China Romance
All About China => Your trip to China => Topic started by: IrishGuy65 on July 14, 2013, 10:46:59 am
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Hi all! Just a quick note to say I am here and all is well.
Having laptop issues so no pics yet to post. Will fill out a complete report if I decide to return to the USA. I may just stay here!
Will try to update at least every couple of days. Hongping is keeping me very busy! She is a great girl!!!
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Glad to hear that your having a good time.And glad to hear that you and the lady are getting along well
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That's a great first report. Looking forward to hearing about all the details of your adventure.
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It is always a pleasure hearing from our members, that have a "Good" beginning. Keep it going and make sure your always carry your "Patience" in your back pocket. Looking forward for up-dates/photo's like most of us here.
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Come on now. You gotta come home sometime. This is just your first baby step. You have a lot of work to do.
How does she feel about it. Is she as excited as you?
On a long journey you are.
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It certainly looks like your first face to face went well.
We certainly need someone's new venture to liven things up here.
We cannot wait for the pics of you both enjoying what China has to offer.
Willy
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It sounds like a much better start than the last Irish guy that went there. Where is Irishman these days?
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Well at least it will not be so hot today. Typhoon Soulik has hit ashore in Guangdong. It is very windy and rainy and so far it has caused three deaths.
Even my Chinese language teacher had to come by car this morning.
Willy
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This is the middle or my second day here. I have met all her family 'in this area already. Right now, we are at her condo preparing for a one day trip to donghu mountain. We (me,hongping and her daughter Amy) will go later today and stay the night there. Tomorrow afternoon we will come back and have dinner with her best friend. The next day we will fly to Lijiang and stay there for a week.
I have a few minutes to post because, as everyone knows, it is nap time in China. So while Amy and Hongping nap, i write to you here.
I think everything is going great so far. Everyone seems to like me and i liked everyone... so that's a good start. Hadmorning tea two days in a row. She keeos feeding me. I feel like i m with an Italian family... haha. She made me try a durian. God awful smell and taste. Everything else has been delicious.
I will post :pictures when i am able... none at the moment.
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She made me try a durian. God awful smell and taste.
Man you are my hero! Tried durian!!!! I will not even allow it into my home let alone try it.
The tea's are special events so was there different people at each? How many varieties of cooked chicken feet have you tried?
The important event is the dinner with her best friend. They will speak together in a serious way. The friend will give a forceful opinion on you, either way, good or bad. She will tell it as she finds you.
Willy
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I agree with Mike. Feed her. But one of the keys is, you must feed her the choice pieces of the dish. It shows that you are wanting to take care of her. Women get into that stuff.
Sounds like your trip is going very good. I'm happy for you.
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I remember my first trip to China...I was convinced that I put on an extra 50 lbs.
And what's wrong with durian? I love it.
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Great news I G , relax and enjoy , glad things are going well , regards Sujuan and Robert .
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awhhhh.... And what's wrong with durian? I love it.
You don't count Martin, you even eat Balut eggs!
I'm with Willy about Durian... keep it away far as possible!
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I am still belching and tasting the durian I ate back in 1999 in Shenzhen. No wonder it is banned on public transportation.
I have a bus placard that has international icons for not shitting, not farting and no durian on the bus. no kidding.
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And what's wrong with balut??? Hahaha. If I remember right, I ate wild mouse on my first trip to China, and ate dog on my second.
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On previous trips to China I have suggested to Peggy that we should try balut (I meant to say durian.) She scrunches up her nose and says no. Not good. So I guess I am safe from eating it.
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durian, the smell makes me want to vomit
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I never noticed the smell in the store. My nose is pretty sensitive. Hmmm.....
I think I'll trust my wife on this one considering all the others have said.
Martin is a different story. He is like Mikey, he'll eat anything. But then again he is from Canada.
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I never noticed the smell in the store. My nose is pretty sensitive. Hmmm.....
If you could not smell them I would suggest that either they had deep frozen them or more likely what you saw was plastic ones and the real Durian were locked in an air tight cupboard. ;D ;D
Once ingested into your nasal system it will be there in your brain for ever and many things will bring it back to mind time and time again. ::)
Willy
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I was brave enough ones (ones mind you) to try Durian Ice Cream. IT didn't smell, but the taste still mkaes my hair stand up on my back. Wait a minute, I don't even have hair there!
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You guys are all a bunch of wimps. Here, I thought I was amongst brave men, who go where few have dared to travel, to face the challenge of a long distance/cross cultural relationship, and none of you can handle durian???? What kind of men have I surrounded myself with here? Heehee
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In case you haven't figured this one out Martin; many wise men.
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A friend of mine once took a Durian on the plane back to California.
On arrival at Los Angeles he went to collect his baggage from the carousel and found the entire LA Swat team surrounding it with gas masks on faces and with heavy artillery and half of LAPD outside the terminal and they had made a 5 block exclusion zone.
They thought that they were under some sort of gas attack!
They did of course deny access to the item in question and the exclusion zone was only lifted after the 'suspicious item' was blown to pieces in the middle of the airfield. That was a big mistake as it took 3 months for the air over LA to clear! ;D
Willy
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Durian is not on my itinerary any longer. Got the smell and that was enough.
In Lijiang now. First day was great. Walked around old city all day. Near the end of the day the rain came and it never stopped. I like to walk in the rain but Hongping is not used to the cooler weather and that, plus the rain, is too much for her.
I have read so many things about Chinese women on these forums. Hongping is no different I suppose. The funniest thing about her is that she is worried that she is too small. She thinks I like bigger Western women. She doesn't understand, I guess, that one of the reasons I was interested in Chinese women is just that.
Anyway, having a great time. She is a phenomenal woman. Truly special and I am very happy that I decided to make the trip here. Now all I need to do is learn Chinese and find a job here so I don't have to leave next week!
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Glad to hear that things are going well. Trouble is time goes by so fast. You need to be using the language on a daily basis I find.
My wife and I spoke Chinglish more and more until I taught her more English. But after more than 4 years here I decided that the time was right to learn Mandarin. They have different dialects in various parts of the country but most will understand basic Mandarin. So for my birthday I arranged a years lessons.
So I have now completed my first month of lessons. I have a teacher come to me every day for one hour. (I do get the weekends off.)
She is very good and has perfect English having gone to Uni in New Zealand. She even understands many of the slang expressions.
The first three weeks were hard going. But suddenly in the fourth week everything started to come together. I cannot wait for the the six months to pass to see if I can converse freely or not. Already my wife and I have dropped the Chinglish and English and I have to talk with her in Chinese.
Willy
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Try "stinky tofu"....If you can manage to keep that down, Durian will taste like the finest Ambrosia ..........
ps...I love Durian, grew up eating the stuff...just forget the smell, enjoy the taste !!!!
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I forgot about stinky tofu...now there was something I did not like!
It's great to hear that you are enjoying your trip. Keep the updates coming. I am enjoying your story.
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IG... it's great to see some "New" life come to this forum with your arrival in the promise land. BTW.. I like small too, but tall :). Does that make any sense?
Great to see your out of the starting gate with your Gal by your side.
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Today we visited Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. We decided on using a travel agency and booked a tour. The first stop on the tour was a mountain lake... I already forget the name.. Very nice and picturesque. I'll have pictures once I'm home. Then we go to yak country. You walk around, mostly, on an old boardwalk. Now, it is raining heavily and regularly in this part of China. So we are done our viewing, and heading back to the bus area when my adventurous little girl finds a side track. She wants to check it out, but I'm tired from the thin air at 3000 meters, so I say "Make a quick trip and I'll wait here." Well she is skipping along enjoying the views when she takes a hard fall. She ripped the knee out of her jeans, and is scratched up on knee and hip. I feel so guilty that I didn't go with her. Anyway, I run over to her but she says she is fine and we make it back to the bus no problem. The mountain is the next stop and when we get off the bus, her knee is stiff and sore.
She tries to do to much, and now t s swollen and painful. She won't let me take her to the hospital to get it checked out. She won't take anti-inflammatory meds (I have some Aleve). So I have her in bed with her feet up and a cold compress on her knee. Tomorrow is our last day in Lijiang and she thinks she s going to be fine. Even if she is, I think she s going to be resting LOL.
So far, except for this least incident, it has been good. We have had a lot of fun together and had some good conversations (serious and otherwise). It has been a great trip and I just want to thank everyone who helped me to this point.
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Good to hear that you had a good experience.
Great to read stories like this again, brings back memories. Remember I spent a few days in Lijang with my former girlfriend.
Durian is ok. but that Stinkin Tofu ! It's very rare that I'm not able to eat what I am served, but that I had to pass.
Guess you are back home buy now ? Looking forward to more updates and pictures, when it is time for that. Take care of the girl, do not rush the update ;)
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Has anyone noticed that you urine smells really bad in China? It is like I am eating asparagus all the time. I tried eating many different foods, but it always smelled bad. I drank a LOT of bottled water and that didn't help. As soon as I got back to the USA it was fine.
Weird.
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Thanks. I like asparagus. Now I'll have your image the next time I eat it. ;D
Willy, you live there all of the time. You've got an analogy or explanation?
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How does urine smell? I do not know as it does not have a nose. LOL
I must admit that smelling urine has not been top of my agenda. I have never got it close to my nose but then I never drink the stuff although some beer tastes like it.
In the bathroom other things might smell but never noticed the liquid waste had anything thing different about it. But then we have a good extractor fan in the bathroom.
Now my wife is going to catch me with my head down the bowl. And I won't be calling for HUUUGGGHHHHIIIIEEE.
There again I might be. LOL
Willy
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I can't help but smell it. Anyway, I guess it was more me. Lisa loves vegetables, so I ate way more than my fair share, so maybe that had something to do with it. a lot of green stuff.
I'll be going through pictures in the next couple of days. So I'll post some and give a report once I've done that. Probably within a week or so, since I have a lot to do now that I'm back.
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OK, I started out trying to keep a journal, since I couldn't sleep at night with the jet lag. But, I eventually ended up on China time and lost out on many things. So, some things will be specific, and some will be vague. Sorry. Won't be sure about when the pictures were taken, either, since I forgot to reset the camera time to China time.
I took off on Friday, July 12. 3 flights. Philly to Chicago, Chicago to Seoul, and Seoul to Guangzhou. I hate flying, and really hated the long, 15 hour flight from Chicago to Seoul. Worse, I ended up with a middle seat, when I asked for an aisle. These things happen, I guess, because I got an aisle seat on the long flight back when I was initially in a middle. So it evened out. Anyway, I'm just not a fan of flying. I can deal with it, just don't like it.
So, I arrive around 11:50 PM on July 13 (China time). I had a cell phone with a sim card so I could contact Lisa when I arrived, and she could pick me up easily. If I couldn't get in touch, we agreed that she would pick me up at Zone A, Gate 10 pickup point. Well, as a noob, I had the wrong sim card. It didn't work, so I couldn't call her. I had literally an hour and 10 minutes getting through customs and immigration, and I'm worried now that Lisa is probably worrying about me. Nothing I can do. I finally get through, and rush out... get to Zone A... go down the line, 7... 8... 9... there's no 10!! So, I look around, don't see her, so I head back into the airport. I'm going towards a pay phone to call her directly from there, when I think I hear my name. I turn around, and Lisa is running towards me. She hugs me, and everything is great. By the way, she LOVES to tell this story. If you know her and chat with her, ask her about picking me up at the airport. She told it to all her friends as we ate with them, and every telling she was very excited to tell the story. The one thing I wish I had done differently is have my camera out and ready. I would love to have a picture of our first meeting. But I was more concerned about trying to get in touch with her, and once she found me, I was so happy to meet her that I forgot!
Anyway, it is late, raining, and she has a tendency to lose her way. We talk a little, but mostly she is quiet and concentrating on driving. Have I ever mentioned how much I hate the driivng in China. I could never drive here, because I'd be in a state of constant road rage, LOL. Well, we make it to the hotel fine, and she is so happy that she didn't get lost. It's great. She already took care of the room before picking me up, so it's all ready. She's already checked it out for me. Chinese women really do take great care of their men. So, she bought several different fruits, a box of bottled water, a knife, plate, and a bunch of other things for me. Red Delicious Apples are my favorite fruit, but very expensive in China. She bought me a bag of them! First two pics cover the stuff she got for me and set up at the hotel before I arrived.
Next morning, she and her daughter Amy come over, and we go out for morning tea. We've talked about this tradition a few times, and she was really excited to actually show me what morning tea is. We talk for a while (I've spoken with Amy before, and we get along well). We have morning tea, which is very good, and have great conversations between the three of us. Amy is a great kid, Lisa did a super job raising her, basically on her own. You'll notice Amy with the peace sign. This is a common theme. As the two weeks go by, we have a competition going to see if I can catch a picture of her without the peace sign. I start doing it too after awhile. She brainwashed me :) Anyway, the pictures are Amy and Lisa in my room, Lisa and I at morning tea, a picture of the restaurant (Dragon's Restaurant in Shunde), and the food.
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Jet lag is taking over. More pictures tomorrow.
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Thanks, enjoid reading it. Seems like a happy adventure :)
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Now that's a happy story and an even happier couple. I cant recall ever seeing you smile. That's a big smile though. Keep it coming.
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Great pictures. And what a smile. Change you avatar.
Willy
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Everything sounds great so far. More.. More... More...
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Great pictures. And what a smile. Change you avatar.
Willy
I agree, want to see a smiling guy!
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I was talking about Lisa's smile. Ha ha
Willy
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OK, I've changed the avatar. I need to get her daughter Amy to send me her pics from the trip. She has the best ones of us.
The afternoon we walked around Shunde. We saw a Buddhist monastery in town. Nice. Then she took me back to the hotel, where I got a shower after being drenched in sweat, and they went back home and napped. They came back a few hours later, after the nap and showers, and we waited for the guests to arrive. We are having dinner with her brother and his family, and her friend Xiao Ru. Instead of meeting at the restaurant, they all come to the hotel. So they arrive, we chat a bit, and go to dinner. Now, Lisa speaks English well, as she is an English teacher. Her daughter, Amy, and her niece, Lily, speak English, but not well. They are still learning. So, between the 3 of them, I am able to keep up conversations with everyone. They are all surprised at the fact that I can use chopsticks, and that seems to be the big compliment for me. I have been using chopsticks for years in Asian restaurants, so it's not a big deal to me. I guess they assume foreigners can't use chopsticks, LOL. Her brother is interested in basketball, and, although I'm not, I have a passing literacy in the NBA, so I talk a little with him about it. Fortunately, I don't turn off ESPN when they are talking basketball. Xiao Ru is very interested in the USA. I'll talk about her more, later. She is a very interesting story and I really think she should consider finding her way to the West. She'd do really well. So I answer many, many questions about the USA. Her big thing is, why are my clothes so bright? You saw my green shirt in the last picture. She says all her clothes dull quickly here, and wants to know how I wash my clothes. I said, I use Tide and cold water in a washing machine. That's my big secret. Anyone remember the old Tide commercial... 'Ancient Chinese Secret'. I guess Tide is a secret to the Chinese :) So we have a lot of fun, and Xiao Ru invites us to morning tea the following day.
We go back to the hotel, and the three of us (Amy, Lisa, and myself) have a very good talk together. I really enjoy their company. So, Lisa loves swimming, so we go to the hotel pool and swim a bit. She doesn't know how to swim freestyle, so I teach her. She swims the breaststroke. She says freestyle is too tiring. We have a lot of fun.
Day 2 Lisa and Amy come get me, and take me to morning tea with Xiao Ru. She lives with her 4 year old daughter, Qiqi. Sweet girl, who is at morning tea with us. She is married, but her husband is never there, won't support her or the child, and won't divorce her. So, she had to start her own business to be able to pay the bills. As Qiqi is the 2nd child, she has to pay the fine since the husband won't. The husband, by the way, is the brother of Lisa's ex, Amy's father. That's how they know each other and are friends. I told her more than once she is a smart, pretty lady who would do great in the USA. She should divorce the husband and find a Western man. At least she'll have bright clothing!! :) I forgot to bring the camera, both to dinner last night, and morning tea today, so I have no pictures. Until I get the pictures Amy and Lisa may have taken. Xiao Ru is a really nice lady. I'd really like to see her do more for herself. She built a business up from scratch, and takes care of herself, her family, and his parents... like many Chinese ladies, she deserves much better. Qiqi, the 4 year old, is afraid of me when we meet, but she is playing games and singing with me by the end of morning tea. Precious little girl.
After morning tea, I pack my stuff, leave it with the concierge, and head to Dinghu Mountain. I forgot to mention, I was going to use the laundry service, but Lisa looked at the prices and announced she would do my laundry for me. We go back and forth and I relent. I told her, I don't want a maid, you don't have to do this. But she insists. So, before leaving for the mountain, she does the laundry and takes a nap. Yes, daily naps. So anyway we leave for Dinghu Mtn. She's worried, again, about getting lost. It's raining, and a long drive. We don't get lost, and get there in about 2 hours. Amy sleeps in the back seat, and Lisa and I have very good conversation. Beautiful weather there... cool, not cold, and clear skies. We get the rooms, and I get a really nice one, and they get a basic room. I offer to switch, but they both say no. We go off to dinner in the hotel restaurant, then we go for a walk outside. Amy says she has to talk to a friend, leaving us to walk alone around the hotel grounds. She's a great kid! It's very nice and romantic walk, and we have our first kiss. Very romantic, and no pictures! Sorry guys :) Still no jet lag, and Lisa keeps telling me how surprised she is. Frankly, I'm surprised also.
Next morning, breakfast, pack up our stuff, then sightseeing. Beautiful and scenic. Very nice place. The three of us really enjoy ourselves here. It's a lot of walking, and a lot of fun. We head home, and have no problems getting lost. Tonight we are having dinner with her friend Stacy and her family. Stacy went to England as a student with Lisa many years ago, and she is also an English teacher. Her husband, Jack, is a Chinese teacher (He's Chinese and he teaches Chinese). Their daughter, Jenny, is a typical Chinese 8 year old. Very busy schedule, and they have to take her to some activity every day. Today is dance class. Two hours of dancing. Once again, my big compliment is my chopsticks skill, LOL. This is a great couple, very friendly and fun. We enjoy dinner very much. Jack decides, since I'm using chopsticks, he should use fork and knife. He doesn't have the same success as I'm having with the chopsticks, but it was a very nice thought. He has a brother that lives in the USA with his family, so we talk a lot about the USA.
Next day we get up early, drop Amy off at her father's, and go to the airport shuttle station to wait for the bus to take us to the airport. Lisa's brother picks up the car from us to hold for the week while we are gone. I usually don't like buses or flying, but I enjoyed both with Lisa with me. We waited an hour in Guangzhou to take off, so we were late getting to Lijiang. The hotel had a driver for us, but we were so late that he was gone when we got there, so we had to get a shared cab. The couple we were sharing with asked Lisa if we were newly wed. I think that's hysterical. But nice to hear. LOL. The hotel, called Fu Guo, is a very nice place. Right next to the entrance to the Old City in Lijiang.
We spend 6 days there, and learn a lot about each other. It rains for the whole time. We are told by locals that it never rains so much. Lucky us. We still do a lot of walking and sightseeing in the city, and sample many restaurants. On Saturday, the 20th, we go on our fateful tour, when I posted earlier that she fell and hurt herself.
The pictures are:
Monastery in Shunde:
Entrance to the Monastery in Shunde
The temple bell in the monastery
They have many fish in the monastery, I told Amy to pet a fish and I will take a picture, but she was afraid they would bite her.
At Dinghu Mountain:
This is Amy taking a picture of all of us together. She is the artist in the family. I wish I had her pictures to share, much better than mine!
Amy brainwashed me to give the peace sign.
Lisa and Amy, with the big Lady of the Lake statue in the background. There is a whole story about the lady that I don't remember. Sorry.
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We had a great time in Lijiang, even with her knee issue (she got an x ray today, will find out results tomorrow.. may need an MRI). The hospital at Lijiang, we went in, the doctor looked at it, applied some disinfectant, and said put heat on it twice a day. When we left, I told Lisa NOT to do that. When you have swelling, you use the RICE method. Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation. So I put her leg up on a pillow, got some ice from the hotel, and had her rest. I didn't have a method of compression, so 3 out of 4 was best we could do. I think, from this experience and the many I've heard about from Lisa, that the medical profession, as a whole in China, is TERRIBLE. I'm afraid now every time she has to see a doctor for something. She swims every day, and had some problems with her ear.. Took FIVE doctors to tell her she had swimmer's ear. FIVE DOCTORS!! There are other examples, but it's ridiculous in my opinion how bad these doctors are. It's like a conveyor belt... get the patients in and out as quickly as possible.
By the way, I highly recommend all 3 hotels I stayed at in China.
The Conifer in Shunde (http://www.jiaxinconiferhotel.com/en/ (http://www.jiaxinconiferhotel.com/en/))
The Phoenix at Dinghu Mountain (http://gaomingphoenix.chinahotel.com.cn/en/room.html (http://gaomingphoenix.chinahotel.com.cn/en/room.html))
Fu Guo in Lijiang (http://www.fuguohotel.com/en/index (http://www.fuguohotel.com/en/index))
All were great.
So, here are some pics from Lijiang.
First one is at the bus station. I brought this hat to keep myself from getting sunburned on my head, but there wasn't much sun the whole trip. The shirt she is wearing I brought from the USA as a present. Got her friend Stacy the same one. But it was supposed to be for Amy, as a gift they could wear together, LOL.
Second is the entrance to the hotel (Fu Guo, AKA Chateau L'Act) we stayed at. Very beautiful.
Third is me trying to take a picture of us in front of the entrance to Old City Lijiang.
Next is our 1st stop of our tour. The mountain lake in the background, Lisa is the foreground. She isn't holding two bottles of water, she is holding a bottle of water and a bottle of oxygen. They give you oxygen to breath when in the higher altitudes. We go up to 5300 meters, I think, at the highest point of the tour. We walked around the whole lake, and almost missed the bus.
Fifth is Lisa in the village in the Yak scenery area. This is right before her fall. You can see the boardwalks are uneven, and with the rain they are slippery. They are also steep in some places without steps.
6th is the lift we were on coming back from the Yak area. Breathtaking views, even with the rain and fog.
7th is the mountain itself. Lisa's knee was stiff and sore, so we didn't climb up to get a better look. I was pretty tired and out of breath at this point, so I'm sorta happy, but she was very disappointed. She an explorer, and not being able to explore wasn't good for her.
The last is the marker telling how high we were (4506 meters). We were told, at the top of the steps is over 5300 meters high. We obviously didn't climb. We saw the glacier there, which was nice. It was raining very hard, so I didn't get a picture.
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More pics!
Our room in Fu Guo Hotel.
Lijiang Airport. Lisa is such a happy, adventurous, free spirit. I never would have thought of a Chinese woman in that way before actually meeting one. It is a very pleasant surprise.
A view from the airport of the surrounding valley.
OK, so after the trip to Lijiang. We had several days with just the 3 of us. One night, we had dinner at her friend Stacy's house. They asked me to cook some Western dishes, and had an assortment of stuff for me to use. I made hamburgers (I normally don't eat hamburgers, but they wanted me to make them so I did, LOL), some beef ribs and chicken breast. Here is a picture of Lisa and Amy over the food. Amy cooked the soup.
Also, a picture of our hosts, Stacy and Jack. It is a bad picture of the poor fella, but he's a really nice guy.
We went to the mall, saw a movie there (White House Down... very good!), went to the administration building to get Lisa's visa to Macau (we didn't go, no time) ,the library, and to the silk museum there. This picture is outside the administration building, where I try to get a picture of all 3 of us in the glass of the building.
On the last full day there, we went to Hong Kong. You know the story. We went to Victoria Bay (picture of Lisa at Victoria Bay), I bought her a ring, asked her to marry me, she said yes. We've since talked and it seems there was a misunderstanding there somewhere. She will be wearing the ring, as soon as it is resized for her tiny little fingers, and we are, in fact, engaged. The hardest part is going to be where we are going to live. It's going to be so hard for her to move out of China, but she will be better off in the USA, I believe.
The last picture is of her with the ring. She is happy and crying.
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When I get pics of us together from her and her daughter, I'll post some.
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Many thanks IG, for a great and detailed Story and the many Photo's.. of your Trip... enjoyed it/them tremendously! Ever thought of starting a Blog for your Adventure/Journey to find your Soul-mate in China? It is always great to look back later, how things unfolded along a road with many ups/downs and roundabouts.
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Many thanks IG, for a great and detailed Story and the many Photo's.. of your Trip... enjoyed it/them tremendously! Ever thought of starting a Blog for your Adventure/Journey to find your Soul-mate in China? It is always great to look back later, how things unfolded along a road with many ups/downs and roundabouts.
Arnold,
First, no thanks needed. It's worth doing this considering all the help I've gotten from you guys here. I'm glad to be able to share the results of all the advice and information I've gotten here.
And, yes, I have kept a journal. I kept everything for the visa application process, so I have a ton of stuff. I've read your blog, and have thought about it... but it's just not my thing. I have my journal and I'm happy with that. I am considering posting our story here on the forums in the appropriate section, but I'm not ready to do it at this time. You'll see it eventually, I'm sure.
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As you might know by now, we have many members here.. but only a small percentage that actually do the nice thing of Posting their Trip in a wonderful way like you have so far. It is always a pleasure to see a newbee come here not only for info, but also give advice/accounts back to us waiting old timers. So we really do owe you thanks/appreciation for being so kind. You know, I'm at work and it gets boring sometimes.. until' we back home with the LaoPo. :P :-*
Our room in Fu Guo Hotel.
Man... you two either had a "wild" night or the Hotel staff forgot to make up the room?
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Hi !
Thanks for the story. It was great to read, well written. Best of luck with the engagement.