We spent the rest of the day exploring the small farm village. Mr. Wang showed us around. I don’t know how but when he came to meet us he was wearing a GT hat! He showed us around his house and the gardens where everything is farmed. He asked us if anyone was Japanese and then he started telling us some stories of how he fought in World War II against Japan.
the gardens
We collected some vegetables to use for our dinner later that day.
some our hand-picked vegetables
刘新宇, a student from TJU that came with us was my roommate for the weekend
In the afternoon we had some group activities. This one was pretty funny. We were all taken along a path and then back to where we had started; then we were all blindfolded and the task was that as a group we all had to find our way back to that spot they had taken us. For the first part we could speak among ourselves but for the second part we were not allowed to speak so that made things a bit difficult but eventually we made it after agreeing on a silent language consisting of claps and squeezing shoulders.
At night I taught some people a card game called Sho Tai Ti which is a kind of Poker war. I think the name in English is Big Two. Our guide was watching us play and I asked him if he wanted to play, that I could try to explain the rules in Chinese since he speaks no English at all. He simply replied, “Wo kan, wo wanr.” which means I watch, I play so I gave him the cards and he won every single game after that! He was really smart.
There were a total of four groups which included GT students, TJU students and even faculty. One of the great things about the program is that classes are pretty small, in fact we only have one classroom so it’s easier to connect with faculty. We even participate in the same activities and tours.
The next day we were supposed to go on another hike, the Challenge Hike but weather conditions did not allow us so we returned to Tianjin earlier than planned and that was the end of our weekend adventure along the unbeaten path!
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