Today we went to an Martyr's (Amusement) Park, sort of. It had some rides, a zoo, and some gardens. Our normal guide, Susan, was working on some paperwork so we had a "substitute" guide, Anna. After walking around the park, we stopped at Walmart and restocked on soda, snacks, and other supplies. The boys tried to go bowling but it was temporarily out of service so they had to settle for ping pong and billards. For dinner, we left the safety of the hotel grounds and ventured next door to a restaurant called Jo No's. It was a little challenging since there was 7 of us (our group = our family plus another dad and his adopted son). Counting the other dad and his son, no one spoke any chinese. But we made it and it was a ton cheaper than the hotel. Were planning on being regulars till we leave. It was pretty crowded but I think that we were such a nuisance (they couldn't tell us where to stand or how to get on the waiting list because of language communication issues), they seated us right away. Ordering was interesting, we're used to ordering drinks and then when they bring the drinks, we order our meal. Well they came for the drink order which by itself, took a while. We ordered a couple of beers and Halli tried to order a glass of wine. Well fortunately we kept going over the order with the waiter and determined that we could only get a bottle of wine, not a glass. So Halli switched to a beer also. Then we started to chat but the waiter wouldn't leave, apparently he was waiting for the food part of the order. So we scrambled and got our act together. I'm guessing the ordering took about 10-15 minutes. When the food came, each beer came in a 32 oz bottle.... I was not disappointed ;) The food was pretty good and we left with a $196 bill ($25-30 US - not bad). ....All in all a success, we survived a trip into the wild without our guide :)
Tomorrow we visit the Hunan University.
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