a smaller, poorer city to get there – very dusty, cars, buses, trucks,
motorbikes, scooters, bikes and bike carts, and pedestrians
everywhere, often in the opposite lane and virtually always in the
center of the road between two lanes. Buildings all plain and
concrete, with color coming from large single-color signs littering
the roadsides. The bus driver started playing sing-along music videos
on the TV screen today – began with some very bizzare ones,
opera-flavored songs with happy-go-lucky military themes, though later
transitioning to the more standard sappy easy-listening songs, often
involving loved ones who have died or gone away, etc. Longshan itself
was very interesting – stone openings with statues carved into the
cliff face. Lots of Chinese took photos of (and with) Kogos aka Lin
Ke, our group's "hei ren" (he's from Kenya, and it seems black people
are an unusual sight). Drove back, and ate lunch at a nearby
temple/restaurant. The restaurant's specialty was its only-vegetarian
fare, so besides dishes without meat there were also a few dishes with
fake meat (meatless sausage in celery, fragrant shredded "pork" with
shredded carrot and cucumber, shredded "pork" with pancakes). The
majority of my meals here are vegetarian anyway, but for pretty much
everyone else this was a significant change from standard. Overall
very good.
Writing my report in the afternoon, followed by dinner and a wushu
review session, this time at 8:30. Our group learned relatively fast,
so we didn't need a full 3-hour review session.
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