Wednesday, October 19, 2005


This is some other building in China, not sure what because didn't read the sign.

This is the Summer Palace in Beijing. It looked more spectacular than this, but the flash kind of messed it up.

This is the gateway to a light tour of most famous buildings in South East Asia. They were actually really pretty and it was a beautiful early fall evening. There was fun, exotic music playing in the background which made it enjoyable for one whose body constantly moves to whatever beat is in the air. In this picture you can also faintly see some of the flags of the various countries.

Here is a closer up view of the roast chicken. Its poor head is a little twisted, but since it is about to be eaten, which is the worse fate? It tasted really good and was nice and moist.

I went with some friends to the ASEAN Expo International Tourism and Food Festival. We were all expecting foods from all the different represented South East Asian countries and were a little disappointed to only find food that we could find in the night food courts of our city. I ate things I had never tried though. We had roast chicken that was wrapped in paper and cooked in clay, a food that kind of resembled corn bread stuffing that was stuffed inside a little woven bag, and some sour tofu (my least favorite).

These are my friends who took me to visit the cave. We had to drive a ways in the mountains and the little boy isn't used to riding in cars. I felt so sorry for him when he got sick. He really didn't want to get back in the car.

This is a picture of the boat infront of us exiting the caves. We sat on benches on little rafts while our driver steered us through the three doors with a long pole. After the ride we stopped and ate the local food. We had some little river fish that you eat whole, head and all. I normally kind of like those, but these were really bitter.