,
Marianne/ Bai Ling
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