On Tuesday Mi took us to Guangdong Province Regional
Agricultural Research Center and Gardens in Zhuhai. The center was a large complex of greenhouses
and gardens where vegetables and flowers are grown using different techniques
to try to produce the best results. It
appeared to be government-funded as there is a communist party hall there also.
Cindy had wanted to get some photos of groups of school
students before we left China, and she got her wish.
Busloads of school children were unloading at the garden, and the students
were excited to see us (we’ve seen five Westerners in Zhuhai since we’ve
arrived, and four of those were at Jinan University). “Hello”, “Please to meet you”, “What your
name?”, “Hello, hello” over and over…. It was fun being the center of attention for
a few minutes, but it was much quieter once we left them behind.
We then went to the large Pu Tuo Buddhist temple complex on
the edge of Zhuhai. After walking around
the buildings and viewing the various statues and architecture, we ate lunch at
the hot pot room at the temple vegetarian restaurant. We each selected ingredients to add to our
own hot pot of water, and then ate the veggies, noodles and mushrooms as they
cooked.
Rain started as we left the temple. Super typhoon Haiyan unfortunately caused
overwhelming property damage and deaths in the Philippines. The storm lessened in intensity after moving
to Vietnam, but then swung back to the east, giving the Zhuhai area cooler
temperatures and lots of rain and wind.
We are leaving China tomorrow. We are sharing a few photos of interesting English
phrases we’ve seen on t-shirts or signs:
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| "You have to do so cuz I am UR King" |
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| Sign on the home products aisle in our local supermarket |
We also read the following on our ticket to Zhuhai Agricultural Research Center: "Please
follow pubic order and pay attention to pubic hygiene."
Bye for now!
Paul and Cindy
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