On Saturday I went for a bike ride with a group of other teachers. Nobody really could speak English and I'm not quite sure where we biked, but after about 4 hours we stopped in this restaurant and before having lunch, the teachers played the very popular Mahjong game. Still no idea how it works...
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| Your typical after-meal Chinese table On Sunday, I headed out to a reservoir/hill with another English teacher and her family and friends. It was beautiful- quiet, peaceful, and just what I needed. |
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| Such a peaceful place... who knew that could exist in Hunan. |
The hill the temple was on had 500 monks painted on rocks everywhere. Each one was numbered.
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| Look what he was hiding under his shirt! |
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| CUTEST LITTLE BOY |
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| Creepin' |
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| ohhhhh hehehehe |
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| Then we had tea with the monk who lived in the temple. |
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| The portrait you see there in the background was possibly the most boss thing I've ever seen. |
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| rural livin' |
We then went to a famous tree in the area- a ginkgo tree over 1700 years old.
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| They say the branch looks like a dragons head... I see.. something else. |
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| Old traditional Chinese house |
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| The tree - over 1700 years old |
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| Your average Hunan lunch |
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| Home sweet home |
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| Someone doesn't like change... |
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| They're always growing some food/making something outside of my apartment. So fresh. So cool. So beautiful. |
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| Our staircase. |
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| A beautiful end to a good weekend. |
