Getting away from the city...

The Chinese teachers at my school organized a trip to the mountains this week.  There aren't very many mountains foreigners can go to (due to military stuff happening in and around them) but they found a great one to spend the day 'climbing'.

To get there we took 3 buses, and a tuk tuk.

At lunch the bowl of chicken soup contained the entire chicken.  In this picture Crystal is eating the head (including the little brain) and Will is eating the foot.  The neck was quickly snatched up by Smilie (sitting next to Will).

There were lots of signs with English spelling mistakes.  This one says 'Sky Poo'. 

After lunch we rented paddle boats and took them out around the Sky Poo.  This is me and the other Joy.  We're enjoying while the guys paddle....  

These are the guys paddling -  Andy (from Scotland) and Brian (from Ireland).

It was a fun day and so nice to be outside of the city getting some exercise and hanging out with some of my favorite people!