Xiolan

I am still going over the tour of Zhongshan we went on. There were just so many fantastic places we went and I want to show some pictures of all of them. None of us had any idea how big Zhongshan was until we went on the tour we went on. We live in Kaiyin, which is the very southern part of the city. Xiolan is the northern part and about an hour away. It translates to The Chrysanthemum city. They are famous for making foods out of Chrysanthemums. Every year they have a huge Chrysanthemum festival there that I plan on attending in November. Every 60 years they have an international Chrysanthemum festival but thankfully that is not this year. In Xiolan, we went on a boat ride that was sweet. The river we were on went under around about 16 bridges. There were the coolest windows, doors, and trees lining the river. I was just in awe of all the awesome things to look at. They served us tea but luckily Tina told them we didn't drink tea so we didn't have to try it because it smelled disgusting. We did, however, polish off a huge bag of peanuts while on the boat. There are ILP teachers living in Xiolan now so I am sure we will go back there sometime. The boat ride was really fun and I hope to get to go again.