Puer Tea Tour Day 6
Jinggu County has the largest forested area in all of Yunnan. Jinggu City is a small but active town. We spent day 6 in the refurbished Cha Ma Shi Jinggu Puer Factory making a 50 kilo Golden Melon, and then playing a great game of basketball with the factory team. We were each rewarded for our 27-18 victory with a kilo puer cake. The sign in back of us reads, “The Chinese American Friendship Game“, loosely translated. Everyone learned a lot about puer, we had a lot of fun. We finished our day with some dancing at a local disco where the bouncing dance floor was packed. Kevin Rose and Tim Ferriss did a video cast outside which we are dying to see when we get back. It was really a great day. Here are some highlights.
-Austin
PS. If you are wondering why we are not responding to Facebook or Twitter it is because they are blocked, at least for now in China. If you are reading this on Facebook it is because the posting program that I am using is not blocked. I have been able to access Twitter with my phone, but not all the time.
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These pictures aren't helping my envy problems.
I must confess I'll take Chinese tea but I'll leave the politics that block the social networks and such. It sounds like the Chinese tea people still have a lot of fun in their little world but I'd like to see them able to communicate freely as people too.
Update: As the team emphatically pointed out to me, we in fact won the basketball game. I guess I was to busy just running up and down the court, not that easy at my age, to pay attention to the score.
To ease Jason's mind, the Chinese people are not too upset about Facebook and Twitter. The Chinese have free text messaging to keep in touch with each other, and since they economy is recovering quickly, they are pretty happy with thier government for the most part.
Out where we have been there isn't much internet access in general. We were the only ones inconvenienced by the government blocking some social networking site centered in America and only in a minor way.
Hey Josh…next year you can come for sure, but you have to work.
Dad
Why is Tim the only one with his shirt off in one of the photos above? Is he behaving over there? You guys sound like you're having a blast. Enjoy and have a safe trip…and give Tim a hard time for me!