Well, if there's a Buddha somewhere to be found in a town, I'll find it, even f I have to walk a mile underground to find it, and that's how I started my day today! This town has a huge underground cave system so we went and exlored them today. Very cool. Then, since this was pretty much my last full day being a tourist, I decided I needed to get one last hike in so i hiked up to Moon Hill, which is this donut type hole in one of the karst mountains. Very tough climb and very steep but the view from the top was really nice. Funny thing was, as your climbing up, there's all these old Chinese women carrying coolers on their backs trying to sell you drinks and walking along side of you. Well, i'm huffing and puffing away, and she ain't even breaking a sweat! Unreal! Then we visited the old town of Longtan Village which really didn't have a lot but we stopped into this 90 year old woman's house and Amy talked to her and she told us all about the village. Very cool. Then we went to see the Cormorant fishermen which is these fisherman on bamboo raft who go out at night with these Cormorant birds that have collars around their necks preventing them from swallowing any fish. They swim along under the water, catch the fish and then drop them on the boat. Afterwards, the fisherman loosens their collar and let's them eat a few fish. Really neat to watch. Then Amy invited me to go out with her and her girlfriends for K-TV which in essence is a karaoke bar but here you rent a private room just for you and your friends and you control the music and everyone dances and sings. Very fun. Me and 6 Asian women singing along to Chinese music, what a hoot. Well tomorrow is another travel day for me. I fly to Beijing, just to spend one night and then fly back home on Monday. Can't believe 30 days have flown by. Hope everyone has a great weekend. Jeff
The Wandering Italian 