Today was daylight savings time in the United States, so now there is a 13 hour difference between New Hampshire time and all of China. China only has one time zone and it doesn’t change for daylight savings time. So now, when it is 8:00 in the morning in China, it is 7:00 at night in New Hampshire.
Also today, we flew in an airplane from Hong Kong to Kunming, Yunnan (Koon-ming). Yunnan is 6,000 feet above sea level so it’s harder to breath because it is a higher altitude. The flight was two hours long.
After we got off the plane, Iantha met us and brought us to our hotel. After we put our luggage away, we went to Green Lake with her and her two girls, Talia 2 ½ and Eliada 6. This sign says Green Lake in Chinese. Green Lake seems to be in the center of Kunming. Green Lake is to Kunming is like Central park is to New York City. Green Lake is made up of four lakes. We saw people playing music and dancing there.
This is Green Lake.
These are the boats on Green Lake.
The lake water really was green.
At night, we went to a Tibetan restaurant. We ate dried yak with dried chili peppers and mint. It was my favorite. The homemade bread was sweet and really good too. There was also a spinach soupish thing ~ that was the only thing I didn’t try. One more thing was a thinly sliced potato, cooked around a hot stone. It was served in a potish bowl with aluminum foil. It was so good and we ate it all.
After dinner there was some dancing and they came to each table and gave a white silk scarf to the guest of honor. When they came to our table Iantha told them that I was the guest of honor. So now I have it as it as a souvenir.
This is a man who was in the fashion show after dinner.
4 comments:
Now how exciting is it to be the guest of honor??? I wonder what your friends think of having a dried yak supper. Can you explain what it tastes like? It's fun to be adventurous and try new things, isn't it?
I love the traditional clothing the people are wearing, particularly the embroidery on the woman who is resoling her shoes. Are all her clothes handmade?
Love,
Nana
The dried yak was kind of salty but really good.
The minority people do make their own clothes, but they only have one set each because they are all hand embroidered and take a very long time to make. Most women wear these clothes every day (without the hats.) They tie up their skirts when they are working.
Hello Allison, Your trip sounds very exciting and interesting. I have signed out the laptops for tomorrow so we can all read about your trip and look at the pictures. We miss you in class and can't wait to read more about your adventures! Paz, Mr. Ross 5R
Hi Allison. Your dad introduced Michael and I to your blog last night, and I've been having so much fun reading it. I love how adventurous you are!
Sam: )
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