Yuying mountain villa

02.12.2016

I arrived in Guangzhou on Friday evening again and went out to Lidia and alexeiy's house out in the west end of the city. It was soooo far and I realized I wouldn't be able to catch the bus back home on Sunday. When I finally got there after one long subway and two buses, Lidia was home and she had invited some friends over to stay the night as they wanted to go out hiking nearby in the morning. We had a nice evening talking in real English and in the morning Lidia and I took her son to yunying mountain villa.

This "villa" wasn't too far but it still took 4 buses to get there. I don't know why they call this place a "mountain villa" because there's no mountains and also no villas anywhere to be found. It was a nice relaxing respite from the city. The ticket price was higher than normal, so it wasn't overcrowded like many of the other gardens/temples I've seen in Guangzhou. I really liked the "manchu" windows, which show four different colors of stained glass, representing four seasons. We wandered around with Damit, Lidia's son while everyone took pictures of him. It was a relief to have the attention diverted from myself for once. It must be so annoying for Lidia though. She's only been here three months, if they stay for three years as planned, she will get completely fed up with it all, I'm sure.

We went home and Damit had a complete breakdown on the bus. We had to take three buses to get home, so I can understand just how annoying it must be for a three year old. Eve though he's been around the world already with his parents, I guess there comes a time when it's all too much. I feel ya, little buddy. We stopped for fruit on the way home and he calmed down. All of us were tired from the whole thing, so we went to bed early.

Me vs. laksa (not even close to Singapore style)