Massage

Matthew and I finally got our massages today. It was nice. We had a room with two tables. We went to the Gingko Tree for our massages. They have a really nice facility and the massage was really relaxing. Unlike in Western massage they massaged my stomach. This would have been fine but it reminded my bladder of its function. Thus when the massage was over and I was very sleepy, my bladder didn't want me to lay there and relax.

The Gingko Tree also has a book exchange. As Matthew and I are planning on taking some long train rides it seems like a book would be a good thing to have so I picked out a book, Wild Grass. It is about change in China. We will see how it is. They also had DVD's for 3 kuai. They are used, but still a good deal. Matthew and I went through all of them and picked out way to many. Then we went through and put the ones we thought didn't look as good back.

When we finally left we went and walked at Green Lake. There were many many people playing music. Also a group was playing music with a choir and two people were dancing. It was very interesting to watch. We walked back up to Wenlin street and had dinner at the Vintage Cafe. It was not as good as some of the other places we have been but still it was food. Their menu was very hard to read as it was printed in type writer font all over the place.

After dinner we walked to the bus stop and since we were really on a roll buying DVD's we stopped in at a new place and went through their selection. We got so many that they gave us one free.

When we got on the 52 bus back, it was really crowded. It just kept getting more and more crowed too. So when we got to the government square we got off. The locals dance there for exercise at night. It was interesting to watch. If we had known the steps or gotten there when they were doing the easy dances we probably could have joined in. As it was we just walked around and watched. Even when we went to the next bus to get on it was still crowded. We took it back anyway and made it off without incidence.

Jinpeng and his cousin Kevin are helping Matthew and I with getting to Guillin and Beijing after we leave Kunming. Kevin is staying with Jinpeng until he moves into an apartment provided my his job. Jinpeng kept telling us what a good cook Kevin was before he arrived but so far we have not had a chance to try any of his cooking. Jinpeng has also invited us to go to a small village with him. His employer, HANDA, is having an event for Leprosy awareness. The village was a community for people with Leprosy when they were made to move away from the rest of the population.