China II
Will and Kempo tackling everything china can throw at us
05.02.2007
13 °C
Ni hao everyone! We are througholy enjoying all china has to offer, which is shiteloads.
So far we have eaten our way through pigeon, goose, eel, heart, lung (who knows from what animal), fish head, and... penis.
Yes, it's official. Kempo and Will have eaten penis. Ox penis.
We are currently in a fantastic place in the southwest called Yangshou. Lots of limestone peaks rising out of nowhere. Great markets, food, people etc. You all should visit, China really doesn't dissapoint. Language is a little bit of an issue at times but we have done pretty well by meeting people who speak english and with a bit of sign language we can and generally blunder through each day.
Some highlights:
- All you can eat yum cha. Last night we ate with some canadians for 33 yuan (5 bucks). All you can eat of so much crazy, great food, all you can drink, and soccer on tv. Gold.
- Meeting some local lads in Guilin and getting shown around all day. They came to the train station and helped us buy train tickets which saved a nightmare. The lads did a no show on us the next morning and then we spotted one with another westerner later. Obviously a tourist slut.
- Choosing what animal I wanted to eat at a restaurant. When I ordered fish they took me into a room to chose which one. This was basically a pet shop, with birds, snakes, rats, fish and dogs for eating!
- Hong Kong at night. Amazing views, great vibrant city. Worst hotel I've ever stayed in- including cambodia and india for kempo even.
Hope you are all happy and well. Will try to update again soon, enjoy the photos. Please send us a comment too!
Hong Kong by night
This guy was really cooking up a storm
Chungking Mansions
Clearly not a mansion. More like worlds worst hotel.
Mmm... Pigeon Head
This one is for you kinga. Doing our bit to bring down the pigeon population. Wasn't bad, but don't think I'll eat it again in a hurry.
Oiyou Tea with the locals
This is us drinking the local tea in Guilin with our tourist slut "mates" Jiu and John.
Bring it on....
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Posted by willh 4:17 AM Archived in Backpacking | China
I love that the hotel you booked, knowing full well it was going to be dodgy, didn't disapoint in that it majorly disapointed. Nice pics - i heard the blog takes a bit of getting used to. stick with it - i'm sure we all want to see more of kempton eating weird/hot food.
06.02.2007 by tompurcell