This was a good weekend of exploring. On Friday we hit up a dvd store, and got a bootlegged copy of Avatar which is a visually amazing movie. On Friday night we helped our friend Bruce with an English corner and talked with the students and played some games and music.
Saturday we went to the weekend market and also the rock market. For about a week this rock market came to town with all these intricately carved rocks, gems, and wooden sculptures. The detail is extraordinary. At the market I got a water heater for Kobe, he wasn't doing so well but seems to be doing better. At the market there was an art auction if you will for painted scrolls/tapestries. Bootlegged or not, they are amazing paintings. I picked up a painting of a Chinese waterfall with trees, cliffs, and traditional homes at the bottom. It looks good hanging up in my bedroom.
From there we went to get foot massages, a first for all of us. They put your feet in hot water with tea bags and let your feet soak. Then they wash your feet and scrape off all the dead skin and cut your toe-nails. Then they give your whole feet and lower legs a massage and end with a back and neck massage. It's awesome, quite relaxing. They also have a sauna if you wish, Raf the English bloke turned up his sauna to 70 celsius which is like 150 degrees or something....yeah, they were not happy with him.
Today we hit up the World War 2 monument in town and the daoist temple overlooking Xiangfan and then went to get some Chinese bbq in the city, potatoes, garlic bread, chow mein, and mushrooms and chicken/pork on skewers.
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