More Stories & Fun

This past week or so was spent with a group 

of friends from TN that came to do some sightseeing and tourist stuff.  We traveled alot and boy, did we have a bl

ast.  Below are just a few of the stories and pictures from the week.  Some of this stuff is pretty gross and graphic so just beware. 

Never, I mean never look down when using a squatty....

There is a fine line between trying to take in enough water to stay hydrated and taking in too much water so that you have to use the village squatty every five minutes.  And boys, I don't even wanna hear it because it's a whole nother story when you are a girl.  Well one day I crossed the line and had taken in too much water.  So I asked the lady we were visiting with, where the bathroom was and she was more than happy to lead me down the road to the town's public bathroom.  This bathroom was a bit different in that it was built up like on a platform about 7-8

 ft above the ground.  It had several small holes cut out, a place for your feet, no walls or doors but at least no one was in there.  So I was taking care of business when I happened to look down and noticed movement.  It was kind of dark in there so it took my eyes a minute to adjust but then I realized what I was seeing.  Thousands, upon thousands, upon thousands of little maggots straight down below.  Thank goodness it was 8 ft off the ground.  NEVER, NEVER, look down!!!  

What's the name of that fruit?  

So on the first day of sightseeing, I was talking with a girl who lived in the town and I thought she said she wanted to get us some fruit.  The weird thing was she kept talking 

about how much it cost.  I thought it wa

s strange but agreed to get the fruit that cost 16 kuai and she was off.  As we left the place, I asked her again how much I needed to pay her for this bag of fruit and she told me nothing it was a gift.  Well at that point I thought I must have just gotten my language mixed up and h

ad a blonde moment because I thought she said it was 16 kuai, oh well.  So a couple of days later, I was in a different town and saw the same strange fruit.  So I asked the lady who was selling the fruit what that type of fruit it was called.  "16 kuai," she said.  No, no I don't want to know how much it is, I want to know what kind it is.  "16 kuai."  So at this point I was getting really frustrated.  My teammate who has much better language than me, was standing beside me and was equally confused.  "Ok, this is called an apple (I picked up an apple) and this is called a what?"  "16 Kuai" she replied.  I walked away frustrated as she was with me.  The next day or so I found out the fruit is really called/named 16 Kuai fruit.  WEIRD!!!  Plus they were telling me the truth and I was being the dumb American arguing with them....lol.  By the way, the 16 Kuai fruit is really a type of pomegran

ate.  

Dancing in the Street!!  

In Asia, there is often dancing in the square at evening time.  Now we all know we good B don't dance, but when in Rome, do as the Romans do.  So one evening about 5 or 6 of us decided to partake in the dancin' in the square.  The dancing was really just a set of simple steps and they had maybe 4 different sets that they leader who played a banjo/mandolin kind of instrument would change up every five minutes of so.  Now what you need to know about Asians is that they aren't very loud unless drunk and they aren't very affectionate...especially in public.  That is true unless of course five crazy Americans have just entered their dancing square.  Mr. K. was the first to join in quickly followed by Harry C. (HEY!) and then suddenly myself and White girl got pulled in by this sweet little old lady who was all of 4 foot 10 and insistent that we dance.  She grabbed our hands on hung on for dear life!!  Not sure if she was using us to keep her balance or she was just holding on so tight to make sure we didn't run.??!!! 

Next thing you know the Americans are throwing in some free style and Mr. K is yelling out (in true southern fashion).  Now these normally quiet Asians start yelling back with him and then the crowd got really crazy.  So we decided maybe we should leave not before though we had to pose for several rounds of photos.  Little old lady is still hanging on and before we leave decides to give myself and White Girl aSeveral jetted upstairs to the hotel as White Girl and myself went into the grocery store for something to drink.  We rounded one corner and bam, camera in the face.  Pose, now go go go.  Rounded another corner and whaaalaaaa...camera in the face.  Victory pose and head to the cash register.  We literally had to out run them so they wouldn't know where our hotel room was.  Ah gotta love the celebrity status.  

Beautiful Feet

Will post more later as I think of them.  It was a great week with friends and traveling around.!!!