Mom's visit

Other than the earthquake, we had a great week.

Day 1

I took my mom to the Yunnan Nationalities Village and we only spent 6 hours walking through the villages, watching little side shows, watching an elephant show, and seeing the local village dances. We did go ahead and eat some road side fried noodles and fried rice. Mom thought the noodles were super delicious. Luckily, the sun was out the entire time we were there….so I got a nice sunburn. Mom on the other hand received a nice umbrella from a really great guy so she was covered from the sun for the entire time. After seeing everything, we then proceed to go up to the center city where we sat down and ate Japanese food for supper which was paid for by the best grandmother in the world. After hanging out for a couple of hours..I took her to her hotel where she then slept for 10 straight hours.

Day 2

We went up into the north to eat Korean Food for an early lunch. It was OK….not the best I have had. After the meal, we went up to the Wild animal Park (ZOO). I call it the safari. We saw monkeys, tigers, birds, pandas, raccoons…Yes, they had at least 20 raccoons. There was a golden monkey and it was the first time that we had seen one. We got within 5 feet of some tigers….There were some white tigers….and white foxes. So we had to walk to the different places…and I looked and the farthest place was only 3 miles from the entrance. So “we” decided that we would try to walk it..Now, this place is on a mountain…so it was uphill all the way…After about 1 mile, “we” decided that we should hop in the shuttle and take it the rest of the way….It was a great idea. For some reason, the people who made the place decided to spread out the facility over about 10 sq miles. Then later that night…I “allowed” my mom to teach some of my class.

She slept great that night again.

Day 3

We had a first lull. So we had been spending 10-12 hours a day together…And I day three we were walking in silence at some points. It was a more relaxed day. We went to Salvadors to each brunch and then went up to a temple…then went up to Oreilly’s….and then walked through two parks and then sat down for Thai food that night….And I was a gentleman…I let her pay for everything

Day 4

I was hoping this would be a more relaxing day as well. We went to a Temple where the taxi driver didn’t know where it was and I had never been there before….The temple has a market ever Thursday. I though this market was going to be like tourist trinkets, but it was just a market where they were selling anything from spices to shoes.  She did teach some of my class that night.

There aren’t many pictures because mom has all the pictures and I forgot to get them off of her camera before she left.