Adventure to Muping
On friday evening Sam, Sheradon, Yaz, and I decided to go into Muping for dinner and do some shopping so we can rest over the weekend. After the mountain run we all showered up and went to meet downstairs at 5:30pm since Yaz booked a taxi for 5:45p. I met up with Yaz in the lobby and she said the academy is out of taxi's. The Mantis group took their Shifu out to dinner and i guess that took up all the taxi's. We were a little pissed about that but we decided to go to the Everything Shop to look for local taxis. Headed down the road to the shop to find that there were no taxis.
On friday evening Sam, Sheradon, Yaz, and I decided to go into Muping for dinner and do some shopping so we can rest over the weekend. After the mountain run we all showered up and went to meet downstairs at 5:30pm since Yaz booked a taxi for 5:45p. I met up with Yaz in the lobby and she said the academy is out of taxi's. The Mantis group took their Shifu out to dinner and i guess that took up all the taxi's. We were a little pissed about that but we decided to go to the Everything Shop to look for local taxis. Headed down the road to the shop to find that there were no taxis.
Yaz told us she got a few free rides hitch hiking from the cross road by the school so we gave that a try. We waved down a car that is similar to the cars the taxi of the academy use. Yaz told the guy, "Muping, Muping?" He told her ok and she asked him how much. He responded, "No, No." She took that as it was free for us and told us to get in. I have NEVER hitch hiked before so i was a little hesitant on this situation. i spoke the most chinese out of all of us and knew the roads well so i said ill sit in the front. I responded by saying, "People think i look chinese so they will think im the drivers partner and take you white people!"
On the drive there Sam made jokes like Scott is the first one to get grabbed since he is in the front or we are all going to be killed in a warehouse. Did not help the mood. Then he went on saying stuff like, "Parents tell their kids to stay away from strangers! Getting into stangers cars is a big no no! Back in England if you did that and the driver said it was a free ride its because they will kill you!" He went on a bit more and Sheradon joined in.
Sam also said, "Only people that should get free lifts are people over 50!"
"Why?" asked Sheradon.
"Because you are too old to be sold into a sex trade or cant move."
The driver took us into town and asked me where we wanted to go. I had to go to a bank so i told him to drop us off at the corner and we can walk. When he pulled over i offered him 10 yuan for the ride but he refused. We all got out and Sam shook the guy's hand. We all started talking about how crazy we must be to hitch hike at 7pm in CHINA! After the bank we got some food and did a little bit of shopping.
Sam also said, "Only people that should get free lifts are people over 50!"
"Why?" asked Sheradon.
"Because you are too old to be sold into a sex trade or cant move."
The driver took us into town and asked me where we wanted to go. I had to go to a bank so i told him to drop us off at the corner and we can walk. When he pulled over i offered him 10 yuan for the ride but he refused. We all got out and Sam shook the guy's hand. We all started talking about how crazy we must be to hitch hike at 7pm in CHINA! After the bank we got some food and did a little bit of shopping.
Its the moon festival on Monday i bought some moon cakes (celebration cookies) for Master Guo. We headed back around 9pm by local taxi. On the way back the driver was driving pretty fast and when we saw a rabbit in the middle of the road, he swerved to miss the rabbit but i swear i felt the car hit something. The taxi driver pulled over and started shouting something in chinese. I guessed it was bad to hit an animal in the streets? Then the driver started backing up looking for the rabbit. When he didnt see anything he pulled over, got out, and began looking for the rabbit. We were all laughing because we all bet that he wanted the rabbit for food! When the taxi driver came back he shouted looking mad, "Rabbit, Good Food!" I laughed, told the guys what he said, and we all started laughing harder.
When we got to the hill on the way to school he swerved which made us all slide and bump into each other and we started laughing about how we are so close to the school but we knew we were going to crash and die! well the taxi driver must of thought we thought his swerving was fun because once we started laughing he laughed a bit too and started swerving big time! He would swerve into the trees or by people walking and we would laugh harder because Sam bet he would crash into the school. He must of thought we were still having fun because he didnt stop! We finally get to the gates of the school alive! We paid the driver, got the hell out and headed into the academy. It was a good adventure.
-Scott
-Scott
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