As it had already turned evening, we made a nice walk through the village and got us some
food at a local restaurant. There a teenager girl with the lovely name "Joy" approached
us and asked if she could hang out with us on the next day to improve her English.
As we thought it might be nice to have an English speaking guide, we gave her
our hotel name and room number and she said she would meet us the next morning.
This though
turned out to be 7:45 :-/
Furtunately I had already been up organizing some stuff but Ellis was still sleeping and when I opened the door with sleepy eyes, she and a friend of her just walked in, rather uninhibited - interesting.
Furtunately I had already been up organizing some stuff but Ellis was still sleeping and when I opened the door with sleepy eyes, she and a friend of her just walked in, rather uninhibited - interesting.
However
after about half an hour Ellis and me were also ready to go and all together we started a nice tour through the old village. It was very pretty - just as you might imagine an ancient Chinese village!
During our walk, our two teenager friends met two other friends, that also decided to join us and made us feel as if we had some groupies. One of them seemed to be especially fond of me and told me I was very shuái (handsome) and also took pictures of me - oh yeah!^^
Some impressions of Hongcun
Finally we arrived at the groove which turned out to be quite pretty. Wandering through the bamboo trees was also a good way of just relaxing your mind a bit.
During our walk, our two teenager friends met two other friends, that also decided to join us and made us feel as if we had some groupies. One of them seemed to be especially fond of me and told me I was very shuái (handsome) and also took pictures of me - oh yeah!^^
Some impressions of Hongcun
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| lots of arts students were around, painting pictures of Hongcun |
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| Groupies! |
After that we rented two bikes for us to make a trip to a nearby bamboo grove.
During the rather unpleasantly steep way up, we got to see some very nice scenery of hilly fields and tiny villages. We also passed through a completely dark tunnel that was a bit scary. We had to use our phones flashlights to be seen by the cars coming from behind.
During the rather unpleasantly steep way up, we got to see some very nice scenery of hilly fields and tiny villages. We also passed through a completely dark tunnel that was a bit scary. We had to use our phones flashlights to be seen by the cars coming from behind.
Finally we arrived at the groove which turned out to be quite pretty. Wandering through the bamboo trees was also a good way of just relaxing your mind a bit.
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| ziplining down! (the zipline station had actually burned down, but it was stll good for some posing ;-) ) |
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| getting some tea |
On the way back we were finally rewarded for our pedaling up with an awesome ride down:
Superfast without pedaling, wind blowing through my hair, surrounding fields and villages flying by – very nice!
Superfast without pedaling, wind blowing through my hair, surrounding fields and villages flying by – very nice!
After arriving back at our hotel and just relaxing for a bit, we walked to the center of the ancient village for dinner and got us a massive feast for about 10€. I love how everything is so cheap here!
During the dinner Ellis and me realized that we had actually just got to known each other at the last days morning. Very weird - it felt like we had been old friends for a good while...
I think I have never bonded with someone that fast before actually.
I think I have never bonded with someone that fast before actually.
When saying goodbye on the next morning – I was going to fly to Xiamen, he was planning to travel inlands for a few more weeks – I felt sure to see him again sometime in the future.
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