Mei Zhou, China - a guai mui adventure

I am now officially Asian. Mel, Cail, Penny, Leroy and I - along with with Mels entire family (all 40+ of them) went to the home village that they were all born in. Warm Chinese traditions surrounded the whole trip and it was totally amazing. We took a 6 hour bus ride there and watched feast number one be prepared while giving thanks at the home temple. Food, more food and yes, more food - always eating.

We spent time visiting some very old temples built high into the surrounding mountains that gave the aura of peace and thanks and also participated in traditional prayer ceremonies involving incense lighting and firecrackers. Neat. Massages from feisty little Chinese girls were also on the menu - ow! but so so good.

The best part of the whole trip was the Chinese disco Club Gold Coast. Oh man, that place was cooooraaazeee! The village is so poor yet this disco was just insane! 40ft ceilings, glass windows, smoke machines, levitating dance floors and dancing call girls! Just totally unbelievable. Nothing like you could even imagine. Of course being white was a big hit there so we rocked the dance floor like nothing else while a continuous stream of Brittany Spears videos were playing on the big screen. AND the dancing call girls all had numbers tagged to them so you could just order one. Wild!

One the way home from China we stopped at the most amazing mall, Lowu. A seven level indoor market style center where you can bargain your brains out. Just my style.

3 days in China was just a teaser - a place that deserves at least 3 months.