{"id":164,"date":"2008-06-07T18:31:56","date_gmt":"2008-06-07T07:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/zongzhe\/"},"modified":"2008-06-09T20:06:37","modified_gmt":"2008-06-09T09:06:37","slug":"zongzhe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/zongzhe\/","title":{"rendered":"Zongzhe"},"content":{"rendered":"

We grab some breakfast at the bakery near the guesthouse, then head to Minnie Mao’s cafe to get something to wash it down.\u00c2\u00a0 Natalia is nearly finished her book, and has a 20 hour train ride ahead of her, so she needs another one.\u00c2\u00a0 She asks me to suggest something, so I tell her to grab “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy.\u00c2\u00a0 Hopefully she likes it.\u00c2\u00a0 It did win a Pulitzer, so if she hates it she can’t say I am alone in my appreciation of it.<\/p>\n

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We have no real plans, other than to swing by and get our zongzhe.\u00c2\u00a0 She’s remembered it, and we each get one.\u00c2\u00a0 I had bought her a chocolate muffin at the bakery, so we do a swap.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s sort of a sticky rice, rice pudding mixture.\u00c2\u00a0 Not too bad, but not outstanding.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m the only one of the three that likes it even a little.\u00c2\u00a0 We do a bit of shopping, as Natalia needs to get a few things, and I should start considering picking up some items too.<\/p>\n\"IMG_8360\"\n

Untethered by any plans, we decide to take a stroll along the river, and end up coming across another market, this one a long stretch of vendors.\u00c2\u00a0 They seem to be attracting the “just finished the river cruise” crowd, which unfortunately comes at us from the opposite direction.\u00c2\u00a0 They’re armed with umbrellas to protect from the sun, so I worry I’ll lose an eye.\u00c2\u00a0 We make it unscathed, and eventually reach an area that is untouched by tourists (other than the two of us).<\/p>\n

There’s a sign for a martial arts studio ahead, and a river retreat, so we head towards the retreat, hoping to grab a drink or something.\u00c2\u00a0 The retreat, is an expensive (for China) hotel, and we go in search of a restaurant, but there is no one around.\u00c2\u00a0 It looks like a nice place, but not anywhere I’d stay on this trip.\u00c2\u00a0 We head to the martial arts studio next, but it is likewise deserted.<\/p>\n\"IMG_8381\"\n

Chagrinned, we head back to the guesthouse, and grab a drink and read in a restaurant.\u00c2\u00a0 We head back to the guesthouse, and I have a shower.\u00c2\u00a0 Natalia mostly reads, while I watch a documentary on Go.\u00c2\u00a0 I decide I should venture out for a bit, but it appears to be raining.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m restless so I venture out regardless, landing at the Canadian run cafe.\u00c2\u00a0 He’s got no power, so I can’t stick around, but I’m able to swap a couple of books for a new one.<\/p>\n

Do a bit of reading then decide to get some sleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We grab some breakfast at the bakery near the guesthouse, then head to Minnie Mao’s cafe to get something to wash it down.\u00c2\u00a0 Natalia is nearly finished her book, and has a 20 hour train ride ahead of her, so she needs another one.\u00c2\u00a0 She asks me to suggest something, so I tell her to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,55],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elyk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}