Trip to China - day 7

02.07.2014

Train to Guangzhou. However, before that, here are the people we are saying ‘good bye’: our guide in Beijing Jasmine and our coach driver Yang Wen Min (who taught me some “Chinese magic” tricks).

Actually, I took these photos earlier but this is a good place to put them.

And now, the train. It’s very fast.

I like travelling on a train or on a plane. Those circumstances provoke interesting discussions: about geography of China, about Soviet Union, about modern China… I don’t write much about interaction within our group in this diary, but it is quite interesting and it happens all the time.

The landscapes were amazing but here I show only two:

Upon arrival, we had a warm welcome by Chinese students who met us. Their English was better than our (my in particular) Chinese, which I was glad of. You know, I am trying to practise Chinese every time I have an opportunity that suits my vocabulary (and sometimes I extend it through that), but, at the moment, I cannot have a decent dialogue on a relatively free topic in Chinese.

The dinner was very good (I think, I didn’t write before that during our meals in China we’ve learnt something about Chinese culture related to eating food – thanks to our group leader Sarah). The least expected and one of the most tasty dishes was fried pigeon.

Our room is good but one thing surprised me about it: why would one put a transparent window between a bathroom and a bedroom?

According to Sarah, the hotel staff covered it with some paper specially for us. Actually, in our previous hotel (in Beijing) we had a similar window:

So far, no one answered our question: why?!

And another question: why would one put towel hangers within a shower cabin?

China is truly a mysterious country! J

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