Visiting Kevin

Today we woke up and headed out to meet Kevin and his girlfriend at a park. After missing them a few times because their driver kept getting lost, we decided to stop and eat breakfast without them, A noodle dish with raw garlic cloves on a plate to throw in your mouth every few bites. It was really tasty. After breakfast we met up with Kevin, his driver, and his girlfirend at an old village where we ate lunch - pig hooves and a viscous porridge.

We arrived at one of the largest temples in the province if GuiZhou. Most of it was unbuilt ut it was very beautiful. It was nestled between 9 mountains which were thought to be 9 dragons. The whole time Kevin & his girl friend were quiet and stuck to themselves.

After the temple we went to Kevin's home town and ate dinner - a goat - with his father who was pretty quiet. We finnished dinner and went to buy some fireworks. After buyin the fireworks we went to Kevin's house, the biggest house I have seen in China, 4 stories witha rooftop garden. We played GuiZhou style Mahjong with his brother and then departed to a nearby bridge to launch the fareworks off. We bought one firework for a few hundred RMB and lit if off. It filled the sky with Minnesota fourth of July valued fireworks. Giant colored plumes and even the famous cracklers - It was bizzare how cheap and extensive the firework was.

We went a KTV bar where we sang kareoke and played a Chinese dice game. We got tired quickly and returned to a hotel Kevin had gotten us and played Texas Holdem for a bit before crashing.