During the morning we were treated to
“Chinese” 101 presented by Clyde. Needless to say we weren’t that good at it
after the 40 minute lesson. In the afternoon we had to disembark for another
excursion. This proved to be quite interesting. We were parked alongside 2 much
larger cruise ships and had to walk through these two ships to then get off onto
the dock. Our ship is quite small and we were a little envious. Our lovely
guide took us on a coach to Shiboazhai to visit a large Buddhist temple at the
peak of a mountain. Luckily most of it could be reached by the coach or a lift
and there weren’t too many stairs to reach the very top. A few of our group
decided to take the quick way back down the mountain, using a polished granite
slide. I walked back down via the stairs as I had collected cameras and bags
from those going on the slide. Once at the base of this area we walked to
“Fengu Ghost City”. This small village was built mainly to explain the ghost
aspect from the Chinese point of view and we saw many “demon and ghost”
trinkets that you could purchase. We were also treated to a lovely cultural
dance and songs performed by 3 Chinese woman in beautiful costumes. Back on the
ship we had a lovely “Farewell Dinner” followed by a variety performance again,
featuring the ship’s staff.
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