I think the rainy season must be over now and with the rain gone, most of the humidity has disappeared leaving me to enjoy a dry heat of 35°C +
We actually missed most of the beautiful weather on Thursday being holed up in RBT. We made major progress with our travel plans, which as you may have realized were thrown into chaos momentarily. We sat here for 5 hours, with guide books, paper and notebooks strewn across the table. All of the glitches have also been ironed out, and we are ready to book the flights. Wahey. That may have been the day we got takeaway form the noodle place and walked to the lake and observed the fish. They were very big goldfish/carp. The actual species remains unknown. It was a pleasant evening.
Yesterday was thrilling. We had made plans to visit the Zumiao temple, a must for people visiting FoShan as we were told. I was ready around lunch to set off but Izzie hadn't slept well and wanted to take the lunchtime nap as the children do. Fair enough, 2 hours later I knocked on her door to make sure she was up. She said 10 minutes to get ready. It is always a reasonable assumption to double or even triple Izzie's time frames. However, an hour later, was she ready? Of course not! She insisted 'just 2 more minutes', which she didn't keep to so I refused to go anywhere. Having spent the entire day waiting around, which felt like a huge waste, I chose to walk to the temple. I had a vague idea where it was as I had briefly glanced at a map. I set off enjoying the evening sun and cursing myself for bringing only a 100 元bill as paying for a 1 元bottle of water with that would not have been appreciated. My sense of direction astounds me still. I wandered aimlessly without the slightest clue where I was for the majority of the time. I was going to give in to the heat, sat myself down and bought a drink (trusty, old McDonalds never complain about the size of the bill) when I realized that I was in fact around the corner from my destination.
I had a lovely time at the temple actually. It was early evening but still hot, and the temple was full of trees and was incredible. I would have been happy just to sit there for a few hours, it felt a lot like a garden and only a little like a temple.
Upon my return, Isobel was knocking at my door in want of ice. A car had hit a bike with a trailer and something had flown from somewhere and hit her in the face. Surprisingly, she doesn't have a black eye. We had a good giggle about really random things. It will probably help that neither of us hold grudges!
I somehow ended up in a P3 water fight yesterday too. Stupid children fell for "Can I have a look?" and handed over their weapons. They resorted to throwing leaves at me. Phht.
I have just had a conversation with the waitress about why I like green apple tea so much, whereas she much prefers milk tea. Does that mean I order it too often??
Get 5GB of online storage for free! Get it Now!
No comments:
Post a Comment