Our school has done an amazing job of showing us “waiguoren” (outside country people) hospitality and kindness. They have thrown multiple parties for us and recently took us on a day-trip to a national park to celebrate the end of the school year. It was one of the prettiest places we have been, and had a ton of fun.
The climate we live in is pretty dry, so we were surprised to see tall trees, waterfalls, and even an animal or two. Half of the experience was being a part of a Chinese tour group… pile in a bus together, drive directly to a point of interest while taking pictures from the window, hop out and take 87 more pictures, hop back in the bus and find the next spot. This place is known for known for hiking, so we hope to make it back someday 🙂
To the left of the water fall, on the face of the mountain, is a carving of a famous buddha.
This little calf had lost his mom 😦
The local goats hung out wherever they pleased and would not get up for anything… including cars!
A Tibetan prayer house…
But the most fun we had was reading the English translations of the signs…
A beautiful composition summarizing our trip. Couldn’t have said it better ourselves.
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