After we left Hawaii, we traveled all the way to China, where we'll be for three weeks. On the flight, I was nervous because everyone else on the plane was Chinese and I was worried that people would speak to me and I wouldn't be able to answer them. It made me feel much better when we met our new friend, Mon, at the airport in Beijing. Mon is a friend of a friend of my Dad's and she speaks English! She has two kids around our ages named Lauren and Lanson. We got to play with them the next day when they got home from school. We played cops and robbers on bikes in their neighborhood.
We stayed with them for two days before we left to go to the grasslands in Inner Mongolia.Wes tayed in something called a yurt (image on the right), which is a tiny house that's round with a cone-like roof. While we stayed there, we went horseback riding. That was a little scary because Tyler's horse bucked up and kicked my Mom's horse, but they were both fine. At lunch that day, we sat at a table with just the four of us. The waiters were serving food like crazy. They kept bringing more and more food out until the whole table was covered with all kinds of Chinese food. We thought it was funny. Most of the food was very strange to us, but some of it I really liked, like the soup, rice, noodles and the dumplings. I love dumplings.
We went to the Gobi Desert when we visited Inner Mongolia. When
we got there, we put on these weird things called "sandy socks," to
keep the sand out of our shoes. After that, we rode camels to where
they made huge sand sculptures. Next, we went on this big dune buggy
car that rode all over the dunes. It was like a roller coaster because
some dunes were so big that when we went down them we went really fast.
The coolest thing we did was go into the "space balls," which are
gigantic, inflatable rubber balls that you get inside of and roll down
the dunes in. Last but not least, we went on sand sleds down a huge
dune. I loved going to the desert. It was like an amusement park!
There weren't many Westerners in Inner Mongolia, so everybody wanted to take pictures of us. A lot of people came up and touched our hair and lifted our chins so they could see our eyes better since I have green eyes and Tyler's are blue, which is rare in China. In a line to get on the chair lift to get back down, this man gave me a big whopping kiss on the cheek. Everyone was so happy to see us. When we were on the camels, all the other visitors were taking pictures of us.
And that was my trip to Inner Mongolia. Next time, I'll tell you even more about China.
There weren't many Westerners in Inner Mongolia, so everybody wanted to take pictures of us. A lot of people came up and touched our hair and lifted our chins so they could see our eyes better since I have green eyes and Tyler's are blue, which is rare in China. In a line to get on the chair lift to get back down, this man gave me a big whopping kiss on the cheek. Everyone was so happy to see us. When we were on the camels, all the other visitors were taking pictures of us.
And that was my trip to Inner Mongolia. Next time, I'll tell you even more about China.
hi i am 8 years old almost 9 and my little brother is 5 almost 6 and we also love rice and noodles. But we both hate soup i have not had a dumpling in 4 years but when i had one 4 years ago i did not like it but my brother said he loves them. Have a good time in china an learn kung fu when your there! its really fun.
Hi Stefan,
Wow, that spaceball is really really cool. Did that make you sick? I would love to do that. We think about you every time we go out for Chinese food except they probably don't call it "chinese food" there do they? I saw the bird cage on TV during the Olympics. Was it really huge? Were the camels easy to ride?
Until next time, I hope you have fun. We miss you....or "wuo siang ni".
Hayden & Family
Dear Tyler + Stefan,
I love your blog.
I wish I could go to China.
Where are you going next?
Post more pictures and videos.
Sincerely,
shrewdgirl8
that's was pretty cool
i like pandas
i like pandas
Dear Tyler + Stefan,
I was born in china.
Dear Tyler and Stefan
For me it was really intresting to read you'r blog
because i'm from Mongolia and I live in U.S.
We don't call our self's Chinese we call our self's Mongolians, So please remember later (we take that as a insult)
And yes, ofcourse it's intresting for the citizens cause you guys are different then they are.
Personnaly i love to eat baby dumplings, it's smaller then actual dumplings and less greasy but it still taste's like a dumpling.
If you travel all around Mongolia you guys will see much more, Mongolia is very beautiful and historical.
I've never been in countryside of Mongolia.
Hopefully I'm going to travel there with my family.
Thank you and good luck for your travel :)
What are some chinese foods?