Yangshou

Todays adventure began with a cooking class. I'm not exactly sure where we were but it was along the river. It was supposes to be for just the kids but they had leftover spots so I tried my hand at it and Zeb was Kailei's official helper.

We made egg dumplings, steamed chicken and mushrooms, green vegetables with garlic and stir fried pork with vegetables. Keara did the beat job. Kailei gave up after a while - just more interested in the river. And me...well, I tried. We ate what we cooked for lunch. The egg dumplings and stir fry was awesome and I will be making it at home.

We had a little more time to shop before leaving town and heading back to Guilin.

In Guilin we visited the South China Pearl Museum (technically a store). We were given a little informative talk about pearls and then were treated to a pearl fashion show - both funny and corny. We did continue supporting the Chinese economy with our purchase.

On our way back to the hotel, Nacha, our coordinator since the beginning, gave a very heartfelt speech to say goodbye as many of us go our separate ways tomorrow.

We said goodbye to Sam as well. I think Zeb will miss him most.

Hard to believe we are already at this point in the trip. It went so fast. Dinner was wonderful as usual.

Tomorrow we leave for Hunan. Kailei is very excited. We will stay the night in Changsha.