Saturday, September 11, 2010
- Breakfast at the Green Lotus, dad talks to a family from Southern California
- Ricky picks us up for the drive back to Guilin
- Stop at the cultural park for 1.5 hours to learn about some of the nationalities, which included music performances, a boat ride, and dancing (I joined the locals for a dance – dad captured the moment on his flip)
- Drive to the airport, no time for lunch so we have to get at airport
- Ricky gets us seats but they seem to be in the back of the plane and not next to each other on the aisle as we asked (turns out that seats 37C and 37H are aisle seats in the front of the plane)
- Dad picked a restaurant for lunch but the food doesn’t look good to me, so I got noodles and hot water. Turned out that the food was terrible and he only ate the rice
- Board plane 30 minutes late, but once we arrive in Kunming Charles is waiting for us outside baggage claim
- Tour of the Golden Temple – built in 1602 in the Ming dynasty the Golden Temple is actually made of bronze, there are three gates, between the first and second are 72 stairs representing 72 demons, from the second to third are 36 heavenly branches.
- Dinner at local restaurant – deep fried pork tenderloin, tofu, lotus root, potato noodles, soup with tomato and egg, fried pork, tea and local beer
- Dynamic Yunnan show – another show by the creator of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, various acts including song, dance and drumming based on ancient traditions. One woman performed an amazing “moon dance”, gracefully moving her body in ways that didn’t seem possible.
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