We rented this morotcycle and 4-wheeler and found some new places in our city. This is possibly the most fun we've had since we've been here.
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I was really sore the next day from riding this big boy.
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We had to take some individuals for the family.
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Ripin' it up!
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Crystal loves mud
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The road was pretty bad most of the way because of all the rain.
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We had to wait about an hour and a half for a bulldozer to come and move the rockslide off of the road.
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As beautiful as this country is, is does get lonely out here without Crystal.
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Trying to stay dry is always quite a chore.
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I gave this boy some Pop Rocks and he thought they were pretty strange.
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Just me in some corn.
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This little girl was really outgoing and we taked a lot.
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Although I'm sure you'll disagree, this meat (once fully cooked) is actually delicious.
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We have been told that there are monkeys in the mountains that we hike in, but we've never seen one. This one was someone's pet.
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We bought some firecrackers in a tiny town that we stayed in overnight. I gave a roman candle to this local guy and he had fun with it.
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Does this city look familiar? This huge bilboard of the Houston skyline is at the entrance to a city that we stopped at on our way home. It made me feel right at home since I grew up about 20 minutes from here. The green freeway signs say Dallas, Lake Jackson and Victoria.
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We set off for our new adventure and the view was spectacular as always.
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I'll be darn, a flat.
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We would often stop and move rocks on the road or just get out for a few minutes while the driver put it in 4 wheel drive and tried to pass something that we'd rather not see in first person view.
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Andrew and I decided to have a race. I won!
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This is Crystal's class.
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You can tell by what's on the chalkboard that Crystal is teaching these students the most important things from American culture.
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We relaxed with some compettive fishing after class.
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Grandpa and Grandson were out for a day in the park.
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The "Christmat Day" ice cream turned out to be one of our favorites.
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I asked the shopkeeper if this Super Tomato ice cream was any good. He said "no, but it's cheap". So we dropped 6 cents and we're disappointed when it turned out to be chocolate. We showed the shopkeeper and he said, "that's what you get for 6 cents".
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This is an advertisement for an English summer course. Daming and Lingling will be the instructors.
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What do you think?
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Pig intestine on a stick. Can life get better?
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On the day that we talked about Christmas we had a white elephant gift exchange.
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The kids were excited about their gifts.
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As you can see, the kids just love me!
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Yum. Apples right off the tree. I think the beard makes me look a little pudgy.
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Thankfully this wasn't our ride.
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The kids went crazy over the used U.S. postage stamps we gave them.
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We had a BBQ at our house about a month ago. It was delicious!
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At a funeral these white pieces of paper are thrown on street as people walk to the burial site. They're similar to the "hell bank notes" that you can see below.
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These are placed at tombs.
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This is a funeral. The family of the deceased wear white headdresses. White symbolizes death in this culture.
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Can you figure out what this shirt says? It took us a while.
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Crystal is helping out with dinner in this home that we stayed in one night.
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We happened upon this school way out in the mountains.
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These folks make a mean bowl of noodles and pig intestines...seriously.
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Approaching our favorite scenic spot on the way.
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We pass by this lake on many of our trips and it never fails to impress us.
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The trekk begins!
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Enjoying a cookie made by a friend's grandma straight from the US of A.
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It took a while to dry out Andrew's size 13 boots.
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This friend that we met watched us dry Andrew's boots over a fire for an hour and a half after he slipped off into a rice field.
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An enthusiastic Andrew the woman who bravely pulled a leech off of Crystal's neck.
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