Day 3 7th October Here we go again new writer......
Today we discovered the wonders of Zhujiajao Water Town. This is one of many towns where the locals live and sell their wares. The smell was even more disgusting than the smells in the main city. The locals wash their clothes and fruit in the muddy, murky water which is the same water that we went for a punting on later.
Locals tried to sell us goldfish that we were to set free (in the disgusting water) – we then discovered that this was a scam as the fish were trained to return to the owner, the owner then on sold the fish to the next willing sucker. Walking around the markets tested our patience and bartering skills. One of our tour guides showed us her purchase of cooked frogs that she was going to enjoy sharing with her family for dinner - yum yum!
We head off to a Silk factory where we had another nice lunch – we are all still trying to become accustomed to the food – its all very nice and also very different to the Chinese that we eat at home. We head downstairs to the Silk factory. We get to hold the silk worms and learn how silk is made. We all went crazy in the shop and purchased mammoth proportions of different items. All aboard the bus for our journey back to the hotel.
This was our only chance to rehearse the waiata and haka for our performance at the school that we were visiting later. We sounded so good that we ended up with a captive audience.
Tonight was a night of rest and early to bed as we had an early wake-up call at 4.45am
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