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Adam, Chris, Judy & I got up and went to Yangshuo Park, which is free to locals and 9 yuan for tourists. We climbed Xilang Hill, another limestone karst with stone steps that must be centuries old. The footing is somewhat precarious and leads to 2 pagodas: one about 3/4ths of the way up and the other at the top. We must be sweating 10 gallons of water a day.
From there, we went to the Feel Magazine Café (we don’t get it either) for some iced coffee and milk tea. The menu items made about as much sense as the restaurant name. I was particularly intrigued by “Halogen chicken fingernails,” “Cause downfall of nation – the illusion" tea, “Pat the Cucumber,” and “Spain braised the food.”
We came back and found Dan, then went to the Belleview Café for lunch. Dan went shopping with Chris and helped him negotiate the purchase of a scroll at less than 1/3rd of its original asking price.
Judy & I went to Green Lotus Peak, which in addition to lovely walks and rock gardens has some art galleries and historical artifacts. Scenes from today's activities can be found at http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=172069162/a=102868539_102868539/t_=102868539.
The boys came back with Ice, and Judy put her to work negotiating the purchase of silk pajamas and fans. We’ve been treating her to meals & she definitely earned her dinners today.
In the evening, we ate outdoors at Yangshuo Plaza. The food was fresh, to say the least: other than the pork, it was alive when we ordered it. This included a chicken dish, which Judy ordered but then tried to switch to duck. Too late. The fuyuan indicated by signing a slash across her throat – and the boys confirmed – that the chef had already slit the chicken’s throat and was plucking it. He must’ve been good, because the meal of chopped chicken (including head and feet) arrived shortly thereafter. And again, I found lots of chicken bones and little meat. We also had beer fish, the local Yangshuo specialty. The food was much spicier than we’d had elsewhere, perhaps characteristic of street vendors. And the outdoor seating among the stalls was at least as crowded as any of the air-conditioned restaurants, despite the heat.
We came back and found Dan, then went to the Belleview Café for lunch. Dan went shopping with Chris and helped him negotiate the purchase of a scroll at less than 1/3rd of its original asking price.
Judy & I went to Green Lotus Peak, which in addition to lovely walks and rock gardens has some art galleries and historical artifacts. Scenes from today's activities can be found at http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=172069162/a=102868539_102868539/t_=102868539.
The boys came back with Ice, and Judy put her to work negotiating the purchase of silk pajamas and fans. We’ve been treating her to meals & she definitely earned her dinners today.
In the evening, we ate outdoors at Yangshuo Plaza. The food was fresh, to say the least: other than the pork, it was alive when we ordered it. This included a chicken dish, which Judy ordered but then tried to switch to duck. Too late. The fuyuan indicated by signing a slash across her throat – and the boys confirmed – that the chef had already slit the chicken’s throat and was plucking it. He must’ve been good, because the meal of chopped chicken (including head and feet) arrived shortly thereafter. And again, I found lots of chicken bones and little meat. We also had beer fish, the local Yangshuo specialty. The food was much spicier than we’d had elsewhere, perhaps characteristic of street vendors. And the outdoor seating among the stalls was at least as crowded as any of the air-conditioned restaurants, despite the heat.
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