Tourist Duty
I tagged along on my first ever CSA activity to check out the Military Museum where we were promised we would see guns, guns and more guns. Yes, I definitely saw enough guns. Also on offer was a range of tanks, missiles and even some planes. I’ll admit, this kind of stuff doesn’t really interest me, but I was impressed! If you have the time and are prepared to do a lot of reading, the museum is a good place to get a fairly detailed account on the history of China.
We swapped guns for kites as headed over the Yu Yuan Tan Park to enjoy the sun and admire the skills of people who could fly a kite on the longest piece of string I’ve ever seen. A kite is a kite, but a kite flying as high as these were, is something to write home about. Yu Yuan Tan Park is fairly large and quite beautiful. It also is home to wide range of markets offering both food and trinkets. It seems no matter where you go in China, there is always an opportunity to shop, and with an opportunity to shop comes the urge to buy. I seem to be buying alot.
A little weary from all the walking, I headed back to our meeting place to find a few of the CSA boys students body smashing against each other mid-air (some kind of masculine display I assume)…it was amusing! Not only was it a great day out in the sun, but I got to see alot of guns (?!) and most importantly, got to meet a fair few of the CSA students…What a lovely bunch!Â
Looking forward to the next activity day at Summer Palace!
- Rhia Scrimgeour