On Saturday night we went to Nanlong which is another part of the city of Zhonghsan about forty minutes away from our apartment. Nanlong is sooo different than our neighborhood. It's how I imagined China before I came- a little more dirty but people everywhere and a lot going on all the time! Nanlong is famous for its street barbecue so of course we tried a few things. I have yet to shake my fear of sea food and mystery meats so I stuck to noodles and veggies... It was very good!
We also went to KFC and I went a little wild on ice cream cones... I got some pictures with more random Chinese people that were fascinated by our white skin and blonde hair. They were so excited to get a picture with me that I thought it was funny that she didn't even smile for the picture... what the heck?!
After eating plenty of food we went to the park. I'm pretty sure half of China was there! HOLY KANSAS. The entire community was out enjoying the evening- tiny babies, teenagers, even old people all just hanging out at the park on a Saturday night. It was so great! They had basketball, bumper cars, roller blading, and ping pong tournaments going on. Some American guys we were with challenged some Chinese men in ping pong and we attracted quite a crowd! They all wanted to see the white kids attempt to play. Of course, we made some friends while we were there...
(They weren't actually taller than me- they were on roller blades)
There was A LOT of dancing going on and I was sooo down for that! Noor and I had a great time getting in the way :)
The girls and I have decided to start doing FHE on Monday nights so we can stay "spiritually connected" or maybe it's just an excuse to go out and spend some money... Either way our first activity was to go to the mall! I have never loved a mall so much in my entire life. It was like opening the doors to America. I almost cried. This mall was BEAUTIFUL and HUGE and CLEAN! They even had H&M... ahhh :)
When we got hungry we quickly agreed to try out Burger King! I ordered one ice cream cone... then another... and then another... The third time the cashier just started laughing at me. I have no regrets :)
God bless American malls in China.
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