Helen is learning about blogging, and so I have an audience....as well, a number of the locals are staring at us (I can feel it although I can't see them...) as we are the first foreigners they have seen, much less Americans. The manager of the cafe managed to ask us where we were from, and he tried to kick out some of the local kids to make room for us...we refused. There are about 75 locals here, most playing games or chatting.
This picture is of my butt ascending the earthen portion of the Great Wall. Out here, it was built of earth (dirt, for those of you from Rio Linda) rather than blocks. The block portions here are the guard towers. More about that later, time is limited...(I do have samples..)
Helen will be trying to blog once we get back to Yinchaun.
They have a great word here in China, which we found out is Mel's favorite...Gambay. (Phonetic)
It translates to "bottoms up" which is dangerous...they have this great alcoholic beverage, a rice wine...we had to drink about a hundred shots, as each dignitary in our group (15 of us altogether) took turns with an individual toast. We are pretty plastered (it's 11:20 pm) except for Helen, who had a designated drinker!!! He was one of the leaders of the Charity Federation here. We are being treated very well, like visiting dignitaries.
That's all for now, got to go, more later!!
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