Day 2 in Sichuan

Sorry but it seems that videos and pictures wont upload. Guess FB is the only resort at the moment till I can get them up.

June 8

Today we started at 715 which would make it long and grueling. We had breakfast at the hotel which was most definitely not my type of breakfast, which consisted of veggies, noodles, eggs, warm orange juice, congee and buns. I already miss my doughnut and coffee. :( Due to the horrible water irrigation system, water is something you do NOT want to have, so coffee is not good for you.

Half way through our leave for our planned destination we arrived at a road block. Due to a suspicious bus that contained a gas tank that exploded a week earlier, access across the bridge we were taking was not accessible. We spent a good 10 min waiting in line to get across until we finally got clearance from the police to move ahead. Our two hour bus ride turned to be 3 hours but we arrived safely to our destination despite our problems.

We arrived just in time for our opening ceremony to have already started. They were very loud and happy people and made us feel right at home though our MC was a little over the top. We’re young people and we like our music loud but he was just nuts. We had a wonderful time learning some dance moves from them and meeting the locals there and headed to the café for some true authentic food. It was very spicy food and definitely wasn’t my cup-o-tea.

Went to the site of the old school where the students that suffered the earthquake were placed. Visited the city where the students lived and killed over 20 thousand. We will be visiting the school and students at a different location tomorrow. Dinner was at the same place and quite exquisite. Met some dudes called Bao (spoken “b-ow”), Bing and Ban. Found the local kids were playing with a scooter skateboard type of thingy. I think we have some in Canada but yea, thought it was pretty cool and tried, but we all failed, well at least those who tried to work it. Couldn’t exactly get the thing to go more than 2 rotations lol

Had an after dinner snack at the local McD’s and tried something authentic. It was the Sichuan styled spicy chicken burger. lol First 3 seconds you don’t taste the spice and then the spice kicks in and boy was it super spicy. I’m a spice lover, but the spices here are not what my t-buds were looking for.