{Today was our last day in China. The night before...} Mr. Lu gave me a very nice toast which translated went something like "to our American friend from across the sea, it has been our pleasure. When a friend comes from so far away we are very fortunate to have met her.
Last night I went around to each table and said "Daja how, shie shie" which means "to everyone, thank you". {It was very nerve wracking, but everyone had been so kind to me on the trip and I really wanted to express my thanks. I went to each table, said the phrase, and then the man who sat behind me on the bus (who was also following me from table to table) would yell gambe (drink it all!). By the end, I was still sober, and he was slurring his speech. Thank goodness for Portuguese constitutions!
We went to Qianling Park, and visited the Hongfu Temple, a buddhist temple built in the 1600's. The temple was surrounded by monkeys, which I got to feed. Feeding the monkeys was amazing because they are more human-like in person than they appear on TV. I gave one a strawberry fruit leather which he really enjoyed. I only had the one, and when i tried to give him something else, he knocked picked it up, smelled it, through it, and knocked the rest out of my hand. Another monkey saw that one of the women in the tour group had a banana in her purse. She had taken out a peach and was feeding one monkey. The other monkey opened her purse, took out the banana and ran up the tree.
We then headed back to Shenzen by plane, Hong Kong by bus then ferry, and Taipei by plane.
Here are pictures of me with the Chinese Tour guide, the dragon/phoenix man (I don't know his name), and Mr. Lu.
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